Jan Bebbington
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Oct 16, 2026
Paul TurnerHOST
I'm Paul Turner.
Jan BebbingtonHOST
And I'm Professor Jan Bebbington.
Paul TurnerHOST
[upbeat music] Jan, I feel that we need to end it all with AI.
Jan BebbingtonHOST
Uh, well, AI's been something that's been haunting us on the podcast one way or another in a whole variety of settings.
Jan BebbingtonHOST
I feel it's a really great way to close out this very special set of episodes from the conference.
Paul TurnerHOST
Cornelia, thank you very much for joining us.
Cornelia WaltherGUEST
Thank you for having me.
Paul TurnerHOST
So me and Jan have had lots of conversations, uh, about AI, but this is giving us an opportunity to discuss artificial intelligence with regards to tipping points from the Global Tipping Points Conference, and you were on a panel yesterday discussing not just AI but what was described as black swans, um, and the, the impact and the potential of AI being a black swan, the other black swans that were on there.
Paul TurnerHOST
I'm Paul Turner.
Jan BebbingtonHOST
And I'm Professor Jan Bebbington.
Paul TurnerHOST
Jan, a tipping point has nothing to do with how far I can push you before you fall over.
Jan BebbingtonHOST
Although that metaphor does work.
Jan BebbingtonHOST
It says how far you can push a system until it falls over or tips into a new state.
Paul TurnerHOST
Let's take us to the conversation.
Paul TurnerHOST
Steve, thank you very much for joining us.
Steve SmithGUEST
Great to be with you, Paul and Jan.
Paul TurnerHOST
I'm Paul Turner.
Jan BebbingtonHOST
And I'm Professor Jan Bebbington.
Paul TurnerHOST
[upbeat music] Jan, today we're going to be talking about money, money, money, money, money.
Jan BebbingtonHOST
[laughs] Well, uh, you might call it money, I call it investment, and I think therein lies a radical difference.
Paul TurnerHOST
Yes.
24 MINS LATER
Paul TurnerHOST
Erik, thank you very much.
Erik BerglöfGUEST
Thank you.
Paul TurnerHOST
you.There's a lot of interesting concepts that Eric brought up there, Jan, a lot of really good examples of people he's worked with or seen in practice, and I really liked the idea of critical infrastructure and how nature can be that and is that for the sustainability of life on Earth.
Paul TurnerHOST
I'm Paul Turner.
Jan BebbingtonHOST
And I'm Professor Jan Bebbington.
Paul TurnerHOST
[upbeat music] So Jan, we've got our first guest today, one of the people who's been presenting on the stage here at Sunway.
Paul TurnerHOST
We're gonna be talking to Tamara Singh from The Nature Conservancy, and we're gonna be talking about businesses, we're gonna be talking about nature, we're gonna be talking about how this all ties in with tipping points.
27 MINS LATER
Paul TurnerHOST
We'll have more episodes throughout the week from here at Sunway University.
Paul TurnerHOST
I'm Paul Turner.
Jan BebbingtonHOST
And I'm Professor Jan Bebbington.
Jan BebbingtonHOST
[upbeat music]
Paul TurnerHOST
I'm Paul Turner.
Jan BebbingtonHOST
And I'm Professor Jan Bebbington.
Paul TurnerHOST
[upbeat music] So Jan, we've arrived in Malaysia, back here with our lovely colleagues at Sunway.
Paul TurnerHOST
Met some familiar faces already who've been here with us on the podcast in the past.
Paul TurnerHOST
And we're here for Tipping Points 2026.
Paul TurnerHOST
What's that, Jan?
Jan BebbingtonHOST
Well, it's a, it's a global conference, and it's the third Global Tipping Points conference, with the preceding two having been at Exeter in the UK.
Jan BebbingtonHOST
So, as we'll come onto, Paul, it's really important that it's here in Asia.