Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
From the wildfires raging in Los Angeles to sea levels rising rapidly on the Pacific islands, the destruction of mangroves and rainforests, and melting glaciers. It is easy to be overwhelmed by climate change, especially when it is framed as an ongoing crisis of enormous proportions: a looming global disaster. In 'Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World', economist R. Jisung Park urges us to focus not on doom-ridden hypothetical scenarios, but on the tangible impacts of climate change unfolding right now, in our daily lives.
This conversation with R. Jisung Park and co-speaker Nick Kounis was moderated by Tracy Metz (recorded on March 24, 2025 at Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam).
From the wildfires raging in Los Angeles to sea levels rising rapidly on the Pacific islands, the destruction of mangroves and rainforests, and melting glaciers. It is easy to be overwhelmed by climate change, especially when it is framed as an ongoing crisis of enormous proportions: a looming global disaster. In 'Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World', economist R. Jisung Park urges us to focus not on doom-ridden hypothetical scenarios, but on the tangible impacts of climate change unfolding right now, in our daily lives.
This conversation with R. Jisung Park and co-speaker Nick Kounis was moderated by Tracy Metz (recorded on March 24, 2025 at Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam).
