Ep1: John Gibbons "The Future We Face"

No good climate podcast can start without looking at why we need to take climate action and what the science is telling us. 

For the first episode of Climate Allies, Ali is joined by prominent environmental journalist and commentator John Gibbons. For over a decade, John has been writing and speaking out about climate issues. He is the founder of the climatechange.ie website. He also co-founded the healthcare publishing and communications specialists MedMedia Group.

In this frank and wide-ranging episode, Ali and John discuss why climate action needs to start with biodiversity, the myth of progress, the impact of just one degree, why we can’t leave climate communications solely up to scientists, and why there will be no climate action without climate justice.

Some links to find out more about what was discussed in this episode include:

·        John’s Website www.climatechange.ie

·        WWF Living Planet Report 2020

·        Steady State Economics. Life in a ‘degrowth’ economy, and why you might actually enjoy it, The Conversation

·        What is PPM? How the World Passed a Carbon Threshold and Why It Matters, YaleEnvironment360

·        Inertia in Climate Systems, IPCC

·        The science connecting wildfires to climate change, National Geographic

·        2020 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum at Second Lowest on Record, The Guardian 

·        The Great Climate Migration, NY Times Magazine

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