{"id":60392,"date":"2021-11-12T08:23:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T13:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=60392"},"modified":"2021-11-12T08:23:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T13:23:17","slug":"how-wealth-inequality-fuels-the-climate-emergency-george-monbiot-scientist-kevin-anderson-on-cop26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=60392","title":{"rendered":"How Wealth Inequality Fuels the Climate Emergency: George Monbiot &#038; Scientist Kevin Anderson on COP26"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2021\/11\/11\/how_the_wealthy_fuel_the_climate?fbclid=IwAR1jMXBDNkt2qPevsMzGjDwFDOsW-BYBhbbYcaQ4cLsLNd7U1ln__epVQeA\">How Wealth Inequality Fuels the Climate Emergency: George Monbiot &amp; Scientist Kevin Anderson on COP26<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div id=\"story\" class=\"primary_content col-lg-8 col-sm-8\">\n<div class=\"story_with_left_panel\">\n<div id=\"story_text\">\n<div class=\"story_summary\">\n<div class=\"hidden-xs hidden-lg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<p>The United States and China made a surprise announcement on Wednesday at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow on a joint pledge to reduce methane emissions and slow deforestation. The United States is the largest historical emitter of carbon emissions, while China has been the largest emitter in recent years. As negotiations continue, we speak with British journalist George Monbiot and British climate scientist Kevin Anderson about how world leaders and even some climate scientists are downplaying the climate emergency. \u201cEverything we\u2019ve been hearing here and at the previous 25 summits is basically distraction,\u201d says Monbiot, adding that global leaders could \u201cfix\u201d the worst impacts of the climate crisis \u201cin no time at all if they wanted to.\u201d Both guests highlight the role of extreme wealth in fueling the climate crisis, with Anderson noting it\u2019s unfair to penalize nations like China, whose rising emissions correlate to the production of goods transported to wealthier countries. \u201cEquity has to be a key part of our responses,\u201d says Anderson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"hidden-xs\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"transcript\" class=\"mobile_anchor_target\">\n<h5 class=\"transcript\">Transcript<\/h5>\n<div class=\"grey_description fine_print\">This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<p><strong><span class=\"caps\">AMY<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">GOODMAN<\/span>:<\/strong>\u00a0This is\u00a0<em>Democracy Now!<\/em>, democracynow.org,\u00a0<em>The War and Peace Report<\/em>. This is Climate Countdown. I\u2019m Amy Goodman, in New York, also joined by\u00a0<em>Democracy Now!<\/em>\u00a0co-host Nermeen Shaikh. Hi, Nermeen.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"caps\">NERMEEN<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">SHAIKH<\/span>:<\/strong>\u00a0Hi, Amy. And welcome to our listeners and viewers around the country and around the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"caps\">AMY<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">GOODMAN<\/span>:<\/strong> Well, we\u2019re going to go right now to the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, where the United States and China made a surprise announcement yesterday about plans to work together to cut greenhouse gas emissions, including measures to reduce methane emissions and slow deforestation&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Wealth Inequality Fuels the Climate Emergency: George Monbiot &amp; Scientist Kevin Anderson on COP26 The United States and China made a surprise announcement on Wednesday at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow on a joint pledge to reduce methane emissions and slow deforestation. 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