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Positive Thinking: A solution to climate change inaction?

A solution to climate change inaction?

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Is ‘feeling’ the future the solution to climate change inaction?

Sangita Myska meets Anab Jain who believes visceral ‘pre-experiences’ of the future will propel decision-makers and the public into meaningful action to solve the climate crisis.

Sangita Myska continues her search for the world’s brightest ideas that might make Britain better. Each week, we hear from a different innovator, trying to solve a different problem – and then stress test their idea with a panel of leading experts.

Britons are facing political upheaval, economic shock and a cost of living crisis. Some environmentalists fear this has pushed a bigger, existential threat off the agenda - climate change.  

In this episode of Positive Thinking, could our innovator have a solution to help reinvigorate the climate debate?

Sangita meets Anab Jain from Superflux, a creative studio that makes art installations and films that tackle big policy problems, especially climate change. Her aim is to give decision-makers and the public a visceral experience of what the future could be like if they don’t act now – or the positive future we could have if they do.

Can ‘feeling’ the future create meaningful action to solve the climate crisis?

Our expert panel:
Tom Burke, the chairman and founding director of the think tank E3G – Third Generation Environmentalism.  
 Olivia Laing, writer, critic, former environmental activist and author of Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency.  
 Per Espen Stoknes, psychologist, former Green Party MP in Norway, and author of What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming.


Producer: Eve Streeter
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Positive Thinking takes a deep dive into some of the biggest problems facing Britain today - and meets the people whose big ideas might solve them.

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