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The Guardian: What does a Jordan Peterson conference say about the future of climate change? ... 'human flourishing'
What does a Jordan Peterson conference say about the future of climate change? Apparently we’re headed towards ‘human flourishing’Graham Readfearn
Attendees of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship were treated to a grab-bag of cherrypicked talking points from some speakers that ignored the risks of climate change
Wed 8 Nov 2023 18.00 EST
Rightwing figures from around the world descended on London last week for the inaugural conference of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) – a sort of quasi-thinktank fronted by controversial Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson.
Peterson pleaded with the audience at London’s O2 Arena to “tilt the world towards heaven and away from hell”, which, for many of the event’s main speakers, definitely did not mean worrying much at all about the climate crisis.
Three former Australian prime ministers, two former deputy prime ministers and several frontbench conservatives made the trip. Attendees were treated to a grab-bag of cherrypicked talking points that ignored the risks from climate change.
In a year likely to be the hottest on record and beset by floods, heatwaves and temperature records on land and in the ocean, speakers characterised climate change as a minor speed bump in a journey towards “human flourishing”.
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Well, that’s a relief! Attendees of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship were treated to a grab-bag of cherrypicked talking points from some speakers that ignored the risks of climate change
Wed 8 Nov 2023 18.00 EST
Rightwing figures from around the world descended on London last week for the inaugural conference of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) – a sort of quasi-thinktank fronted by controversial Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson.
Peterson pleaded with the audience at London’s O2 Arena to “tilt the world towards heaven and away from hell”, which, for many of the event’s main speakers, definitely did not mean worrying much at all about the climate crisis.
Three former Australian prime ministers, two former deputy prime ministers and several frontbench conservatives made the trip. Attendees were treated to a grab-bag of cherrypicked talking points that ignored the risks from climate change.
In a year likely to be the hottest on record and beset by floods, heatwaves and temperature records on land and in the ocean, speakers characterised climate change as a minor speed bump in a journey towards “human flourishing”.
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