David Spratt, co-author of Climate Code Red, Dr Sharon Beder, author of Global Spin: The Corporate Assault on Environmentalism, and Deltoid science blogger Tim Lambert discuss the state of the climate change debate today with Overland editor Jeff Sparrow.
Are the big polluters changing their ways or simply greening their public image? Who are the main climate denialists? What kind of action do we need, and how close are we to achieving it?
SHARON BEDER (INTERSTATE) SHARON BEDER is the author of several books, including Global Spin, Suiting Themselves, Free Market Missionaries, Power Play, Selling the Work Ethic and Environmental Principles and Policies.
TIM LAMBERT (INTERSTATE) TIM LAMBERT writes about science on Deltoid, part of Seed's scienceblogs.com. He is a lecturer in the School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW.
DAVID SPRATT (INTERSTATE) DAVID SPRATT is a founder of CarbonEquity and co-author of Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action. His work has appeared recently in The Age, Dissent, Chain Reaction, Crikey, Rolling Stone, The Adelaide Advertiser and newmatilda.com. He has extensive advocacy experience in the peace movement, and in developing community campaign communication and marketing strategies. climatecodered.net
JEFF SPARROW (INTERSTATE) JEFF SPARROW is the editor of Overland, the co-author of Radical Melbourne: A Secret History and Radical Melbourne 2: The Enemy Within, and the author of Communism: A Love Story and the forthcoming Killing.