False Solutions to Climate Change with Dr. Rachel Smolker

Breaking Green

Breaking Green talks with biologist Dr. Rachel Smolker about false solutions to climate change.
The ravages of Global Climate Change are becoming more apparent every day, and people and nations are becoming more desperate for solutions. But there is increasing concern that agreements within the United Nations annual climate conferences are being driven by corporate interests that seek to monetize nature itself and secure corporate profits instead of addressing the root causes of climate change. Green capitalism with proposals such as payments for environmental services and carbon trading, allow corporations to continue business as usual under a green veneer. Some proposals even suggest global techno fixes that would alter weather patterns on a planetary scale.
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The compendium of false solution to climate change is Hoodwinked in the Hothouse.

Chapters

1. Introduction to Breaking Green (00:00:00)

2. Introduction to False Solutions (00:00:28)

3. Introduction to Dr. Rachel Smolker (00:01:39)

4. History of EDF and Dr. Smolker's Father (00:02:21)

5. Carbon Trading (00:04:17)

6. What is meant by false solution (00:06:49)

7. Geo Engineering (00:09:30)

8. Bio Char and Bio Mass (00:13:14)

9. Break with Theresa Church (00:16:25)

10. Biodiversity (00:17:26)

11. Genetic Engineering (00:18:54)

12. Risks of GE Trees (00:21:16)

13. Desperation and Tolerance for Radical Proposals (00:24:16)

14. Reductionism and Biotech / Lego Masters (00:25:56)

15. What is a real solution (00:27:34)

16. Detecting False Solutions (00:30:39)

17. Hoodwinked in the Hothouse (00:33:15)

18. Close of Breaking Green (00:35:06)