Climate Leadership In A Multipolar New World Order [Podcast]

The former Secretary-General of the UN, Kofi Annan, is on record to have said, “The world is reaching the tipping point beyond which climate change may become irreversible. If this happens, we risk denying present and future generations the right to a healthy and sustainable planet – the whole of humanity stands to lose.”

2. Climate change is an urgent catastrophe that requires our immediate attention, not a far-off danger. Billions of people have already been affected by planetary warming and extremes so far. Numerous reports from 2024 present a dire picture of what awaits our planet if we do nothing. They issue a call to action, urging us to acknowledge the pressing need to address climate change and to do our part to protect the planet we live in. However, who should foot the bill for climate adaptation and protection? What part do people play in addressing the climate crisis? How can they work together to create a future that is climate-just? What does it mean to be a climate leader in a multipolar world?

3. I am delighted to welcome Sir Jonathan Porritt back as a guest to the Conversations with Stephen Kamugasa podcast. His first podcast with us, entitled Climate Change: The New Apocalypse, is worth a listen. Jonathan is a well-known British writer, broadcaster, and environmentalist. It would be hard to list all of his achievements here and do them justice. But let’s just say that he has spent nearly his whole life working on climate change issues and is still going strong at a time when most men his age would be thinking of retiring quietly to the English Shires. In fact, he has been working with Just Stop Oil, a British environmental activist organisation that focuses mostly on the problem of climate change caused by human activity, to write a new book.

4. In this episode, we discuss the topic: Climate Leadership In A Multipolar New World Order

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Books Referenced and Recommended for Reading:

1. Love, Anger, and Betrayal (Due to be released in July 2025) By Jonathon Porritt.

2. Hope In Hell: A decade to confront the climate change emergency (Simon & Schuster, 2020, updated 2022). By Jonathon Porritt.

3. The Last Drop: Solving the World’s Water Crisis (Picador UK, June 18, 2024). By Tim Smedley.

4. Why Climate Breakdown Matters (Bloomsbury Academic, August 11, 2022) By Rupert Reed.

5. Saving Us From Ourselves: Can We Repair 50 Years of Ecological Overshoot? (Self-published, 2020) By Barbara Williams