<p>I met Tzeporah at an event called Climate Week NYC last fall. She was nearly the only person there who spoke about decreasing and stopping extracting fossil fuels. I had to bring her here.</p><p>Our conversation grew more compelling and interesting as we spoke. The early parts about energy sources besides fossil fuels you may have heard before, but give context.</p><p>After she shares the realizations that prompted her to lead are what I valued. In particular, she exposes and clarifies how people have simply ignored fossil fuel production or extraction in favor of accounting methods and seeing if they can offset things&nbsp;<em>but not decreasing extraction</em>.</p><p>She also talked about her strategy, which differs from Paris Agreement approaches and is based on how treaties on land mines and chemical weapons succeeded. She also shares some eye-popping statistics, like how much fossil fuels are used just to transport other fossil fuels, which is just over two-thirds.</p><p>The bottom line is almost too simple to say, but it bears repeating: <strong>we have to stop extracting fossil fuels fast</strong>. Tzeporah is one of the few working on, undistracted by things that don't stop us from extracting them.</p><ul><li>The <a href="https://fossilfueltreaty.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative</a></li><li>Her TED talk:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/tzeporah_berman_the_bad_math_of_the_fossil_fuel_industry" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The bad math of the fossil fuel industry</a></li><li>Her book: <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/204860/this-crazy-time-by-tzeporah-berman-with-mark-leiren-young/#" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">This Crazy Time: Living Our Environmental Challenge</a></li><li>Her <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzeporah_Berman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wikipedia page</a></li></ul><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>