So, now what?

Exploring extreme weather's impact on communities and the importance of collective action. Discussing losses from climate disasters, challenges of adaptation, and empowering marginalized voices. Innovations in policy include capacity building, local action, and storytelling. Encouraging listeners to ask questions, take climate action, and connect to local initiatives.

Best-selling author Tara Westover, researcher Aliya Khalid and Thabo Msibi, Deputy Vice Chancellor at University of KwaZulu-Natal, discuss the purpose of education, empowerment, and social justice. They highlight the impact of diverse stories in education, the role of technology, and the need for curriculum reform. Education is portrayed as a journey of self-discovery, challenging norms, and empowering individuals to create change.

Exploring building back better after a crisis, focusing on climate justice, costs of inaction, and green innovation. Discussing roles of governments, multilateral institutions, and grassroots movements. Emphasizing the need for coordinated efforts and an equitable transition to a sustainable future.

So, now what? is a new podcast from Gates Cambridge, a leading scholarship programme for outstanding international postgraduates at the University of Cambridge.Our guests are the scholars themselves - big thinkers from a range of different backgrounds and disciplines - who are out there finding solutions to some of our most wicked problems from the global economy and the environment, to technology, politics and universal healthcare.They'll share their optimism and their experience, and give us a peek at their 'to do' lists too.  But they'll also be inviting the rest of us to join them - sharing 'So, now what?' actions that we can all apply today.  Available monthly on all your favourite podcast platforms.