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How comedy could help save the planet

Climate scientists are being paired with top comedians in a new initiative aiming to drive home the message about the climate crisis. Here's why it just might work, says Bill McGuire (with help from Kiri Pritchard-McLean)

By Bill Mcguire and Kiri Pritchard-McLean

5 April 2023

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IF YOU have taken time out to dip into the recent no-holds-barred synthesis report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), humour is likely to be the furthest thing from your mind. Indeed, you might think tears would be more fitting than laughter. But you would be mistaken. If campaigner Nick Oldridge and climate communications outfit Utopia Bureau have their way, we will all soon be guffawing in the face of global heating while doing our utmost to help tackle the climate emergency. (Translated by Kiri: We’re pretty doomed. Some fellas with a pretentious name are trying to …

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