Johannes Ackva on Managing Climate Change

Johannes Ackva joins the podcast to discuss the main drivers of climate change and our best technological and governmental options for managing it. You can read more about Johannes' work at founderspledge.com/climate

Timestamps:
00:00 Johannes's journey as an environmentalist
13:21 The drivers of climate change
23:00 Oil, coal, and gas
38:05 Solar, wind, and hydro
49:34 Nuclear energy
57:03 Geothermal energy
1:00:41 Most promising technologies
1:05:40 Government subsidies
1:13:28 Carbon taxation
1:17:10 Planting trees
1:21:53 Influencing government policy
1:26:39 Different climate scenarios
1:34:49 Economic growth and emissions
1:37:23 Social stability

References:
Emissions by sector: ourworldindata.org/emissions-by-sector
Energy density of different energy sources: nature.com/articles/s41598-022-25341-9
Emissions forecasts: lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/publication/the-un… and science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg6248
Risk management: youtube.com/watch?v=6JJvIR1W-xI
Carbon pricing: cell.com/joule/pdf/S2542-4351(18)30567-1.pdf
Why not simply plant trees?: climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/how-many-new-trees-wou…
Deforestation: science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade3535
Decoupling of economic growth and emissions: globalcarbonproject.org/carbonbudget/22/highli…
Premature deaths from air pollution: unep.org/interactives/air-pollution-note