Extreme Weather
and the Climate Casino

Join Dr. Peter Carter, Paul Beckwith and Regina Valdez as they discuss the challenges we face as a result of the increasing frequency, severity, and duration of Extreme Weather Events and the Climate Casino.

This video was recorded in the Durdle Door Press Conference room at COP26 on October 31st, 2021, and was first published on this channel on November 13th, 2021.

Items discussed include the following:

• The double meaning given to the term Climate Casino.
• That holding the global temperature rise to 1.5 C is now beyond reach.
• The meaning of Weather Whip-lashing.
• How the Fossil Fuel company’s profits have been privatized while the costs have been socialized.
• How the IMF have projected Fossil Fuel subsidies to continue rising through to 2025.
• and more…

Panelists:

• Dr. Peter Carter - MD, Expert IPCC Reviewer and the director of the Climate Emergency Institute

• Paul Beckwith - Climate Systems Scientist. Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Paleoclimatology Laboratory as well as at Carleton University

• Regina Valdez - Program Director, Climate Reality Project, NYC. GreenFaith Fellow and LEED Green Associate

Video Production:

• The UNFCCC’s COP26 Media Crew in the Durdle Door Press Conference Room

• Charles Gregoire – Climate Reality Leader, Electrical Engineer, Webmaster and IT prime for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum

• Heidi Brault - Climate Reality Leader, BA(Psychology), Library & Information Technician Diploma - Video production and website assistant - Organizer and convener, Metadata technician, COP26 Team Lead for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to the following organizations for making this program at COP26 possible:

• Tzu-Chi Foundation
• Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development
• International Society of Ecological Economics

Attributions

Background Music:

• Title: Through the City II
• Author: Crowander
• Source: Free Music Archive
• License: CC BY-NC 4.0