In this episode we talk to Sandrine Dixson-Declève, President of the Club of Rome. Sandrine is an international climate change, sustainable development, sustainable finance and thought leader on complex systems. She is a veteran of TED talks, and was a driving force behind both the Planetary Emergency Plan 1:0 and 2:0. She’s also driven the work on the recently published Earth4All book from the Club of Rome. In this episode we talk with Sandrine about Earth4All - an ambitious piece of work fusing together modelling, systems thinking and economic theory. We cover regional global tensions around resources, the role of food and energy systems, the global leadership of people like King Charles and the outcomes from COP28. Finally we explore the role of the global advertising, marketing and communications industry in both causing the global crisis but also, potentially, being part of the solution. Follow GoodGeist for more episodes on sustainability, communications and how creativity can help make the world a better place.

Featuring Carly McLachlan, Director, Tyndall Centre for Climate Research.Carly is the Director of the Tyndall Centre in Manchester and leads an interdisciplinary team working on policy relevant research on climate change. She is based within the School of Engineering at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. In this episode we talk to Carly about her reflections on COP28, the Tyndall Centre’s research programme, and its disruptive work around music with Massive Attack and how culture could play a part in tackling the climate crisis. Also covered in our conversation with Carly is collaboration with energy companies, what net zero ‘actually’ means, and Tyndall’s work on socio-technical transitions, sectoral pathways and a critical analysis of negative emissions technologies and their role in ‘net zero’.So basically - a lot!Follow GoodGeist for more episodes on sustainability, communications and how creativity can help make the world a better place.

In our opening episode we introduce the Do Not Smile Network, our GoodGeist podcast and speak to our network's key founder, Christophe Koninckx from Springtime in Brussels. Christophe explores creativity and the climate crisis, the building of the global DNS network and also the role that could be played by the Inner Development Goals in helping to deliver a more sustainable future.Follow GoodGeist for more episodes on sustainability, communications and how creativity can help make the world a better place.