Why VIP climate shocks aren’t the worst thing, with Dana R. Fisher

When Nicholas Cage’s Malibu home nearly got swallowed by a sinkhole last month, we knew climate change had hit the rich. And after a summer of deadly heatwaves sweeping Europe and North America, governments and businesses were forced to sit up a little straighter and start clocking the climate crisis. Sociologist, professor, and Apocalyptic Optimist Dana R Fisher joins Climate Curious’ Ben Hurst in conversation in New York to share why VIP climate shocks might not be the worst thing – becuase when climate shocks go mainstream, they can move the majority. Enjoy this short? Why not listen to the full conversation with Dana R. Fisher: https://tedxlondon.com/podcasts/the-1-audience-climate-communicators-arent-speaking-to-with-dana-r-fisher/ Learn more about the Talking Climate Collaborative: https://talkingclimate.com/ Read the new research on climate communication: https://talkingclimate.com/landscape-assessment/ Check out Dana’s work: https://danarfisher.com/ Listen to Dana’s podcast, Apocalyptic Optimist: https://open.spotify.com/show/12FU52C6c9kIZWEk1nOyPK Join the Climate Curious conversation on socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/climatecuriouspod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@climatecuriouspod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtF6xzNkVIczlDmVcH8FCMA LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10996041/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEDxLondon Website: https://tedxlondon.com/podcast/ All other links: https://linktr.ee/climatecuriouspod Created by TEDxLondon Executive produced by Josie Colter Produced by Ben Beheshty Curated by Deesha Chandra Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst Communications by Tara Cooper Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.