Christ's Climate Seminar 2: Solutions to Climate Change; by the People, for the People
Duration: 41 mins 29 secs
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| Description: | Climate change has been repeatedly described as humanity’s greatest threat and action by government is generally considered unambitious and insufficient. Craig Bennett, CEO at Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern Ireland), argues that solutions to the climate change challenge should come from and be done by the people, not to them. During this seminar, he describes how public engagement is missing from the climate change conversation and provides examples of the impacts this has had on government policies. |
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| Created: | 2019-02-07 14:41 |
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| Collection: | Climate Seminars 2019 |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | Jackie Ouchikh |
| Language: | eng (English) |
| Abstract: | The climate change discourse is too often obsessed with central government policy solutions and technical fixes.
But evidence suggests that there are no solutions to climate change that can be done to people. The solutions that succeed and endure are typically those that are done 'by the people for the people', in particular diverse coalitions of people, as represented by civil society. In his lecture, Craig Bennett, Chief Executive of Friends of the Earth, will reveal some of the secrets behind successful campaigning for action on climate change, and make a plea for academics, policy makers and business leaders to think more creatively about climate solutions.2019 Climate Seminar Series |
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