Sustainability Matters
Sustainability Matters (formerly Humanities Matter)—produced by De Gruyter Brill—takes a deep dive into sustainability in scholarly communications and beyond. The podcast explores topics such as promoting diverse voices and marginalized perspectives in academia, the global accessibility of research, research ethics, combatting misinformation and more. Sustainability Matters features experts, advocates, practitioners, and De Gruyter Brill authors whose work on ethical and sustainable practices breaks boundaries, builds new bonds, and shapes a better future. Join us as we explore how we can shape a more equitable and accessible future for knowledge sharing—because sustainability truly matters, in scholarly publishing, and beyond.
Sustainability Matters
Mahlzeit: Episode 1: Changing Climate: Implications for Justice and Food Security, with Ivo Wallimann-Helmer
Food security is threatened the world over, with the number of chronically undernourished people increasing from 775 million in 2014 to 821 million in 2017. This situation is likely to worsen by the effects of climate change, which is exacerbating problems in agricultural food supply, particularly in regions like Sub-Saharan Africa. Under these conditions, will the world community be able to meet its target of ending hunger and malnutrition by 2030?
We discuss this crucial humanitarian crisis with Ivo Wallimann-Helmer, Professor for Environmental Humanities at the University of Fribourg Environmental Sciences and Humanities Institute, in this very first episode of our special series, Mahlzeit, brought to you by Brill as part of the Humanities Matter podcast. Join us to learn more about Prof. Wallimann-Helmer’s views on ethics, food security, and climate change as he discusses his edited book, Justice and Food Security in a Changing Climate.
Guests: Ivo Wallimann-Helmer
Host: Leigh Giangreco