About this Event
China is often portrayed as one of the greatest threats to the climate, its vast carbon emissions pushing the planet towards catastrophe. But in recent decades, the country has also become the driving force behind the green-energy revolution. Is Xi’s China our greatest climate threat or our best hope of averting catastrophe?
There is no one better placed to understand these global shifts than the acclaimed historian, Adam Tooze. From the financial crash (Crashed) to the Covid crisis (Shutdown), he has become one of the most influential voices on modern politics. His hugely popular Substack is followed by leading economists, policymakers and business figures, and his expertise has taken him into the corridors of power, consulting with senior Democrats on US climate policy.
In his groundbreaking new book, Carbon, Tooze argues that the climate crisis is revealing a profound shift in the global economy, exposing the limits of Western power. For decades, liberal democracies assumed they would lead the fight against climate change. But as the United States retreats from climate leadership, and China’s astonishing technological rise continues, Tooze reveals how the future of the planet may increasingly depend on an authoritarian superpower that the West neither fully understands nor controls.
What is behind China’s drive to dominate the clean-energy economy? Can liberal democracies keep pace, or must the West finally accept that its era of global dominance is over?
On Wednesday February 24, join Tooze for a revelatory conversation about the rise of China, the climate crisis and the radically new world it is creating.
Event venue & nearby stays
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, United Kingdom
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