About this episode
Julian Morris discusses climate change, its impacts, and the role of human adaptation and innovation in mitigating disaster effects.
Julian Morris presents slides on climate change: global temperatures have risen since 1850 and human greenhouse gas emissions plausibly contribute via radiative forcing, but he argues harms are not worsening. Using the EM-DAT disaster database, he notes reported extreme-weather disasters rose while geophysical disasters rose similarly, suggesting reporting and population effects; meanwhile climate-disaster mortality has fallen over 90% since the 1920s due to adaptation, technology, trade, infrastructure, warnings, and better buildings. He highlights long-term declines in energy and CO2 per GDP and potential decoupling, attributing progress to innovation and institutions like free markets and property rights. He critiques democratically unaccountable NGO–foundation–intergovernmental coalitions, discusses perverse incentives in conservation (rhino horn trade bans), ethanol mandates, and possible blockchain tracking for wildlife products. 00:00 Meet Julian Morris 01:02 Is the World Warming 01:33 Are Humans Causing It 02:24 Disaster Counts Rising 04:51 Why Disasters Get Counted 06:21 Deaths From Disasters Fall 07:46 How Humans Adapt 11:03 Should We Worry Next 11:34 Efficiency Cuts…
People in this episode
Host: Thomas Nelson
Guest: Julian Morris
Topics covered
- climate change
- greenhouse gas emissions
- disaster mortality
- energy decoupling
- innovation
- conservation
Keywords
- climate change
- greenhouse gas
- disaster database
- energy efficiency
- CO2 emissions
- adaptation
- technology
- conservation
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