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Climate Capitalism, Optimism, Fatalism, and 1.5C in the rearview
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Climate Capitalism, Optimism, Fatalism, and 1.5C in the rearview

Claire and Richard talk through Akshat Rathi's Climate Capitalism, and reflections on conversations with Ketan Joshi and Susan Joy Hassol

Welcome back to Wicked Problems - the climate tech podcast that has to be as good as other podcasts, but backwards and in heels.

and chat through Akshat Rathi’s new book, Climate Capitalism.

They also reflect on their reactions to the new research that says staying under 1.5C of warming might be out of reach, their conversations with Ketan Joshi and Susan Joy Hassol. And the answers to the question, what should we be saying about the 1.5C target in light of their new research - from Leo Hickman of Carbon Brief, asked by James Murray at the BusinessGreen Net Zero Festival, and Akshat Rathi of Bloomberg and Solitare Townsend of the consultancy, Futerra.

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Some of the episodes and resources we reference:

  • Climate Capitalism, by Akshat Rathi - tl;dl - It’s great and you should buy multiple copies.

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