<p>Former British diplomat Arthur Snell is about to publish a book that explains how climate is rapidly changing the geographic assumptions on which geopolitics is built.&nbsp;</p><p>Buy it now —&nbsp;<a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/elemental-the-new-geography-of-climate-change-and-how-we-survive-it-the-first-comprehensive-account-of-the-geopolitics-of-climate-change-arthur-snell/6246866be6e776be?ean=9781035412945&amp;next=t&amp;aid=15368" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Elemental: The New Geography of Climate Change and How We Survive It</em></a>.&nbsp;</p><p>But first, check out this Wickedproblems.earth conversation with&nbsp;Arthur Snell&nbsp;about his new book, the first comprehensive account of the geopolitics of climate change.</p><br><p>In this conversation:</p><p>00:00 Arctic Ice Wake Up</p><p>00:45 War Crowds Out Climate</p><p>02:32 Chokepoints Aren’t Fixed</p><p>04:08 Meet Arthur Snell</p><p>04:22 Why Climate Is Geopolitics</p><p>08:05 Alps Collapse Story</p><p>11:01 Skiing Lobbies And Emissions</p><p>12:40 Geopolitics Map Gets Redrawn</p><p>14:59 Arctic Shipping Routes Open</p><p>18:37 Trump Greenland And Minerals</p><p>22:46 Panama Canal China Leverage</p><p>24:20 Panama Canal Leverage</p><p>25:56 Who Shapes Strategy</p><p>28:24 Migration as Hard Reality</p><p>34:55 Greenland Plans Accelerate</p><p>39:27 Russia China North Shift</p><p>42:28 Wine and Adaptation</p><p>44:36 Book Plug and Farewell</p><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>