

Downstream: We Are in the Post-Climate Change World w/ Gaia Vince
Jan 15, 2024
Author and broadcaster Gaia Vince argues that we need to focus on how we'll deal with the already happening and about to get much worse effects of climate change, such as huge swaths of the planet becoming uninhabitable and 2 billion people needing to find somewhere new to live. She proposes a radical reframing of how we think about migration. Topics discussed include wet bulb temperatures, demographic aging, the Japanese nappy market, rising sea levels, tipping points, electric vehicle infrastructure, the warping of time, lessons from COVID-19, declining birth rates, special economic zones, anti-migrant rhetoric, and the multicultural nature of Britain.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
No Mad Century: How to Survive the Climate Upheaval
01:52 • 19min
Challenges and Paralysis in Building Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
21:14 • 3min
The Warping of Time and its Impact on Long-Term Thinking
24:17 • 21min
Lessons Learned and Forgotten
45:44 • 8min
The Impact of Declining Birth Rates and Increasing Life Expectancy
54:03 • 23min
Special Economic Zones, Unused Land, and the Importance of Smart Policy
01:16:45 • 3min
The Rise of Anti-Migrant Rhetoric and the Multicultural Nature of Britain
01:20:13 • 4min