Credit where it is due
This talk was produced and published by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. MEER links to the official recording rather than reposting it.
Conference Talks archive
ConferenceChicago Council on Global Affairs
Capitalism vs. the Climate
Naomi Klein on why the climate crisis cannot be separated from the economy that produced it.
Naomi Klein · Author and journalist
Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Date
Information coming soon
Type
Conference presentation
- Climate Policy
- Economics
- Climate Justice
- Global Heating
- Energy Transition
- Public Engagement
MEER conference talks · video archive
The argument
About this talk
Published by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Naomi Klein sets out the argument at the heart of This Changes Everything: that the timelines demanded by climate science collide with an economic model built on continuous expansion.
She examines why decades of climate agreements have not bent the emissions curve, and what kinds of political and economic change would be required to do so.
This recording is published by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs on its official YouTube channel. Credit and all rights belong to the Council and the speaker; MEER links to it for reference only.
Indexed knowledge
Key topics covered
The signal
Key takeaways
Timelines collide
The pace of change science demands sits awkwardly with growth-based economics.
Justice is central
Those least responsible for emissions face the harshest heat and flood risks.
Why MEER includes it
It frames the political context in which practical cooling measures must be funded and deployed.
Questions worth asking
Frequently asked questions
About the speaker
Naomi Klein
Author and journalist · Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Naomi Klein is a Canadian author and journalist whose work examines corporate power, economics and the climate crisis. Her book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate argues that the climate emergency cannot be separated from the economic system that produced it.
About the conference
Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This talk was recorded and published by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs on its official YouTube channel. Credit and all rights belong to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the speaker.
Downloads and further reading
