FBL96: Mikes Berners-Lee - Understanding Climate Change
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This week my guest is professor and fellow of the Institute for Social Futures at Lancaster University, Mike Berners-Lee.  With a brother who is often referred to as the inventor of the internet, Mike Berners-Lee carries on his family’s legacy of scientific brilliance through the domain of climate change. Specifically, Mike is considered one of the leading experts studying carbon footprints, and has written extensively on the subject in books such as The Carbon Footprint of Everything and There Is No Planet B. In this episode we discuss Mike’s work more broadly, focusing on some of the big questions and criticisms facing climate science. For example, what are the common misconceptions around climate change? Is it man-made? Can we fix it? And what role will technology play? Find out more about Mike and his work at Small World Consulting or follow him at twitter.com/MikeBernersLee ** Learn more about Singularity: ⁠⁠su.org⁠⁠ Host:⁠⁠ Steven Parton⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠ /⁠⁠ Twitter⁠⁠ Music by: Amine el Filali
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