The Politics of Climate Change | Steve E. Koonin

As world leaders, including PM Scott Morrison, prepare to attend the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, there is mounting pressure for governments to apply a net zero energy policy by 2050.

In this interview, John talks with Steve E. Koonin, a theoretical physicist and policymaker, about the future of energy and the politics of climate change. Steve reflects on how the politicisation of climate science has led to a lack of transparency regarding climate statistics.

From 2009 to 2011, Steve served as the Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy in the Obama Administration. Steve now works as director of the Center for Urban Science and Progress at New York University and as a professor in the Department of Civil and Urban Engineering at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering.

Steve is also the author of two books. His recently published book, Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters, was a Wall Street Journal Bestseller.

#ClimateChange #Environment #IPCC #RenewableEnergy
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00:00 Introduction
3:35 Are humans to blame for climate change?
11:52 The Problem with Climate Modelling
21:29 The Costs & Benefits of Climate Policy
27:47 The Future of Renewable Energy
34:19 Adaptation and Climate Change
42:49 Net Zero: Is it Possible?
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Steve Koonin
https://www.unsettledsciencebook.com