Part one of two: In search of REAL climate leadership.
Greta Thunberg and Kevin Anderson are among the world's most direct communicators and rigorous thinkers on the climate emergency. Here is part one of a fantastic, rare conversation between them, hosted by regular Climate Uncensored collaborator, Ingrid Rieser.
Recorded in Sweden in March 2022, Kevin and Greta's informal yet candid discussion ranged over many key topics in climate mitigation, with honesty, leadership and agency being recurring themes.
Part two of the interview will follow next week.
Chapters:
00:00 Why was the school strike so effective?
04:24 When did your engagement with climate change begin?
08:02 Honest science communication vs. alarmism and hope
13:41 Objective climate science vs. the politics of mitigation
17:32 Top-down and bottom-up democratic responses to climate change
26:51 Equity & extractivism; regulation & voluntary change
CREDITS:
- Interviewer: Ingrid M. Rieser, podcaster and filmmaker.
Discussants:
- Professor Kevin Anderson, professor of energy and climate change. Kevin holds joint positions at: Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at University of Manchester, UK; Centre for Environment and Development Studies / CEMUS at University of Uppsala, Sweden; and the Centre for Climate & Energy Transformation at University of Bergen, Norway.
- Greta Thunberg, activist and advocate for climate action, initiator of Skolstrejk för klimatet and Fridays for Future, three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee. Follow Greta on social media:
- Camera operator: Joel Lindberg
