Gabriela Kuetting, originally from Germany, has held top academic posts in Germany, the U.K. and the U.S.  Currently , she heads the department, The Division of Global Affairs, at Rutgers University.  She is widely published in the field of environmental politics and policies. This is a non-exhaustive list of her books: Beyond Regime Theory: Towards Environmental Effectiveness (2000), Globalization and the environment, (2000) , The Global Political Economy of the Environment and Tourism (2010),and Global Environmental Politics: Concepts, Theories and Case Studies. (2018).

In this episode, she details her career path: first, she worked with NGOs  and ENGOs (Environmental NGOs), before becoming attracted to academia for the research freedom. Moving into academia gave her more opportunity to write about conceptual and theoretical problems with intergovernmental climate and environmental issues.

She gives provides a coherent overview of climate change policies from the early 1980s onward. Her fluency in global and transnational climate and environmental politics is evident, as she speaks intelligently but understandably to the lay audience. This episode is a great opportunity to learn the many nuances of the Climate Change Negotiations, Ozone pollution and policies, eco-tourism, as well as environmental justice and equity (her latest research).