Conversations That Shape Tomorrow

Why Water Holds the Key to Our Future Season 2 - Episode 1 Ernest Bromeis - Water Ambassador Natasha Fuerst - Female Rights Activist It is human nature to explore the unknown, to seek what we have not yet seen, and to investigate what we find compelling. Water covers most of the Earth, and we all depend on it to survive, yet what happens in and on water remains unfamiliar to most of us. Deep sea d...

The Story of [y]our 2040 Season 1 - Episode 10 Reto Gurtner - Entrepreneur Chris Luebkeman - Futurist A different future begins when we choose to look honestly at the world our children will inherit. In a time when warning signs flash across climate, society, government, economies and local communities, this episode turns a gaze toward what it means to act together with intention. Host Jonelle spe...

Why Business Must Rethink Circularity Season 1 - Episode 9 Raphael Gielgen - Futurist Oliver Brunschwiler - Circular Economy Entrepreneur Circularity becomes real when beauty, honesty, and responsibility meet in the objects we live with every day. In a world flooded with short lived products and invisible digital systems, this episode explores what it truly means to design for a circular future. J...

Government Strategies Transforming the Planet Season 1 - Episode 8 Hans Bruyninckx - Environmental Policy Scientist Systemic change begins when we treat planetary limits as a starting point, not an afterthought. In a Europe facing climate disruption, biodiversity loss, and widening inequality, this episode explores how the European Green Deal reframes economic and political agendas around planetar...

What Investing for Impact Really Means Season 1 - Episode 7 Martina Mueller-Kamp - Financial Manager Nathalie Moral - Business Leader Impact becomes real when we choose where to place our attention, energy, and courage. In a moment when urgency is clear yet pathways forward feel crowded with uncertainty, this episode explores how individuals and institutions decide what impact truly means. Entrepr...

How Advocacy Shapes the Future Across Generations Season 1 - Episode 6 Reto Knutti - Climate Scientist  Marie-Claire Graf - Intergenerational Advocate Climate urgency shifts systems when facts meet feelings and responsibility. In a world where climate science grows ever more conclusive, this episode explores how facts, feelings, and power intersect in the politics of change. Bruno Giussani joins c...

What Food Systems Can Teach Us About Circularity Season 1 - Episode 5 Sue Tobler - Astrophysicist Anastasia Hofmann - Entrepreneur Naomi MacKenzie - Entrepreneur Beat Karrer - Designer Change in the food system begins when people stop treating waste as an accident and start treating it as a design choice. In a world where perfectly good food still ends up in bins behind hotels and conference cente...

How Urgency Can Create Stronger Climate Action Season 1 - Episode 4 Tim Jarvis - Explorer and Environmental Scientist Clarity emerges when urgency becomes a catalyst for both courage and collective responsibility. In a world where environmental warnings are no longer distant forecasts but daily realities, this episode explores how one person translates extreme expedition experience into practical...

Why Science Matters More Than Ever Season 1 - Episode 3 Holger Hoff - Environmental Scientist Adrienne Gret-Regamey - Urban Systems Professor Lasting change emerges when knowledge, emotion, and local experience are treated as equally vital forms of intelligence. In a time when we can measure almost everything yet still hesitate to act, this episode explores what climate implications mean for diffe...

Why Architecture Must Become Regenerative Season 1 - Episode 2 Michael Pawlyn - Architect Real change in the built environment begins when we stop relying on exemplar projects and start shifting the paradigm that shapes them. In a world where climate reports warn of collapse while markets still claim they are not ready for real solutions, this episode explores why transformative ideas struggle to...

How We Make Decisions When the Future Is Uncertain Season 1 - Episode 1 Nigel Topping - Climate Action Leader  Patrick Frick - Collaboration Designer Viktoria Cologna - Environmental Social Scientist Transformation begins when we stop seeking a one-size-fits-all solution and starts pulling various levers together with trust, clarity, and courage. In a world where climate disruption is no longer a...

The future is not somewhere we arrive. It is something we create. Introducing Conversations That Shape Tomorrow, the [Y]our 2040 podcast. Every episode draws from live conversations on the [Y]our 2040 stage, where foresight meets action and curiosity meets courage. Thoughtful practitioners from twenty-five countries, working across systems, disciplines and borders, all exploring one question: what...