Climate change is the greatest challenge to humankind today. While the coronavirus sheds a light on the vulnerability of our interconnected world, the effects of global warming will be permanent, indeed catastrophic, without a massive shift in human behaviour. Writer, scholar and broadcaster Alastair McIntosh speaks exclusively to the Birlinn Limited Podcast about his new book Riders on the Storm: The Climate Crisis and the Survival of Being ahead of the re-scheduled COP26, which will take place in Glasgow in November 2021. Riders on the Storm is available to buy now from your local bookshop and also at https://birlinn.co.uk/product/riders-on-the-storm/.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature

The Birlinn Limited Podcast

Alastair McIntosh - Riders on the Storm: The Climate Crisis and the Survival of Being

NOV 3, 202022 MIN
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature

Alastair McIntosh - Riders on the Storm: The Climate Crisis and the Survival of Being

NOV 3, 202022 MIN

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Climate change is the greatest challenge to humankind today. While the coronavirus sheds a light on the vulnerability of our interconnected world, the effects of global warming will be permanent, indeed catastrophic, without a massive shift in human behaviour. Writer, scholar and broadcaster Alastair McIntosh speaks exclusively to the Birlinn Limited Podcast about his new book Riders on the Storm: The Climate Crisis and the Survival of Being ahead of the re-scheduled COP26, which will take place in Glasgow in November 2021. Riders on the Storm is available to buy now from your local bookshop and also at https://birlinn.co.uk/product/riders-on-the-storm/.