Ex-RSPO CEO Datuk Darrel Webber – We’re Less Than 5°C Away From A Climate-Induced Extinction Event
Datuk Darrel Webber is a former CEO of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) who talks about how human behaviour is warming the earth at 17x the natural rate, which If left unchecked, will accelerate human extinction sooner than we think.
(Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT’s Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
CONTENTS
00:01:55 – Datuk Webber Shares His Origin Story
00:10:53 – Discovering What The Common Person REALLY Cares About
00:15:21 – Universal Basic Income Is One Way Forward
00:20:23 – Sabah, One Of The Poorest If Not The Poorest States in Malaysia
00:23:16 – Where Malaysia Ranks on the Global Climate Ladder
00:26:51 – How Climate Responsibility Coincides With The Economy
00:30:16 – Malaysia Needs to Develop Its Own Climate Plan, Not Ape The Western Model
00:34:02 – Reflecting On The Haze And How Palm Oil Disassociated Itself
00:42:05 – Climate Change Is Unstoppable
00:45:06 – Earth Has Already Experienced FIVE Extinction Ages
00:50:39 – How Financial Markets Harm Net Zero Ambitions
00:57:20 – Since Climate Change Can’t Be Stopped, It’s All About Adaptation Now
01:03:24 – Will Seafront Properties Make Sense In The Future?
01:05:52 – Government Needs to Protect Everyone, Not Just The Ones Who Vote For Them
01:08:52 – Nuclear Power Is A Real Option .. And So Is Solar
01:14:00 – How Will AI Solve The Climate?
01:15:09 – Fewer Humans, A Cooler Planet
01:16:54 – Personal Adaptation: How Datuk Webber Is Driving Change Personally
01:22:02 – The EV Industry – A Big Lie?
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