Longform Podcast Interviews Nathaniel Rich

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Nathaniel Rich
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Thirty years ago, we could have saved the planet. The world was ready to act. But we failed to do...

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Last year’s monsoons, which typically run from June through September, were the worst in 40 years, and more than eight million Bangladeshis were affected by the devastation. At least 145 people died, an estimated 307,000 people were forced into emergency shelters, 700,000 homes were damaged or destroyed and about a third of Bangladesh was submerged. Areas along the Bay of Bengal, long prone to chronic flooding, have become increasingly uninhabitable. Scientists believe that a sharp rise in the bay’s… — Last year’s monsoons, which typically run from June through September, were the worst in 40 years, and more than eight million Bangladeshis were affected by the devastation. At least 145 people died, an estimated 307,000 people were forced into emergency shelters, 700,000 homes were damaged or destroyed and about a third of Bangladesh was submerged. Areas along the Bay of Bengal, long prone to chronic flooding, have become increasingly uninhabitable. Scientists believe that a sharp rise in the bay’s surface temperature is why Bangladesh has suffered some of the fastest sea-level rises in the world. Some project a five-foot rise by 2100, which could displace 50 million people. Image by George Steinmetz. Bangladesh, 2017.

Longform Podcast #305: Nathaniel Rich · Longform Player
Nathaniel Rich is a novelist and a writer-at-large for The New York Times Magazine. His most recent article is "Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change." "There's a huge opportunity with climate change because we talk a lot

Nathaniel Rich is a novelist and a writer-at-large for The New York Times Magazine. His most recent article is "Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change."

"There's a huge opportunity with climate change because we talk a lot about the political issue with it, the industry story and the scientific story, but we don't talk about the human story. And I would say that not only is it a big human story, but it is the human story. ... With every step of the ladder that we've advanced, we're borrowing from our future. I don't think we've reckoned with that in a serious way."