The Existential Risk of Climate Change

"I'm focused in the book on existential risk. And obviously there are all of these kinds of catastrophes that are well worth avoiding," he says. "But I want to ask this question and kind of really unpack it as to, but does it also pose this existential risk? Because that could create these really additional reasons to avoid it." It's quite a lot worse than people think, even perhaps 10 degrees of warming or something in that vicinity,. But then there's a separate question of even at that level, could that make humanity extinct?

Transcript

Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!

Get the app