Wild with Sarah Wilson CLIVE HAMILTON: CONTENTIOUS CLIMATE COLLAPSE TRUTH - how the “Electrify Everything” message + private schools could be our downfall if we don’t change course
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Aug 27, 2024 
Clive Hamilton, a prominent climate activist and professor at Charles Sturt University, argues that traditional climate mitigation strategies are now unrealistic. He advocates for focusing on survival instead. The conversation dives into the flaws of the 'electrify everything' movement, the implications of private schooling on class inequality, and the necessity for grassroots efforts in climate adaptation. Clive highlights Australia's role in the climate crisis and the importance of integrating Indigenous knowledge to enhance disaster preparedness.
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Electrify Everything Has Hidden Environmental Costs
- Electrify Everything demands about 12 times more wind and solar and carries big environmental and mineral costs.
- Rapid substitution risks prolonging coal use and driving mining into biodiversity zones and forced-labour supply chains.
Make Adaptation A Social Justice Priority
- Prioritise adaptation as a social-justice project to protect the poor from climate harms the wealthy can avoid.
- Invest collectively in infrastructure, housing retrofit and regional self-sufficiency rather than leaving adaptation to private wealth.
Pick Safer Places To Live
- Choose where you live using climate risk: water, lower fire risk and escape heat are primary criteria.
- Clive points to southeast New South Wales, East Gippsland and parts of Tasmania as safer long-term options.
