The Prospect Podcast #101: The Uninhabitable Earth, with David Wallace-Wells

Tracing the influence of Greta Thunberg, global climate strikes, and the Green New Deal

by Prospect Team / October 2, 2019 / Leave a comment

In recent months, the climate change movement has reached new heights with global strikes and large-scale marches. Journalist and author of The Uninhabitable Earth David Wallace-Wells joins the Prospect podcast and takes stock of where the global climate movement is today, and what change needs to happen to avoid the alarming futures we may face.

Plus: Tom Clark and Steve Bloomfield on the climate change proposals on the UK party conference circuit

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Peter Connolly
October 6, 2019 at 19:59
I am reading the Uninhabitable Earth and it is terrifying. Brexit is just a sideshow. Getting governments to talk less and act more is totally crucial. Our children and theirs will not forgive us and rightly so. Plastic as just one example is everywhere from supermarkets to toy shops. It has to stop. Governments must be held to account. We too must play our part and avoid giving in/supporting the polluters.