Each summer philosophical thinkers in politics, economics, ecology and the arts meet at the Tällberg Forum in Sweden to try to come up with new initiatives to tackle the ecological problems facing the planet. The peaceful…
Shereen El Feki is a presenter with the global news channel Al Jazeera International. From 1998 to 2005 she was Healthcare Correspondent at The Economist, writing on bio-medical research, the pharmaceutical and biotechno…
Professor Jacqueline McGlade became executive director of the European Environment Agency in Copenhagen in 2003. She is on leave from her post as Professor in Environmental Informatics in the Department of Mathematics at…
Christine Loh spent spent 14 years in the commercial world before becoming a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council. She chose to retire from front-line politics in 2000 to set up a non-profit public policy think tank…
Former ambassador Jan Eliasson is currently the United Nations Secretary General Special Envoy to Darfur, Sudan. He was Sweden's Ambassador to the US from September 2000 until July 2005. He has been, and is currently,…
Johan Rockström, Associate Professor in Natural Resources Management, is executive director of the Stockholm Environmental Institute. His experiences include 12 years of research and development work in developing countries…
Editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé presents the first edition of The Monocle Review. On this programme we highlight Narcotecture in Herat, a cosier version of Davos at Tällberg, a rock festival with a difference in Japan and a…