Why Bill McKibben Sees Rays of Hope in a Grim Climate Picture

May 1, 2019 by

Yale Environment360

Published at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

INTERVIEW

The world has done little to tackle global warming since Bill McKibben’s landmark book on the subject was published in 1989. In an e360 interview, McKibben talks about the critical time lost and what can be done now to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

Three decades ago, Bill McKibben published The End of Nature, the first book on climate change aimed at a general audience. McKibben went on to found the international environmental group 350.org, help launch the fossil fuel divestment movement, and write a dozen more non-fiction books, as well as a novel. In 2014, McKibben received the Right Livelihood Award, sometimes referred to as the “alternative Nobel,” for mobilizing popular support for “strong action to counter the threat of global climate change.”

Read the rest of the Bill McKibben interview by YaleEnvironment360 here:

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