The controversial climate refugee

As a result of climate change, an estimated 250 million people are on the run due to natural disasters by 2050. This report is about the controversial concept of climate refugee. In this FUF podcast from Almedalen Week 2016, you will hear e.g. Johan Rockström (Stockholm University), Linnea Engström (MP) and Åsa Carlander Hemingway (Swedish Migration Agency). The report was made by Amanda Liedberg, Viktor Stocke and Sara Strandell Dalius.

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July 15, 2016, FUF pods

Migration and development - from policy to practice

65 million people are on the run. Sweden decides on restrictive temporary asylum legislation and at the same time prepares a policy framework for development assistance where migration is raised as a development issue. What happens next? In this FUF podcast from Almedalen Week 2016, you will hear e.g. Lisa Pelling (Arena Idé), Kristof Tamas (Delmi), Kerstin Lundgren (C) and Carina Olsson (S). The report was made by Laura Asperholm, Timothy Carlsson and Vera Mörner.

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July 15, 2016, FUF pods

Who cares about Agenda 2030?

Agenda 2030 contains 17 global goals, and thus also includes Sweden. But what does it take to get the public involved? How do politicians, business and civil society act? In this FUF podcast from Almedalen Week 2016, you will hear e.g. Johan Hassel (Delegation for Agenda 2030), Linda Nordin (Swedish United Nations), Kenneth G Forslund (Foreign Affairs Committee) and Malin Ripa (Volvo Group). The report was made by Miron Arljung, Nikolina Stålhand and Sophia Tuwesdotter.

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July 15, 2016, FUF pods

AP funds and sustainability

The AP funds are responsible for SEK 1400 billion of our pension money. Where is this money invested? How is the balance between return and sustainability? In this FUF podcast from Almedalen Week 2016, you hear Lars-Arne Staxäng (M) and Tomas Eneroth (S) from the Riksdag's pension group, Annelie Andersson (Latin American groups) and Kenneth Hermele (University of Gothenburg). The report was made by Frida Ashbourne, Felicia Johansson and Josef Svantesson.

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July 15, 2016, FUF pods

Agenda 2030 and youth participation - with Parul Sharma

Parul Sharma visited FUF to meet non-profit activists and tell about the work as chairman of Sweden's Agenda 2030 delegation. The delegation has been appointed by the government and has the task of producing an overall action plan for how the UN's global goals for sustainable development are to be implemented in Sweden. On a daily basis, Parul Sharma works as Head of CSR Compliance at the law firm Vinge. It was an exciting conversation where Parul emphasized the importance of young people's participation in the work on Agenda 2030.

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June 13, 2016, FUF pods

Dialogue and mediation to prevent conflict

This section of the FUF podcast is from the armchair conversation with Tobias Petrelius, project manager at Folke Bernadotte Academy's conflict prevention program with responsibility for dialogue, mediation and reconciliation issues.

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June 1, 2016, FUF pods

Agenda 2030 - development at home

This section of the FUF podcast is from our seminar series on the Global Goals for Sustainable Development, where we ask those in power about the work on Agenda 2030. This time we get to listen to Oskar Thorslund, subject advisor at the Department of Public Administration at the Ministry of Finance, who talks about implementation of the agenda at home.

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May 25, 2016, FUF pods

Land grabbing - who has the right to the land?

This section is from the armchair talk "Who has the right to the land?". Rebecka Jalvemyr, head of the office at FIAN Sweden (FoodFirst Information and Action Network), visited FUF to talk about land grabbing with examples from Brazil and Ethiopia.

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May 23, 2016, FUF pods