End of Coal? Tyee’s Climate Reporter on Paris Predictions
Geoff Dembicki talks tipping points, clean energy and, yes, if we’re screwed.
Bon voyage, Geoff!
The 29-year old reporter, who is currently writing his first book Are We Screwed? A Millennial’s Guide to Climate Change, will be filing dispatches for The Tyee.
Planned from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11, the ambitious gathering of 196 countries has an even more ambitious goal: to forge “a new international agreement on climate change, applicable to all, to keep global warming below 2 C.”
David P. Ball: You’re flying to Paris on Friday. Tell me about your preparations and what you’ll be looking for there.
Geoff Dembicki: Over the past couple weeks, I’ve reached out to various environmentalists, journalists and academics to have as many background conversations as I can just to wrap my mind around this event.
Is that overly optimistic, or do you think that could actually happen? We’ve had climate summits before — what’s changed?
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