Everybody Wants to Rule a Warmer World: Arthur Snell on his new book, Elemental

Former British diplomat Arthur Snell is about to publish a book that explains how climate is rapidly changing the geographic assumptions on which geopolitics is built. Buy it now — Elemental: The New Geography of Climate Change and How We Survive It. But first, check out this Wickedproblems.earth conversation with Arthur Snell about his new book, the first comprehensive account of the geopolitics of climate change.In this conversation:00:00 Arctic Ice Wake Up00:45 War Crowds Out Climate02:32 Chokepoints Aren’t Fixed04:08 Meet Arthur Snell04:22 Why Climate Is Geopolitics08:05 Alps Collapse Story11:01 Skiing Lobbies And Emissions12:40 Geopolitics Map Gets Redrawn14:59 Arctic Shipping Routes Open18:37 Trump Greenland And Minerals22:46 Panama Canal China Leverage24:20 Panama Canal Leverage25:56 Who Shapes Strategy28:24 Migration as Hard Reality34:55 Greenland Plans Accelerate39:27 Russia China North Shift42:28 Wine and Adaptation44:36 Book Plug and Farewell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.