David Spratt has been Research Coordinator for the independent think tank Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration since 2014. He was co-founder of the Climate Action Centre in Melbourne and co-authored Climate Code Red; the case for emergency action. David is a prolific climate science communicator, writing regularly for popular publications and blogging at climatecodered.org.
In this frank conversation, David discusses the climate emergency and the realities of climate modelling and acceptable risk, putting forward a strong case for more drastic climate action. One way or another disruption is inevitable, and he calls on us to have the courage to speak the truth and act accordingly - because it is necessary and fair.
In this episode we cover:
• What inspired David’s journey to climate communication
• Climate dominoes: The importance of understanding climate tipping points and positive feedback loops
• Temperature projections and the dangers already existing with earth’s current warming
• Realities and limitations of climate modelling
• The intersections of politics and climate science
• Adaptation, mitigation and drawdown
• Cooling the arctic and global flow on effects of the warming poles
• The case for emergency action and disruption
• Whether the goal of net zero by 2050 is appropriate
• The greenwashing and accountancy tricks involved in reaching net zero
• How to effectively communicate the climate emergency and what we can learn from health promotion principles
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