{"id":5082,"date":"2019-01-26T14:27:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T13:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=5082"},"modified":"2020-11-06T17:48:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T16:48:48","slug":"bill-mckibben-climate-change-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/politics\/bill-mckibben-climate-change-activism\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill McKibben on Climate Change, COP Meetings, Activism &#038; Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 pb-3\">\n<p><strong>Bill McKibben on Climate Change, COP Meetings, Activism &amp; Solutions<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In this exclusive interview with environmental activist Bill McKibben, we talk about climate change, the Conference of the Parties (COP) convention generally and their recent meeting in Poland, as well as the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). We also cover climate action, the current state of the environmental movement in the US and abroad as well as possible solutions that individuals can apply to tackle humanity\u2019s greatest challenge yet.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<h2>VIDEO: Bill McKibben on Climate Change, COP Meetings, Activism &amp; Solutions<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bill McKibben on Climate Change, COP Meetings, Activism &amp; Solutions\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p98M9GxSW2c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Donate today to support independent &amp; non-profit media!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0or on the picture below:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4434 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future-300x100.jpg 300w\" width=\"700\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>ABOUT BILL MCKIBBEN<\/h2>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mckibben_nancy_battaglia_2009-e1548508959819.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5083 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mckibben_nancy_battaglia_2009-e1548508959819-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Mckibben Climate Change acTVism Munich\" width=\"132\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a>Bill McKibben <\/b>is an author and environmentalist who in 2014 was awarded the Right Livelihood Prize, sometimes called the \u2018alternative Nobel. He is a founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/350.org\/\">350.org<\/a>, the first planet-wide, grassroots climate change movement, which has organized twenty \u00a0thousand rallies around the world. A former staff writer for the New Yorker, he writes frequently for a wide variety of publications around the world, including the <i>New York Review of Books<\/i>, <i>National Geographic<\/i>, and <i>Rolling Stone<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><b>350.org<\/b> uses online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions to oppose new coal, oil and gas projects, take money out of the companies that are heating up the planet, and build 100% clean energy solutions that work for all. 350&#8217;s network extends to 188 countries.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this exclusive interview with environmental activist Bill McKibben, we talk about climate change, the Conference of the Parties (COP) convention generally and their recent meeting in Poland, as well as the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). 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