151. Tackling Climate Change With Economic Incentives and Circular Economics | Andrew Winston

11/10/2019 43 min
151. Tackling Climate Change With Economic Incentives and Circular Economics | Andrew Winston

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Andrew Winston (@andrewwinston) is the founder of Winston Eco-Strategies, author of The Big Pivot and Green Recovery, and coauthored Green to Gold, the best-selling guide to what works — and what doesn’t — when companies go green.He’s a globally recognized expert on green business and has appeared in WSJ, Time, BusinessWeek, NYTimes, and CNBC. His clients have included Bank of America, Bayer, HP, Pepsi, Boeing, and IKEA.He’s a respected speaker, served as the Director of Corporate Environmental Strategy Project at Yale’s renowned School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and has a weekly column for Harvard Business Online. He was recently named a “Planet Defender” by Rock the Earth.In today’s episode we discuss:How to redesign the economy and stock market to incentivize a better futureWhat are the biggest megatrends affecting our futureWhy eating less/clean meat is the biggest thing you can do to fight climate changeFixing the shareholder value incentive ruining our worldWhy short-termism is the route of the most evilWhat you should know about the Green New DealWhy the US doesn’t do enough for infrastructureThe reason the US doesn’t solve the election turnout issuesHow close are we to point of no return on environmentAndrew’s thoughts on the future of renewable energy and why it’s inevitableWhy Andrew’s optimistic about fighting climate changeWhat’s the role of government going forwardWhy we need circular economics and to tackle climate change nowThe danger of the devices and social media

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