Ex-RSPO CEO Datuk Darrel Webber - We’re Less Than 5°C Away From A Climate-Induced Extinction Event

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Ex-RSPO CEO Datuk Darrel Webber - We’re Less Than 5°C Away From A Climate-Induced Extinction Event

Datuk Darrel Webber is a former CEO of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) who talks about how human behaviour is warming the earth at 17x the natural rate, which If left unchecked, will accelerate human extinction sooner than we think.   

(Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).

CONTENTS 

00:01:55 - Datuk Webber Shares His Origin Story 
00:10:53 - Discovering What The Common Person REALLY Cares About 
00:15:21 - Universal Basic Income Is One Way Forward 
00:20:23 - Sabah, One Of The Poorest If Not The Poorest States in Malaysia 
00:23:16 - Where Malaysia Ranks on the Global Climate Ladder
00:26:51 - How Climate Responsibility Coincides With The Economy 
00:30:16 - Malaysia Needs to Develop Its Own Climate Plan, Not Ape The Western Model  
00:34:02 - Reflecting On The Haze And How Palm Oil Disassociated Itself 
00:42:05 - Climate Change Is Unstoppable 
00:45:06 - Earth Has Already Experienced FIVE Extinction Ages 
00:50:39 - How Financial Markets Harm Net Zero Ambitions 
00:57:20 - Since Climate Change Can’t Be Stopped, It’s All About Adaptation Now 
01:03:24 - Will Seafront Properties Make Sense In The Future? 
01:05:52 - Government Needs to Protect Everyone, Not Just The Ones Who Vote For Them 
01:08:52 - Nuclear Power Is A Real Option ..  And So Is Solar 
01:14:00 - How Will AI Solve The Climate? 
01:15:09 - Fewer Humans, A Cooler Planet 
01:16:54 - Personal Adaptation: How Datuk Webber Is Driving Change Personally 
01:22:02 - The EV Industry – A Big Lie? 

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