Tom Rivett-Carnac is a Founding Partner of Global Optimism, co-presenter of climate podcast, Outrage + Optimism, and co-author of The Future We Choose: The Stubborn Optimist's Guide to the Climate Crisis.
Tom Rivett-Carnac is a political strategist, author and podcaster. He has spent more than 20 years working to address the climate and ecological crises.
Tom co-founded Global Optimism with Christiana Figueres after they left the UN in 2016. The organisation inspires individuals and builds transformative partnerships that tackle the climate crisis with the conviction, scale and speed that science demands.
Tom holds a BSc (Hons) from Bath Spa University, an MSc from Schumacher College and an honorary PhD from Knox College. He lives with his wife and two children in Devon, where he enjoys staring out of the window and watching nature slowly reclaim their ten acres of land.
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Outrage and Optimism (Podcast)
We explore the stories behind the headlines on climate change, talking to the change-makers turning challenges into opportunities. We delight in progress, question greenwash and get to grips with the difficult issues.
For decades the media reportage on climate change has been anything but engaging. Outrage + Optimism does it differently: we cover the latest news from science, business, finance politics and culture every Thursday with a can-do attitude. This podcast is for everyone looking to expand their understanding of the climate crisis and get inspired to take action.
Like you, we are outraged that it's taken so long to act on climate change at the scale necessary – despite multiple warnings from scientists, economists and many other experts.
Outrage + Optimism’s energetic hosts Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac, Paul Dickinson and their brilliant guests share expert opinions along with upbeat banter, some not-so-perfect singing, occasional surprise monkey appearances and a healthy dose of both outrage and optimism that will leave you feeling informed and energised.
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Global Optimism Our future relies on the choices we make now. We have a unique, once-in-a-generation opportunity to face the existential risks of climate change head-on and build a better future right now.
We believe that choosing to face tough decisions head-on, with the determination to re-shape our societies and economies, regenerating our understanding of the world, is the only option that makes sense in the face of the climate crisis.
Within the challenges we encounter now – and those we are yet to find – are the most extraordinary opportunities for human ingenuity to triumph over fear of the unknown. The pursuit of a resilient future can only be achieved with a shared determination that transcends differences, to shape a better, thriving future for people and nature. Global Optimism's story is not ours alone; it's a story we hope to unfold with many others, including you.
Global Optimism works to inspire and catalyse transformations across our economies, and a renewed spirit of human achievement in the face of the climate crisis.
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The Future We Choose Take a deep breath and decide that collectively we can do this, and you will play your part.
We have just entered the most consequential decade in human history. The scientific assessment of climate change suggests this can either be our final hour, or our finest. The Future We Choose is an inspiring manifesto from Global Optimism Co-Founders, Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac. It explains what’s to come, how to face it and what we can do.
Practical, optimistic and empowering, this is a book for every generation, showing us the exciting world we can all be part of creating. If we all play our part in the most important decade that we have ever faced, The Future We Choose shows how we can move beyond the climate crisis into a thriving future.
https://www.globaloptimism.com/the-future-we-choose
TED A political strategist focused on creating a better future, Tom Rivett-Carnac works at the highest levels of business and government to find creative ways to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis.
Why you should listen We have just entered the most consequential decade in history. That fact is overwhelming for most of us, but the simple truth is that by 2030 we will have decided the future for the fate of this planet for at least the next several hundred years. We have left responding to the climate crisis so late that we cannot prevaricate further. We are about to find out if we are serious about dealing with the climate crisis or not.
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Wikipedia Thomas Charles Rivett-Carnac (born 1977) is a political lobbyist for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and an author on climate change policy.
