Professor Ilan Kelman provides a fresh perspective on climate change in this insightful interview with Anirudh Nanda. He argues that while climate change is a serious issue, it's not the only challenge we face, emphasizing the significant role human choices play in creating disasters, fueling conflict, and influencing migration patterns. This discussion explores the difference between weather, climate, and climate change, and how human actions often worsen the impact of natural events. Kelman also delves into the complex relationship between climate change, conflict, and migration, highlighting the dangers of heat waves fueled by human activity. Ultimately, he calls for ethical population stabilization and responsible consumption to build a more resilient and sustainable future. Tune in to gain a new understanding of climate change and the power of human action. Timestamp: 00:00 - Introduction 02:52 - Understanding Climate Change and Its Impacts 08:08 - The Interplay Between Climate Change and Disasters 14:29 - Human Choices and Disaster Creation 19:57 - Conflict, Peace, and Climate Change 26:52 - Migration in the Context of Climate Change 32:34 - A Call to Action: Choices for a Sustainable Future
🍃 How can governments from across the globe respond to the nexus of climate change & migration? 📅 Join us Oct. 31 for an online discussion on how to chart a smart agenda to address #climatemigration.
Ahead of 🌍#COP29 next month, panelists will discuss immigrant workers’ role in the #greentransition, ways to better incorporate affected communities’ voices in climate solutions, policy responses outside the humanitarian protection space, & the cues that shape public opinion of #climatemigrants.
"“I think there’s millions of invisible #climatemigrants today, and unless we get a handle on this problem and do so quickly, that’s going to look like a trickle before the flood.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/07/un-expert-human-rights-climate-crisis-economy
https://www.commondreams.org/news/homelessness-data
Q-
What would Congress do with #2Trillion dollars
900B “Defense”
900B off budget like Veterans affairs
300B for annual genocidal activity in Palestine.
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1. Protect #CarbonBombs shipping lanes
2. #Genocide for water, oil and gas
3. Expand #kleptocracy in resource intensive area
4. #SurveillanceCapitalism to #CriminalizeDissent and #ClimateMigrants
5. More #PoliceAndPrisons.
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