<p>The latest climate change developments make it feel like we are on a runaway train that will flatten the dreams of our children.&nbsp;</p> <p>With this episode of <em>Wavemaker Conversations</em>, I hope to play a small part in slowing down that train.&nbsp;</p> <p>My guest, Spencer Glendon, is a former Partner at the trillion-dollar investment firm, Wellington Management. &nbsp;His work there centered on topics ignored in the world of finance but with potential for a seismic impact. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Twenty years ago, when the Chinese economy was relatively insignificant, he foresaw its meteoric rise, and its threat to America’s middle class, before most others.</p> <p>Ten years ago, he turned his attention to climate change. &nbsp;</p> <p>And I’ve been following his work closely since 2019, when he gave one of the most riveting presentations on global warming that I’ve ever seen.</p> <p>After many years working on climate change from his position in the financial world, Glendon has created a nonprofit organization called <a href="https://probablefutures.org">Probable Futures</a> -- which is developing powerful tools, including interactive maps, that help us visualize the different futures we will probably face with each incremental increase in the Earth's temperature.&nbsp;</p> <p>In this conversation, Glendon illustrates for us, with great clarity and detail, that we face a range of probable futures -- the most frightening of which we still have the power to avoid.&nbsp;</p> <p>I strongly recommend that you listen through to the last fifteen minutes, when Glendon shares with us the extreme health struggles he has faced through his life, and a diagnosis that, he says, ". . . provided clarity for me that, okay, I've got some number of years before I get really sick. . . . well, I've got limits. &nbsp;Let's figure out what I can do within those limits." &nbsp;</p> <p>Glendon's answer to that challenge -- what kind of life can we live within limits -- is inspiring on a personal level, and connects deeply to what we face in an increasingly warm and unstable climate.&nbsp;</p> <p>If, at this moment, you only have time to sample brief excerpts, you can watch and listen to them on <a href="https://michaelschulder.substack.com/p/climate-tattoo">The Wavemaker Conversations Newsletter here.&nbsp;</a></p>