A cross-continental conversation between Prof Miriam Lang and environmentalist Ashish Kothari on alternative approaches to address the current multidimensional (not only environmental) crisis. These experts discuss some fundamental questions of our time, by comparing and collating the Latin American and South Asian experiences:

1. What has COVID pandemic crisis taught us about the state of the world? Are there links to other crises like ecological (climate, biodiversity, etc) and socio-economic (inequality, conflict, alienation)?
2. How have people/communities responded to the crisis, and what can we learn from this for moving towards a more resilient society?
3. What is already available in terms of alternative initiatives that can point us in the direction of transformations towards sustainability, justice?
4. What challenges are we likely to face in moving towards such transformations, and how can we overcome them?
5. How can we guard against the false solutions to climate change that are unjust to communities and endanger biodiversity?