Episode 85: Why the IPCC Can’t Escape Climate Politics

Green Wave

English - April 27, 2023 00:00 - 16 minutes - 9.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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With each report from the UN’s intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC), the message is more alarming and the call more strident. Yet somehow, the findings struggle to move governments to action. From ‘climategate’ to the need to cater to conflicting stakeholders, the IPCC may in fact reinforce the status quo - but it could change that by embracing its intrinsically political role.

Written by Kari De Pryck.

Read by Julia Lagoutte.

Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/why-the-ipcc-cant-escape-climate-politics/

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