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2. Holly Buck on ending fossil fuels

2. Holly Buck on ending fossil fuels

FromChallenging Climate


2. Holly Buck on ending fossil fuels

FromChallenging Climate

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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Jan 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Holly Jean Buck is an expert on the social and political dimensions of environmental policies, and of strategies and technologies for preventing and adapting to climate change. Our conversation focuses on her new book, Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero Is Not Enough. Holly, Pete, and Jesse discuss why we should strive for a future of no fossil fuels, the challenges to ending fossil fuels, the role of carbon dioxide removal, whether the alternatives could be worse, how to deal with legacy firms and stranded assets, the collective action problem, and practical next steps. We also touch on the whether to shrink the global economy through degrowth, public participation and engagement, bridging technological and social change, and reasons for optimism. Holly is Assistant Professor of Environment and Sustainability at the University at Buffalo and also the author of After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair, and Restoration and co-editor of Has It Come to This? The Promise and Peril of Geoengineering on the Brink.https://twitter.com/hollyjeanbuckhttps://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/environment-sustainability/faculty/faculty-directory/holly-buck.html https://www.versobooks.com/books/3879-ending-fossil-fuels https://fossilfueltreaty.org/ Support the show
Released:
Jan 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (49)

Asking tough questions about the science, technology, and politics of climate change, two climate researchers challenge leading experts on one of the defining issues of our age. Every two weeks, they explore how we can fight global warming by cutting greenhouse gas emissions, carbon removal, adaptation and solar geoengineering. Dr. Jesse Reynolds and Dr. Pete Irvine consider the roles of computer models and persuasive narratives, economics and public policy, and renewable energy and national security in the climate debate, and look beyond to issues such as biotechnology and international development.Support us at Patreon.Questions or comments? Email info@challengingclimate.org or tweet @ChalClimateSee more information on Jesse Reynolds and Pete Irvine.Subscribe for email updates.music by Peter Danilchuk @clambgramb (IG/Twitter).