The bad math of the fossil fuel industry | Tzeporah Berman Image

The bad math of the fossil fuel industry | Tzeporah Berman

29 November 2022 - 13 mins
Podcast Series TED Talks Daily

We currently have enough fossil fuels to progressively transition off of them, says climate campaigner Tzeporah Berman, but the industry continues to expand oil, gas and coal production and exploration. With searing passion and unflinching nerve, Berman reveals the delusions keeping true progress from being made -- and offers a realistic path forward: the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. Learn more about the global initiative for transparency and accountability in phasing out fossil fuels forever, supported by the Dalai Lama, Nobel Prize laureates and many more.

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