Clima. L’era delle opportunità

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Un dialogo con Michael Mann, climatologo e geofisico

L’importanza di ascoltare la scienza di fronte al rischio climatico: energie rinnovabili, progresso tecnologico, un settore finanziario attivo e carbon pricing. E’ una “perfetta tempesta di opportunità per il clima”.

Michael E. Mann, Director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University

The science tells us it is not too late to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. There is great urgency to act now to reduce carbon emissions globally by a factor of two within the next decade if we are to avert a truly dangerous interference with our climate


Today it is not possible anymore to deny that climate change is happening, because we are seeing the impacts. But the “forces of inaction” haven’t given up, they have changed their tactics. They’ve moved from the “old climate war”, which was an effort to discredit the scientific evidence and the scientists, to what I call the “new climate war”, a new array of tactics – including soft denial and efforts to delay action – that are still aimed at keeping us addicted to fossil fuels.

Michael E. Mann, uno degli scienziati del clima più influenti al mondo e autore del libro The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet, svela come affrontare la “coalizione dei riluttanti” composta da attori come coloro che hanno interessi nel campo dei combustibili fossili, negazionisti climatici e magnati dei media conservatori.

L’evento live streaming è stato parte del ciclo di appuntamenti Seeds. Words that feed the future organizzati nell’ambito dell’iniziativa CMCC Climate Change Communication Award “Rebecca Ballestra”.

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