02: Nina Jensen — Working to Protect the World’s Oceans

03/19/19 • 35 min

Nina Jensen is the CEO of REV Ocean, a new organization based in Norway that is working to save the world’s oceans. Before Nina joined REV Ocean in 2018, she served as CEO of WWF-Norway. On the show, Nina reflects on some of her proudest moments at WWF, her new work at REV Ocean, her remarkable family, and more.

Episode Summary:

[1:40] Nina talks about her upbringing in Norway.

[3:10] Nina highlights some of her proudest moments at WWF.

[10:45] Expert Voices segment with WWF’s Lauren Spurrier.

[13:20] REV Ocean’s three big projects.

[28:15] Balancing life as both a CEO and a new mother.

[30:45] Closing Questions.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Worldwildlife.org

Revocean.org

Nina on Twitter

Episode Summary:

[1:40] Nina talks about her upbringing in Norway.

[3:10] Nina highlights some of her proudest moments at WWF.

[10:45] Expert Voices segment with WWF’s Lauren Spurrier.

[13:20] REV Ocean’s three big projects.

[28:15] Balancing life as both a CEO and a new mother.

[30:45] Closing Questions.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Worldwildlife.org

Revocean.org

Nina on Twitter

Previous Episode

01: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse — Finding Bipartisan Solutions for Climate Change and Healthy Oceans

U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island is a staunch advocate for climate change and our oceans. On the show, Senator Whitehouse explains what he believes is needed to create a bipartisan path toward climate legislation, and what’s at stake for our economy if we do nothing. He also goes behind the scenes to explain how bipartisan policies have been crafted to help clean up our oceans.

Key Takeaways:

[1:40] Senator Whitehouse talks about his upbringing and his parents.

[7:00] Impacts of climate change on fishermen

[11:35] Expert Voices! A segment on climate adaptation with WWF’s Anita Van Breda.

[14:10] Senator Whitehouse talks about the conditions that are needed to pass climate legislation.

[21:45] Senator Whitehouse reflects on bipartisan ocean work.

[24:50] Closing questions.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Worldwildlife.org

Whitehouse.senate.gov

Next Episode

03: Kathleen McLaughlin - The Private Sector's Role in Environmental Progress

Kathleen McLaughlin is Chief Sustainability Officer for Walmart Inc., and President of the Walmart Foundation. In this conversation, she talks about her upbringing and career path (0:45), Walmart's "Project Gigaton" initiative (8:37), efforts to prevent deforestation (16:22), and more. Plus: WWF's Kerry Cesareo breaks down a new approach to saving forests in Malaysia (20:03).