Guest: Tzeporah Berman, writer and environmentalist
"Climate change is one the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced."
That is the claim from environmentalist and writer Dr. Tzeporah Berman. "And unless we address it quickly, we will destabilize the climate to such an extent that the majority of the world’s population will not be able to meet basic needs."
Berman, while sounding the alarm bells, is also hopeful, saying, “We’re already starting to address it – we have seen more technological advances in the past two years on renewable energies than in the last 20; we’ve seen more market investment in renewable energy around the world than ever before.”
We invited Omri Haiven of the Clean Energy Research Group to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the potential agrivoltaics offers to farmers.
We invited Dr. Sally Aitken of the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences at UBC to join us for a Conversation That Matters about working with our trees to ensure they have long and healthy lives.
We invited Lasse Gustavsson, the CEO of Ocean Wise, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the vital role the ocean plays in our survival, the risks the world’s oceans face, and how we can mitigate those harms.
We invited Mark Jaccard, the author of “The Citizen’s Guide to Climate Success: Overcoming Myths that Hinder Progress” and the Chair and CEO of the BC Utilities Commission, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about finding a path to open dialogue and realistic strategies to address our climate challenges.