#21 - Hannah Ritchie | Why We Aren't Doomed by Climate Change
Sustainability. It's a big buzzword that gets lots of headlines, but what if our definition of it is incomplete? That's the view of Hannah Ritchie - Hannah is the lead Environmental Scientist at OurWorldinData.org - a leading data science organization that analyses data to find out the true state of our world. In today's conversation we explore her findings on the planet's biggest issues. We discuss which problems are over-hyped, which ones are under-hyped, and most importantly: How do we become sustainable AND keep the high quality of life we're used to? That would indeed be a Win-Win.
Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:06 - Redefining Sustainability
00:09:12 - The Perception Gap
00:22:09 - Degrowth Movement
00:26:46 - Jevon's Paradox
00:31:38 - Carbon Tax & Rethinking Incentives
00:35:45 - Latest Climate Data
00:43:38 - Geoengineering Solutions
00:50:03 - Impact of Farming
00:59:42 - Environmental Success Stories
01:05:12 - Badly Behaving Businesses
01:18:33 - Most Surprising Fact on OWID
01:26:18 - Relationship with Competition
01:31:38 - Win-Win Futures
Links
♾️ Not the End of The World by Hannah Ritchie
♾️ Hannah’s TED Talk - Are We the Last Generation or the First Sustainable One?
♾️ Hans Rosling - The Best Stats You’ve Ever Seen
♾️ Nate Hagen’s Youtube Channel
Credits
♾️ Hosted by Liv Boeree
♾️ Produced & Edited by Raymond Wei
♾️ Audio Mix by Keir Schmidt