When it comes to climate change, answers can be difficult to nail down. Will the world reach net zero in time? What does a climate change future even look like? Will the changes come in my lifetime – or is it my kids or grandkids who will suffer? With every uncertainty, you can feel your head sink a little deeper into the sand...

What is it about our lives, and the way we do, or don’t, think about climate change, that makes it so difficult to change our behaviors? And what’s being done to help motivate people in high-risk areas to prepare?

This episode features: 

• Ray Langenfelds – Atmospheric Scientist, CSIRO
• Tommy Wiedmann – Professor of Sustainability, UNSW Engineering
• Ben Newell – Professor of Psychology, UNSW Science
• Candice Boyd – Associate Producer of Geography and Registered Clinical Psychologist, University of Melbourne
• Jeremy Moss – Professor of Philosophy, UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture
• Brian Cook – Associate Professor of Geography, University of Melbourne

Preppers is created by the UNSW Centre for Ideas. 

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