The effects of the human-made climate crisis are becoming increasingly visible across the world. Heatwaves are becoming more intense, wildfires are spreading, floods are destroying homes and livelihoods, and extreme weather is affecting millions of people around the world. Extreme heat alone is already linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths every year.But the climate crisis does more than confront us with increasingly severe disasters. It also forces us to rethink our place in the history of the planet.
In today's episode, I speak with historian Dipesh Chakrabarty about what exactly makes the current climate crisis human-made, why scientists have begun to describe humanity as a geological force, and what concepts like the Anthropocene can tell us about the historical situation we find ourselves in. And finally, we ask a much broader question: What can the climate crisis teach us about human history, and about the way we understand ourselves as part of life on this planet?
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