Power in Balance: Conversations on Sustainability and Justice is a podcast by Stockholm Environment Institute exploring how power dynamics create and sustain social and environmental inequities amid climate and biodiversity challenges.
Each episode examines how gender, race or economic status affects resource access and contributes to vulnerability, and what we can do to tip the scales for a more balanced, just and sustainable societal transition.
Subscribe to the podcast to learn more about the connections between gender, equity and sustainability from the lens of power.
Read more at sei.org
Rethinking poverty: income, environmental health and dignity
This episode of Power in Balance explores poverty from a multidimensional perspective, drawing on evidence from Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), environmental health, and governance research. Linking to global conversations, including International Women's Day 2026, the episode centers on rights and justice for women and girls, specifically access to basic services and the power to be involved in decisions that affect their lives and livelihoods.
Episode art image credit: Photo: Krzysztof Dydynski / Getty Images.
Music: Pure Success by C.K.M / Triple Scoop Music.
14 Jan 2026
Beyond the Billions: The Unequal Path of Climate Finance
Janne Parviainen and Dr. Mustafa Kamal Mujeri discuss locally responsive climate finance, exploring its potential to foster resilience, reduce poverty, and promote long-term development in this interview.
30 Apr 2025
Land, culture, and the cost of progress: Indigenous rights in the age of green extraction
In this episode, SEI Sámi researcher Katarina Inga talks to Sámi reindeer herder and cultural bearer Jörgen Stenberg and Canadian scholar and longtime Indigenous rights advocate Ted Chamberlin to explore the deep ties between land, culture, and storytelling. Research, resistance and solidarity across Indigenous communities can tip the balance towards a just future.
31 Mar 2025
Who bears the hidden costs of disasters
In this podcast episode of Power in Balance: Conversations on Sustainability and Justice, we will talk about gendered care work and crisis planning.
When disasters occur, headlines often highlight the devastation, financial impact, and emergency reliefefforts. Hidden from the spotlight, however, is a criticalissue – a crisis that places an unequal strain on women and caregivers.
The guests of this episode are Eleonora Banfi, head of the Al Nada Women's Studies unit at the Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development, and Laura Del Duca, a policy fellow at SEI.
7 Mar 2025
Powering inequity: Lithium mining’s impacts on Indigenous communities and ecosystems in the Andes
In this podcast episode of Power in Balance: Conversations on Sustainability and Justice, SEI’s Laura Forni explores how lithium mining in the Andean mountains is impacting Indigenous communities, and how including Indigenous voices and knowledge systems in climate solutions is essential for a just and sustainable transition.
26 Feb 2025
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Power in balance: conversations on equality and sustainability is a podcast by Stockholm Environment Institute exploring how power dynamics create and sustain social and environmental inequities amid climate and biodiversity challenges.
Each episode examines how gender, race or economic status affects resource access and contributes to vulnerability, and what we can do to tip the scales for a more balanced, just and sustainable societal transition.
Subscribe to the podcast to learn more about the connections between gender, equity and sustainability from the lens of power.
Read more at sei.org.
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