The chapter explores the concept of 'poly crisis momentum' where various crises intersect, leading to heightened vulnerability in society. It delves into the challenges of focusing more on recovery than prevention and questions the belief in growth as the ultimate solution. The narrative emphasizes the interconnectedness of global issues, the complexities of geopolitics, and the necessity for challenging existing narratives to effectively address global crises.
We need to confront political impossibility.
A few months ago, I was sitting on a train bashing out a furious article about the British government’s climate incompetence. The man next to me was in a zoom call on climate change, vigorously shaking his head. I couldn’t help but ask.
That’s how I met today’s guest, Jonathan Mille, a researcher at University College London’s Climate Action Unit, where he studies systemic risk and the impact of our interdependent global systems on climate change response. Jonathan focuses much of his attention on the physical and political possibility of the energy transition, and in today’s episode we discuss that exact tension between what is physically possible and what is politically possible. We explore the narrative challenge we face as a society, along with the distinct knowledge gaps found in industry, policy circles and business which create blind spots of psychological vulnerabilities, impeding the necessary psychological transition.
© Rachel Donald
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