Misalignment, AI & Moloch | Daniel Schmachtenberger and Liv Boeree
176,258 views Mar 30, 2023A deep dive into the game theory and exponential growth underlying our modern economic system, and how recent advancements in AI are poised to turn up the pressure on that system, and its wider environment, in ways we have never seen before. Not a conversation for the faint hearted, but crucial nonetheless
Reparations for Climate Debt and the road to Just Transition
The Transition to a low-carbon development pathway can only be Just if the Global South are appropriated with Reparations for the historical Climate Debt owed by the governments, corporations and financial institutions of the Global North. Speakers: Representatives of peoples movements, CSOs and workers from Asia, Africa and Latin America. Organizer: Jubilee South Asia Pacific Movement, Inc. (APMDD) War on Want
Demilitarisation for decarbonisation & climate finance for the GST– & why it’s a feminist issue
The Biden administration has approved a controversial $8bn (£6bn) drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope, which has drawn fierce opposition from environmentalists and some Alaska Native communities, who say it will speed up the climate breakdown and undermine food security.
The ConocoPhillips Willow project will be one of the largest of its kind on US soil, involving drilling for oil and gas at three sites for multiple decades on the 23m-acre National Petroleum Reserve which is owned by the federal government and is the largest tract of undisturbed public land in the US.