Climate Chat: The REAL Reasons We Aren't Reducing Emissions

In this Climate Chat episode we discuss the reasons that the world is not reducing emissions even though we are aware of the dangers of inaction and we understand the solutions we must implement. Much of the discussion revolves around climate scientist Kevin Anderson's response to a Guardian article, "Who are the polluter elite and how can we tackle carbon inequality?" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/22/who-are-polluter-elite-how-can-we-tackle-carbon-inequality?CMP=share_btn_tw Kevin's response: https://x.com/KevinClimate/status/1727671904725565909?s=20 We also cover the 2021 paper by Kevin and others that discuss the various societal elements that are preventing climate action: "Three Decades of Climate Mitigation: Why Haven't We Bent the Global Emissions Curve?" https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-environ-012220-011104 For more Climate Chat episodes, see our YouTube home page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3BXcpYFCzTndJ9Fisi32qg