Tariffs, Trump, and Al Gore on the Future of Democracy: What on earth is happening?
· 52 min · S11 E14
Episode Tariffs, Trump, and Al Gore on the Future of Democracy: What on earth is happening?
What happens when the US tears up the rulebook on global trade? And what does that mean for the planet? Plus: what on earth is happening in Greenland? And does it really signal an unlikely MAGA embrace of climate science?
In this urgent and wide-ranging episode, Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac and Paul Dickinson explore the fallout from Trump’s new global tariffs, reflect on the environmental movement’s complex relationship with free trade, and ask what this moment tells us about democracy, power and inequality.
Later, Christiana shares highlights from a timely conversation she recently had in Paris, with former US Vice President Al Gore and France’s Special Representative for COP21 Laurence Tubiana. Together, they consider the impact of money in politics, the poly-solutions to our state of polycrisis, and the importance of staying (stubbornly) optimistic.
Learn more
⚖️ The New Civil Liberties Alliance Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief
📉 Rebecca Schneid’s article for Time, ‘Is the U.S. Heading Into a Recession Amid Trump’s Tariffs? ‘Liberation Day’ Fallout Sparks Fresh Fears’
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Producer: Ben Weaver-Hincks
Video Producer: Caitlin Hanrahan
Exec Producer: Dino Sofos
Commissioning Editor: Sarah Thomas
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- https://nclalegal.org/filing/complaint-for-injunctive-and-declaratory-relief-5/
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