Challenging Climate

48. Jonathan Blake and Nils Gilman on planetary governance

May 28, 2024 Jesse Reynolds and Pete Irvine Episode 48
48. Jonathan Blake and Nils Gilman on planetary governance
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Challenging Climate
48. Jonathan Blake and Nils Gilman on planetary governance
May 28, 2024 Episode 48
Jesse Reynolds and Pete Irvine

Jonathan Blake is Associate Director at the Berggruen Institute, where he leads the Planetary Program. Nils Gilman is Senior Vice President at the Berggruen Institute and Deputy Editor of Noema magazine. In this episode, we discuss the ideas in their recently published book, Children of a Modest Star: Planetary Thinking for an Age of Crises. We grapple with ideas of sovereignty, planetary governance and subsidiarity.

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Jonathan Blake is Associate Director at the Berggruen Institute, where he leads the Planetary Program. Nils Gilman is Senior Vice President at the Berggruen Institute and Deputy Editor of Noema magazine. In this episode, we discuss the ideas in their recently published book, Children of a Modest Star: Planetary Thinking for an Age of Crises. We grapple with ideas of sovereignty, planetary governance and subsidiarity.

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Support the Show.

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Intro and background
Key ideas and arguments in their new book, Children of a Modest Star: Planetary Thinking for an Age of Crises
The rise of the nation-state: was this inevitable?
What kind of governance goes on beyond the nation state?
What is planetary subsidiarity? What should be the ideal role of small units of governance - the local, cities, etc?
How do we reconcile the roles and tensions between various scales of governance?
Is climate change a good example of planetary subsidiarity?
Role of Climate finance