{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62538867ad55de001281af36/62ccd7bda5bee20014ed9952?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"DAVID WALLACE-WELLS: “The climate crisis might not be as bad as we thought” (a slight retraction)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62538867ad55de001281af36/1650421660710-99b683936e60153c0fba8a1cf0257493.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>He famously wrote the New York magazine essay that told us “it is worse, much worse than you think” and painted an apocalyptic picture of an “Uninhabitable Earth” by 2100.</p><p><br></p><p>The essay, which became the #1 New York Times bestseller 'The Uninhabitable Earth', singlehandedly shook the world into “OK, we’re officially freaked out” mode.</p><p><br></p><p>But five years on, is the climate emergency as bad as David Wallace-Wells initially portrayed? Will Manhattan be underwater? Will there be half as much food, twice as much war and hundreds of millions of climate refugees? David, now one of the most well-known climate voices in the world, joins me to adjust his initial prognosis. Strap in for this one…it’s an important and confronting (yet hopeful) ride.</p><p><br></p><p>Read the original The Uninhabitable Earth essay <a href=\"- https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-too-hot-for-humans.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></p><p>Or get The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future on <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3yN1vcu\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Amazon</a></p><p>You can sign up for David’s New York Times newsletter <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/david-wallace-wells\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></p><p><br></p><p>Find out more about&nbsp;<a href=\"https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/518c0ea5dc1f8d94de624d3293b2212b50986a6e?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sarahwilson.com%2F&amp;userId=7657955&amp;signature=486eac4fa55cde97\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Wilson&nbsp;</a></p><p>Subscribe to Sarah's&nbsp;<a href=\"https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/bdb8405ba67623cbc1aec820bee623ce368b8634?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsarahwilson.substack.com%2F&amp;userId=7657955&amp;signature=889d736c7d0a96f4\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Substack newsletter&nbsp;</a></p><p>Get your copy of Sarah's book,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/9c507f3a12b354d848257460e86d68f98e22f089?url=https%3A%2F%2Famzn.to%2F3vs3tf2&amp;userId=7657955&amp;signature=e8b2e3b2f623ba35\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">This One Wild and Precious Life</a></p><p>Connect on&nbsp;<a href=\"https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/9ca548ca85a36f4a7a261f1a8b67f241fe16b156?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2F_sarahwilson_&amp;userId=7657955&amp;signature=eb8932092be712f7\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></p><p>Subscribe to Sarah's Substack newsletter: <a href=\"https://sarahwilson.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://sarahwilson.substack.com/</a></p><p>Get your copy of Sarah's book, This One Wild and Precious Life: <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3vs3tf2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://amzn.to/3vs3tf2</a></p><p>Connect on Instagram: <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/_sarahwilson_\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.instagram.com/_sarahwilson_</a>&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Sarah Wilson"}