The climate crisis is an economic crisis (bonus episode)

About this episode

This episode discusses the economic impacts of the climate crisis and explores hopeful solutions.

We’re dropping into your feeds today to share this special bonus episode. It’s a conversation between host Amy Scott, Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal and Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Elizabeth Kolbert. We talk about how the accelerating climate crisis is creating economic disruption. And we get into some of the solutions that are giving us hope right now. This conversation was recorded live, over Zoom, in front of an audience. It’s presented by Odoo with additional underwriting support from The Economist.

People in this episode

Hosts: Amy Scott, Kai Ryssdal

Guest: Elizabeth Kolbert

Topics covered

• climate crisis
• economic disruption
• solutions
• live conversation
• hope

Keywords

• climate crisis
• economic crisis
• Elizabeth Kolbert
• Marketplace
• solutions
• live recording
• Zoom

Sponsors

Odoo

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Marketplace, The Economist

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