166. Solving the Climate Crisis by Fixing the Politics of Kyoto Protocol and Paris Accords | Gerald Kutney
Jan 6, 2020 ·
52m 21s
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Gerald Kutney (@geraldkutney) is a climate scientist, professor, journalist/speaker, author and founder/consultant of 6esm, a C-level consulting firm focused on the bio-economy, renewable energy and the politics of the Kyoto...
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Gerald Kutney (@geraldkutney) is a climate scientist, professor, journalist/speaker, author and founder/consultant of 6esm, a C-level consulting firm focused on the bio-economy, renewable energy and the politics of the Kyoto Protocol and others like it.
Gerald's a frequent contributor to the HuffingtonPost, Canada's National Observer and is the author of the peer-reviewed: Carbon Politics and the Failure of the Kyoto Protocol - in search for an answer to the failure of the international community to act on climate change.
In today's episode we discuss:
- The main reasons the Kyoto Protocol failed
- What caused the climate denier movement and how to stop it
- How a carbon tax credit system is working well in Canada
- What propaganda is doing to political discourse
- How everyone can do their part to fighting climate change
- Did social media break democracy
- Unique ideas to change public perception of climate science
- How bad is the state of fake news and propaganda
- Why we still haven't solved the collective action problem
- The importance of arguing against false beliefs
- Gerald's thoughts on authoritarianism and inaction
- How tax breaks could incentivize innovation and investment in green tech
- The scary truth about geoengineering
- Why corporate campaign contributions are one of the biggest issues in America
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Gerald's a frequent contributor to the HuffingtonPost, Canada's National Observer and is the author of the peer-reviewed: Carbon Politics and the Failure of the Kyoto Protocol - in search for an answer to the failure of the international community to act on climate change.
In today's episode we discuss:
- The main reasons the Kyoto Protocol failed
- What caused the climate denier movement and how to stop it
- How a carbon tax credit system is working well in Canada
- What propaganda is doing to political discourse
- How everyone can do their part to fighting climate change
- Did social media break democracy
- Unique ideas to change public perception of climate science
- How bad is the state of fake news and propaganda
- Why we still haven't solved the collective action problem
- The importance of arguing against false beliefs
- Gerald's thoughts on authoritarianism and inaction
- How tax breaks could incentivize innovation and investment in green tech
- The scary truth about geoengineering
- Why corporate campaign contributions are one of the biggest issues in America
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