A brief history of the climate crisis

<p>How did we arrive at such a sophisticated understanding of climate change, and yet still end up on the edge of disaster?</p><p>Today: how 165 years of science and politics led to the United Nations declaring 'code red for humanity' this week – and why the story very nearly turned out differently.</p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: </em><a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribe/digital/?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=audio&amp;utm_campaign=podcastsubs&amp;utm_content=storiesofourtimes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes</em></a><em>. </em></p><p><strong>Guest:</strong>&nbsp;Dr Alice Bell, author of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Our-Biggest-Experiment-History-Climate/dp/1472974778?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1628706950&amp;sr=8-1&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=soundthinking-21&amp;linkId=42a8dd053bb9bdb6cb493a20262ff1da&amp;language=en_GB&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Our Biggest Experiment:&nbsp;A History of the Climate Crisis</em></a><em>. </em></p><p><strong>Host:&nbsp;</strong>David Aaronovitch.</p><p><strong>Clips:</strong> BBC, Sky News, CNN, DW News, Al Jazeera, ABC News, ITN,&nbsp;Richard Nixon Presidential Library, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Margaret Thatcher Foundation, WJW-TV8 Cleveland, CBS, Shell, ExxonMobil, Competitive Enterprise Institute.</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>