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Challenging Climate
Asking tough questions about the science, technology, and politics of climate change, two climate researchers challenge leading experts on one of the defining issues of our age. Every two weeks, they explore how we can fight global warming by cutting greenhouse gas emissions, carbon removal, adaptation and solar geoengineering. Dr. Jesse Reynolds and Dr. Pete Irvine consider the roles of computer models and persuasive narratives, economics and public policy, and renewable energy and national security in the climate debate, and look beyond to issues such as biotechnology and international development.
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Challenging Climate
44. George Monbiot on environmentalism and climate activism
George Monbiot is a renowned British author, The Guardian Columnist and environmental activist. George is the author of more than a dozen books, the most recent of which is Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet, and he was awarded the Orwell Prize for Journalism in 2022.
In this episode, we discuss topics of his insightful and provocative articles such as de-throning GDP, radical climate activism, the ‘wealth curse’ and contentious technologies such as nuclear energy, GMO and SRM.
Links:
- George Monbiot's profile
- Monbiot's article, The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People
- Monbiot's most recent book, Regenesis
Related articles by Monbiot:
- On the extreme wealthy, Here’s a question Cop28 won’t address: why are billionaires blocking action to save the planet?
- On climate and politics, The hard right and climate catastrophe are intimately linked. This is how
- On UK climate politics
- On radical climate activism (and another one)
