Elizabeth Kolbert

Elizabeth Kolbert, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New Yorker staff writer, joins Jon Stewart to discuss her book on climate change. They explore how humanity has recklessly disrupted 10,000 years of climate stability and why awareness hasn't led to effective action. Kolbert emphasizes the resilience of ecosystems and the economic advantages of clean energy for developing nations. The conversation highlights the political barriers to climate action and the urgent need for practical solutions to mitigate the looming impacts of climate change.

Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author of The Sixth Extinction, reflects on field reporting from Greenland to species cataloging. She discusses the emotional weight of documenting biodiversity loss. The conversation explores long-term thinking, the scale of climate challenges, community solutions like Samso, and why paying attention to the natural world matters.

Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer-winning environmental reporter and author, shares stories from decades of field reporting. She describes cataloging vanishing insects, probing whale communication with AI, and the rise of rights-for-nature laws. She also discusses carbon removal, U.S. climate policy swings, and why noticing local nature matters.

Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker staff writer and environmental author, reflects on insect declines, the tilt of worldview after witnessing the Great Barrier Reef, and community climate action like Samso’s carbon-neutral transition. She discusses the emotional toll of reporting on climate, debates around hope versus urgency, and the challenges of restoring reefs and scaling solutions.

Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Elizabeth Kolbert discusses her extensive reporting on climate and environmental change. She shares insights from her journeys to spectacular ecosystems and the urgent need to catalog vanishing species like caterpillars. Kolbert explores innovative projects like AI decoding sperm whale communication and legal rights for nature. She emphasizes the importance of carbon removal efforts, reflects on U.S. climate policy, and encourages personal stewardship to foster local biodiversity.