Climate Change - What's the Worst Case Scenario?

4min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

So far we've been talking about your point estimate, about what you think is othe most likely set of outcomes. Now let's go for a moment to the most pessimistic side of theur argument, which savourd. But zunso sobeski thinks are actibe terrible right now in ways that i wld be hard to track. And so for and are getting a little bit better, and beeffess of climate sho only be really bad eor can be potentially not as bad. That's a very interesting story. It evates me when i think about climate change, is the most likelys now, but to a greater extent, actually the tale end.

David Wallace-Wells is one of the foremost journalists covering climate change. A writer at The New York Times and a columnist at The New York Times Magazine, Wallace-Wells is the author of the best-selling book The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming. His New York Magazine article of the same name was the most read in the magazine’s history.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and David Wallace-Wells discuss why the worst scenarios for the future of climate outcomes have become less likely over the course of the last years; how much damage climate change is nevertheless likely to wreak; and what political, economic, and technological solutions might help humanity deal with this urgent challenge.

This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.

Please do listen and spread the word about The Good Fight.

If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone.

Email: podcast@persuasion.community

Website: http://www.persuasion.community

Podcast production by John Taylor Williams, and Brendan Ruberry

Connect with us!

Spotify | Apple | Google

Twitter: @Yascha_Mounk & @joinpersuasion

Youtube: Yascha Mounk

LinkedIn: Persuasion Community

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices