Our hill has become steeper. The energy transition and the regeneration of nature that are paramount for addressing climate change were never going to be easy. But the current geopolitics, the capital rush to unprecedented profitable fossil fuels, and the global recession have steepened our challenge. Accelerating impacts from extreme weather and science projections are strengthening the doom and gloom narrative and setting up a circular firing squad context within the climate community.

More than ever we need to pivot to a narrative of stubborn optimism that speaks to the hearts and minds of people and galvanises the collective will to face this crisis together. We must not let the prevailing discourse of doomism divide us and drive back the momentum that has been building over the last decade.

Join the Outrage + Optimism podcast hosts Christiana Figueres, Co-architect of the Paris Agreement; Tom Rivett-Carnac, political strategist and author; and Paul Dickinson, Co-founder of CDP and author, with specially invited guests as they explore why this is so vital to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and what such an intervention might look like.

Speakers:

Christiana Figueres is a Founding Partner of Global Optimism, co-presenter of climate podcast, Outrage + Optimism, and co-author of The Future We Choose: The Stubborn Optimist’s Guide to the Climate Crisis. From 2010 to 2016 she was Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, leading the process that secured the landmark Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Ms. Figueres sits on multiple executive and advisory boards and is a frequent public speaker and media commentator. She is a graduate of Swarthmore College and the London School of Economics.

Paul Dickinson founded CDP in 2000 with an ambition of creating a global economic system that operates within sustainable environmental boundaries and prevents dangerous climate change. Paul previously co-founded Rufus Leonard Corporate Design and EyeNetwork, which was the largest videoconference booking service in Europe. He has served as a member of the Environmental Research Group of the UK Faculty and Institute of Actuaries. Paul has authored various publications including the book Beautiful Corporations published in 2000 by Financial Times Prentice Hall. The book introduced the concept of sustainability product marketing which is growing in significance as a force in contemporary commerce. Paul is Chair of the Trustees of the NGO ShareAction as well as a Trustee of the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland where he has established a program of seminars and retreats now used by the responsible investment community as well as emerging social businesses. He is an advisor to the NGO Influence Map and is a trustee of the grant making Friends Provident Foundation.

Tom Rivett-Carnac is a Founding Partner of Global Optimism, co-presenter of climate podcast, Outrage + Optimism, and co-author of The Future We Choose: The Stubborn Optimist’s Guide to the Climate Crisis.

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