Why Political Will is the Real Barrier to Climate Action
· 1 h 08 min · S14 E1
Episode Why Political Will is the Real Barrier to Climate Action
Despite at least a decade of scientific certainty, proposed technological solutions, and policy measures, the world still hasn’t acted on the climate crisis. The problem is a lack of political will—and how it’s been intentionally obstructed at every turn. As we gear up for the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP 30), Amy Westervelt digs into a new book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment, to assess how powerful political, economic, and ideological forces have delayed global climate action. She’s joined by the leading climate and political scientists who wrote it, Timmons Roberts (Brown University), Jennifer Jacquet (University of Miami), Carlos Milani (Rio de Janeiro State University), and Christian Downie (Australian National University), to break down how climate politics reached this point, why resistance to climate policy has intensified, and what movements can realistically expect in the year ahead. You can check out and download the book here and check out the Climate Social Science Network here.
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- https://unfccc.int/cop30
- https://vivo.brown.edu/display/jr17
- https://people.miami.edu/profile/46ab69e099266868496ed41b79ebcc05
- https://cebri.org/en/especialista/54/carlos-milani
- https://www.christiandownie.com/
- https://global.oup.com/academic/product/climate-obstruction-9780197787151?cc=us&lang=en&
- https://cssn.org/
- https://omnystudio.com/listener
Transcript
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