Crippling heat, fire, and death in the U.K., Europe, and the U.S. are bringing the climate emergency to our literal doorsteps. At the same time, political antipathy一in the lack of climate depth among Britain’s leadership candidates or the collapse of sweeping climate legislation in the U.S., for example一seems to be adding fuel to the fire.
Co-hosts Tom Rivett-Carnac and Paul Dickinson, and especially Christiana Figueres, are outraged! They explore what this means for the climate agenda going forward and, of course, how compassion, inclusion, and optimism must be part of the solution. Will deaths in the streets of Madrid and 40+°C (102°F) temps in the alleys of London compel us to wake up and see what’s happening?
Next, how do we use the tools of capitalism without being controlled by them?
In this segment the gang explores the differences between traditional and enlightened capital and their connections to poverty, moral imagination, and climate – joined by visionary entrepreneur, philanthropist, and best-selling author Jacqueline Novogratz.
Novogratz, described by Forbes as one of the World’s 100 Greatest Living Business Minds (2017), is the head of the global nonprofit impact investment fund Acumen.
Novogratz explains, “What is the problem we’re here to solve, and how do we use the tools we have to solve them? Investment has always been [one of those] tools…but we see investment as a means, not as an end in itself.”
Listen in as they deconstruct patient capital, off-grid solar, outrage over ongoing divisiveness, and how moral imagination as corporate strategy might just work a little magic for the future.
NOTES AND RESOURCES
Check out more of Gabrielle Sey’s Music here, and be sure to spin her cut of “Patterns” and add it to your summer playlist!
Learn more about Acumen and its inspirational founder, Jacqueline Novogratz.
You Can buy Novogratz’s 2020 work “Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World” here, or in the US, here.
You can buy Novogratz’s bestseller, “The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap between Rich and Poor,” here, or in the US, here.
To learn more about our planet’s climate emergency and how you can transform outrage into optimistic action subscribe to the podcast here.
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96. Climate Action Is the Adventure of Our Lives with Bertrand Piccard and Dee Caffari
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91. The Race to Zero! Road to COP26
90. Ferocious Love with Katharine Wilkinson
89. The Ministry for the Future with Kim Stanley Robinson
88. Living on Planet Earth with Oliver Jeffers
87. The Future of Urban Transport
86. The Scientific Case for The Race to Zero with Johan Rockström
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85. The Future of Shipping
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