Overshoot: Navigating a world beyond 1.5°C (trailer)

About this episode

This episode is a trailer for the OVERSHOOT series, exploring the implications of exceeding 1.5°C of global heating.

Today we're posting a trailer for OVERSHOOT, an exciting new series forthcoming from our friends over at Planet B Productions. OVERSHOOT is hosted by Laurie Laybourn, author of Planet on Fire: A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown, published by Verso Books. In 2015, the world agreed to limit global heating to 1.5°C. Ten years later, temperatures are spiralling beyond this and climate chaos is wreaking havoc across the globe. In this major four-part series, host Laurie explores how the world ended up here and uncovers the huge misconceptions and the high-tech fantasies that hold us back. And we meet people with the ideas to navigate what comes next, from protesting pensioners to climate negotiators, Pacific islanders to pre-eminent scientists. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. For essays and bonus content, sign up at overshootpod.com or follow @overshootpod on social media. Writer and presenter: Laurie Laybourn Researcher: Ben Shread-Hewitt Production coordination: Daniel Norman Script consulting: Daniel Trilling Sound design and mix: Ben Heyderman and James Fox Original music by Haniell With special thanks to Aaron Thierry, Mirte Boot, James Dyke…

People in this episode

Host: Laurie Laybourn

Topics covered

• climate change
• environmental breakdown
• global heating
• sustainability
• navigating climate chaos

Keywords

• climate chaos
• 1.5°C
• environmental ideas
• climate negotiators
• sustainability solutions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Planet B Productions, Verso Books

Books & works: Planet on Fire: A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown

Places: Pacific

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