This episode asks a stark question: as climate impacts and biodiversity loss accelerate, is real climate action now in retreat? The conversation explores how media coverage has fallen sharply since 2021, how “green‑hushing,” fossil fuel lobbying, and authoritarian politics are undermining climate policies, and why emissions and subsidies keep rising despite record‑breaking warming.
This video was recorded on February 18th, 2026, and published on March 15th, 2026, and represents the opinions of the discussion participants.
The speakers also highlight a new UK national‑security assessment that treats ecosystem collapse and biodiversity loss as core security threats, arguing it is one of the clearest official warnings yet. They close by weighing difficult options—from ending fossil fuel subsidies to controversial ideas like solar radiation management—and ask how fast political power could shift toward leaders willing to act before critical tipping points are crossed.
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Tony Blair’s oil lobbying is a misleading rehash of fossil fuel industry spin
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Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security
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.
Herb Simmens - Author, Co-founder of the Healthy Planet Action Coalition (HPAC), Climate Emergency Board Member and former college instructor.
Charles Gregoire - Electrical Engineer, Webmaster and IT prime for FacingFuture.Earth & the Climate Emergency Forum; Climate Reality Leader
Heidi Brault - Climate Reality Leader, BA(Psychology), Library & Information Technician Diploma - Video production and website assistant - Organizer and convener, Metadata technician, COP Team Lead for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum.
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