The Earth was its hottest in recorded history in 2023. Our winters are shorter, our summers hotter, and our natural disasters more extreme. It’s dark. But maybe it doesn’t have to be. Hannah Ritchie is deputy editor at Our World in Data and author of the book Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet. On this week’s episode of The Weeds, she talks with host Jonquilyn Hill about how the world has never been sustainable, why scientists shouldn’t advocate for policy, and ways to balance optimism and realism when it comes to stopping climate change.
Read More:
Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet — Hannah Ritchie
Hannah Ritchie fights climate doomerism with facts — Vox
What If People Don't Need to Care About Climate Change to Fix It? — NYT
Submit your policy questions!
We want to know what you’re curious about.
Credits:
Jonquilyn Hill, host
Sofi LaLonde, producer
Cristian Ayala, engineer
A.M. Hall, editorial director of talk podcasts
Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a donation to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
By the People: How to rig an election
One Billion Americans
How Trump closed the border
The definitive case against the filibuster
Steal this podcast
LAW AND ORDER
Trump sells out
The Trump Show
The Cut: Optimism
Trump's peddling a fake Covid-19 cure
Democratic convention special
WTF is happening with USPS
What the hell is the Republican party doing?
What is the economy, stupid?
Veepstakes
The stimulus standoff
The Great Awokening
Trafficking, and trafficking panics
The evidence on crime and policing
Bad for the Jews?
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Tiny Desk Concerts - Video
60 Minutes
Left, Right & Center
The Axe Files with David Axelrod
Kickass News