Engaging the Climate Tragedy

When discussing the sorry state of efforts to address climate change with professionals working on this topic, across sectors, I often hear a reluctance to question whether it is too late to avert catastrophic climate change, or what such a view might mean for the focus of our work. Various objections to this view are raised and prevent open discussion or an evolution of work. Therefore, I decided to deliver a speech at a leading climate business and finance event in Australia, at Griffith University, to seek feedback on my argument that we must now shift focus.

In my keynote, Nov 29^th, I’m outlining the following:

1. There has been some progress on environmental issues in past decades, from reducing pollution, to habitat preservation, to waste management.
2. Much valiant effort has been made to reduce carbon emissions over the last twenty years.
3. There have been many steps forward on…