EP#17: Seth Klein - Tackling The Climate Crisis | Corporate Greenwashing | Policy For The Planet

Seth Klein is the acclaimed author of 𝘈 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘞𝘢𝘳: 𝘔𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺. An expert in climate policy, Seth spent 22 years as the founding director of the British Columbia office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. He is now the Team Lead and Director of Strategy with the The Climate Emergency Unit, a 5-year project of the David Suzuki Institute that Seth launched in early 2021. Seth is also a policy consultant, speaker, researcher, writer and Simon Fraser University professor.

In this episode of Impact in the 21st Century, hear Seth discuss corporate greenwashing, the actions our governments need to take to effectively combat the climate crisis, and what you can learn from the Second World War about mobilizing our societies to protect our planet.

Buy A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency: https://ecwpress.com/collections/books/products/a-good-war

Get Involved with The Climate Emergency Unity: https://www.climateemergencyunit.ca/join

Learn more about Seth: https://www.sethklein.ca/

This episode was mixed and mastered by Musa Habib.

Thumbnail Photo Credit: Josh Berson

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