Exclusive Interviews

• 	Raimund Bleischwitz	Co-Director, Material Flows and Resource Management, Wuppertal Institute		Prof. Bleischwitz explains the benefits of resource efficiency for companies, with concrete examples. URL http://www.ubraintv.com/watch.php?id=774
  	Rizaldi Boer	Centre for Climate Risk and Opportunity Mnagement in South East Asia and Pacific, Bogor Agricultural University		Dr. Boer talks about how climate change risk can go hand in hand with opportunity, and explains wshat Asia needs for effective climate change mitigation and adaptation. URL http://www.ubraintv.com/watch.php?id=772
  	David Griggs	Chief Executive Officer, ClimateWorks Australia / Director, Monash Sustainability Institute / Professor, Monash Univeristy		Prof. Griggs explains what Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are, how they will be drawn up, and what his recommendations are, as described in his paper in Nature “SDGs for People and Planet”. URL http://www.ubraintv.com/watch.php?id=775
  	Hironori Hamanaka	Chair, IGES Board of Directors		Prof. Hamanaka explains the aims of IGES and the reason for its Asian focus, and gives examples of how it goes about fulfilling its mission to be an “agent of change”. URL http://www.ubraintv.com/watch.php?id=768
  	Derk Loorbach	Director, Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT), Netherland) Talking about “Transition Management in Social System” from cities movement		Dr. Loorbach explains the concept of “transition management” as applied to sustainability. URL http://www.ubraintv.com/watch.php?id=770
  	Hideyuki Mori	President, IGES		President Mori explains the aims of ISAP and introduces some of the topics covered at past conferences and at this year’s event. URL http://www.ubraintv.com/watch.php?id=771
  	Rajendra K. Pachauri	Director-General, the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) / Chair, The intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)		Dr. Pachauri introduces the work of the IPCC and its assessment reports. URL http://www.ubraintv.com/watch.php?id=762
  	Abdul Hamid Zakri	Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia / Chair, Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)		Dr. Zakri talks about biodiversity loss, the role of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, and the significance of natural capital. URL http://www.ubraintv.com/watch.php?id=767