Amy Scott
speaker
372 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Mar 2026
last heard 19 Mar
Amy Scott’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Do you think this will give political leaders any more sense of urgency?
Well, to me, the UN climate reporting should give us enough urgency.
The planet is warming at an unprecedented rate.
If we need more urgency, perhaps this would be it.
But the problem with high military spending for every country is that's less money to put into transitioning to renewables.
And even in countries like the one I live in, Great Britain, which are not directly involved in this conflict, they have increased their military spending because of the war in Ukraine and
Now, that military spending is increasing emissions, and that money is not available for a transition.
It's an opportunity cost.
Nita Crawford is at the University of St.
Andrews and also affiliated with Brown University's Costs of War Project.
Thank you so much.
Pleasure to be with you.
For more of our climate reporting, check out our podcast, How We Survive.
Kai hosted a whole season about the military and climate change.
Wherever you get your podcasts.
There were signs, though.
But first, let's do the numbers.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 203 points, 0.4%, a close of 46,021.
The Nasdaq lost 61 points, 0.3%, a finish at 22,090.
And the S&P 500 gave up 18 points, also 0.3%, to end at 6,606.
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