Highway to Climate Hell

This week the United Nations climate conference, cop 27, opened and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres set the tone with the warning that, "We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator." UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made a U-turn and decided to attend COP27  after all, maybe because he heard that Boris Johnson was going. Sunak turned up for the opening day but didn't stay long. The main part of today's episode is a wide-ranging interview with Zoe Cohen who has capaigned with XR, Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil. "I'm a 52 year old mum who takes nonviolent direct action, because I believe it's the right thing to do given the situation we're in." We spoke about growth, about soup, sunflowers and mashed potato, about the unreality of net zero 2050 (it's a joke) and why you, too, should get arrested.