Tyndall Talks Ep. 5 – Flying, Sailing, and Carbon Offsetting: Why are they problematic for climate?
Can sails be the technology of the future? Is it worse to fly during day or night? Is carbon offsetting not as good as what we think?
Can sails be the technology of the future? Is it worse to fly during day or night? Is carbon offsetting not as good as what we think?
Climate Scientist and ex-Director of the Tyndall Centre Professor Corinne Le Queré together with Philosopher Professor Rupert Read, a founder of the Greenhouse Think Tank and more recently Extinction Rebellion spokesperson, both of UEA, discussed with a University and public audience when Net Zero should be achieved.
These kinds of “climate solutions” fail to recognise that the cost of burdening individuals to solve climate change is further marginalising those already in the margins when, as we all know, what we need to talk about are emissions from the dirty industries like fossil fuel and cement, as well as emissions from countries.