Waterstones TCR Presents: Adrienne Buller in conversation with Ayeisha Thomas-Smith

Please note: unfortunately the original host of this event, Grace Blakeley, has had to withdraw due to illness. 

Public understanding of, and outcry over, the dire state of the climate and environment is greater than ever before. Yet when it comes to slowing the course of the climate and nature crises, despite a growing number of pledges, policies and summits, little ever seems to change. Nature is being destroyed at an unprecedented rate. We remain on course for a catastrophic 3°C of warming. What’s holding us back?

In The Value of a Whale, Adrienne Buller examines the fatal biases that have shaped the response of our governing institutions to climate and environmental breakdown, and asks: are the ‘solutions’ being proposed really solutions? Tracing the intricate connections between financial power, economic injustice and ecological crisis, she exposes the myopic economism and market-centric thinking presently undermining a future where all life can flourish.

Adrienne Buller is a Senior Fellow at Common Wealth, a progressive think tank focused on building a democratic economy. Her research and writing have featured in The Guardian, The Financial Times, Bloomberg, and The New Statesman, among others. She is also co-author of Owning the Future, out by Verso Books this August.

Adrienne will be in conversation with Ayeisha Thomas-Smith, interim executive director of NEON UK and presenter of their weekly podcast.