The Stuart Kirk Affair
It's now the world's most watched PowerPoint presentation: the pitch by HSBC's head of responsible investing to a conference on green finance in which he suggested the climate crisis was overstated and we should get on building more sea walls instead. We talk to Roger Pielke Jr, the US academic and political scientist about what Kirk was trying to say (or should have said) and his own experience with climate controversies.Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Roger Pielke Jr.Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.Sponsored by Briefcase.News Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.