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Mike Berners-Lee On What You Can Do To Save The Planet (online)

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Given the global nature of the challenges we face, what can any of us do as individuals to make a difference?

Climate change, feeding the world, biodiversity, plastics – the list of environmental concerns seems endless. But which of these is the most pressing and, given the global nature of the challenges we face, what can any of us do as individuals to make a difference? Do we all need to become vegan? Is local food best? How should we spend and invest our money? In January 2021 leading carbon expert Mike Berners-Lee, author of the bestselling book There Is No Planet B, came to Intelligence Squared to answer these and other questions. Having crunched the numbers, he argued that there is a course of action we can all follow which doesn’t require donning a hair shirt. And reflecting on the turbulent last 12 months, he tackled the thorny issues of protests, pandemics, wildfires and more.

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Speakers for the motion

  • Mike Berners-Lee

    Sustainability expert and author of the newly updated There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years

Chair

  • Jenny Kleeman

    Award winning journalist, broadcaster and documentary film-maker

Speakers are subject to change.

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Mike Berners-Lee

Sustainability expert and author of the newly updated There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years

Writer and consultant on sustainability and responses to the challenges of the 21st century. He is a professor in the Institute for Social Futures at Lancaster University and the founder of Small World Consulting, advising organisations from small businesses to the biggest tech giants on carbon metrics, targets and actions. His recent book, There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years, has been updated in a new edition. Previous books include How Bad Are Bananas?: The Carbon Footprint of Everything and The Burning Question: We Can't Burn Half the World's Oil, Coal, and Gas. So How Do We Quit?

 

 

Chair

Jenny Kleeman

Award winning journalist, broadcaster and documentary film-maker

Journalist, author and broadcaster. She has reported for Channel 4's foreign affairs series Unreported World and BBC One's Panorama, and was a launch presenter on Times Radio. She is the author of books including Sex Robots and Vegan Meat and The Price of Life: In Search of What We're Worth and Who Decides. 

 

Speakers are subject to change.