The whole world is a family- Global Innovation and Sustainability| S.1 E.60 with Erik Solheim

We discuss with Erik Solheim, a global leader, the expectations for COP27, the role of international organizations in the current climate crisis, and the innovative solutions Erik is fostering. We discuss the role of new emerging actors, especially India and China, and the need for collaboration in the spirit of Indian scriptures. The Whole world is a family,  “If we allow people to split us and create confrontation, everything is so much more difficult.”

Erik Solheim is a well-known global leader on environment and development and an experienced peace negotiator.

He served as Norwegian minister of Environment and International Development from 2005-2012. During that period, he initiated the global program for the conservation of rainforests. He brought through game-changing National legislation - among them the Biodiversity Act and legislation to protect Oslo city forests. He brought Norwegian development assistance to 1%, the highest in the world. He led the peace efforts in Sri Lanka from 1999-2009 as the main negotiator of the peace process and played a vital role in peace efforts in Nepal, Myanmar and Sudan. Erik was the Executive Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (the main body of world donors) from 2012-2016,  Executive Director of UN Environment, and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2016 to 2018.

Currently, he is senior adviser at the World Resources Institute and President of the Belt and Road Green Development Institute in Beijing.