Tällberg Foundation och Norconsult arrangerar tillsammans ett Miljö- och klimatseminarium den 14-15 april

Johan Rockström, Anders Wijkman and Bo Ekman among the leaders in Sweden on environmental issues.

In November László Szombatfalvy debuted with his book "The Greatest Challenges of Our Time" ("Vår tids största utmaningar" in Swedish) - where he identifies and analyzes environmental degradation, climate change, political violence and poverty.

Professor Russell L Ackoff, management thinker, organizational theorist and Professor Emeritus at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, passed away on 29 October 2009.

With the new book “The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves”, the long-time Tällberg friend Brian Arthur provides us with a powerful framework that helps us understand and talk about technology.

On 10 September 2009, Bo Ekman led a seminar at the United Nations in New York.

Nayan Chanda writes that developing nations can’t shirk their role as co-managers of the planet as they did at the climate summit.

Nyamko Sabuni, Minister for Integration and Gender Equality, Sweden gets a standing ovation at the Tällberg Forum 2009.

Swedish Television SVT reports from the Tällberg Forum 2009.

Lill Lindfors performs at the opening session of the Tällberg Forum 2009.

The Financial Times lists the Tällberg Forum 2009 as an important event this week.

Carbon tax and dividend is the solution.

Bo Ekman and Jose Maria Figueres discuss converging crises and diverging interests in Dubai: listen to radio interview.

The Tällberg Forum and its founder Bo Ekman received the Gold Horse Enterprise Prize from the Municipality of Leksand in Dalarna, Sweden.

On December 31st, 2008, Bo Ekman gave the traditional year-ending message at the New Year's Eve Concert at Stockholm Cathedral - looking at the world today from Beethoven's perspective.

Th Swedish paper Aftonbladet reports on the presentation with freelance journalist and author Gwynne Dyer of the conclusions from his recent book, Climate Wars.

This is the topic of a speech given by Bo Ekman to Members of the European Parliament. The theme of the conference was “A Global Contract Based on Climate Justice – The Need for a New Approach Concerning International Relations.”

The Tällberg Foundation is supporting a conference on the theme “A Global Contract Based on Climate Justice – The Need for a New Approach Concerning International Relations.” The conference will take place in Brussels on November 11.

Ashok Khosla, chairman, Development Alternatives, India - was announced as the new president of International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Who regulates the regulators? Today’s economic world knows few borders. Information, capital and technologies flow ever faster between institutions and across sectors and countries. These ever more rapid flows are the heart of the productivity miracle of recent decades. But this speed of change has also upset the balances in many parts of our society. Here our democratic societies have not responded adequately – partly because the people and institutions responsible, were not up to the task.

Newsweek lists a few people who can give advise on how to make a difference, Bill Clinton, Oprah and Tällbergian Zainab Salbi.

Watch Jim Hansen, Will Steffen, Johan Rockström, Jacqueline McGlade among other forum participants discussing the planetary crisis on the new debate program "Forum" on Swedish Television 25 August at 20:00.

John Milton will be giving a lecture at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on August 29 2008 at 14.00, the theme of his lecture will be “Inner and Outer Principles for Ecological Sustainability”.

Zainab Salbi is the founder of the Washington-based group Women for Women International. The organization works to help women recover from the ravages of war and become active citizens by offering direct aid, job training, micro-credit loans, rights awareness and leadership education.

Regulating the global commons - to stop the oceans from being fished out, sovereignty must be reigned in.

To fight climate change, environmental necessity must trump political convenience, says Bo Ekman, and argues for developing fallback policies that global citizens must consider in the event of failure of the Copenhagen Process.

Gus Speth’s compelling new analysis and how-to book for the world: The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability.

Historical interconnections between communities worldwide have multiplied manifold in recent times.

On March 3, Bo Ekman will be the guest at Volt, which is the name of a theatrical series of conversational, provocative, thought-provoking evenings at Elverket (Power Station) Theater.

The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr Robert W Corell. He is Global Change Program Director at The H John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, and Senior Policy Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. The award was bestowed upon him on January 17, 2008 in Washington, DC.

Christine Loh reflects on the Tällberg conversation in the January 24 South China Morning Post.

Andrew Jones reports on the Tällberg “ripple effect" of the networking that flows from the conversations at the Tällberg.

On December 7 2007, Marcello Palazzi (board member of the Tällberg Foundation) organized a reunion of Tällberg friends and past forum participants.

Ekman and Olsson state that “mankind’s conflict with nature is worse than what we had previously thought” in SvD article.

Carl Mossfeldt moderated and spoke at the Sida Development Area workshop on trade and growth in Africa held on 5 December 2007. See the webcast.

Earlier this month Bo Ekman spoke at the IIASA Conference in Vienna.

Civic Exchange's Christine Loh in Time International and on the BBC.

After the Tällberg Forum 2007, Bob Corell, chair of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, led a symposium with scientists and religious leaders on Greenland.

There are planetary boundaries that should not be crossed otherwise the Earth’s functions tip and go into overdrive, creating inhospitable conditions for humans. This is the conclusion of some of the world’s most eminent scientists who gathered for two days at Tallberg in Sweden last week, at which I had the chance to join their deliberation. Indeed, there is evidence tipping has already occurred in the case of global warming arising from the burning of fossil fuels, as the Arctic sea ice is showing signs of melting much faster than expected.