While New Zealanders may have had their general election last year, more than 60 countries around the world will elect their government in 2024. 

In fact, with roughly half the world’s population due to vote, more people will be heading to the polls in one year than at any other point in human history. 

And with mounting global issues threatening the future of our planet – particularly our climate – who we choose to vote for is more crucial than ever. 

Professor of Global History at Oxford University, and author of The Earth Transformed, Peter Frankopan, was recently in New Zealand for the Auckland Writer’s Festival. 

While here, he caught up with The Front Page about what’s been dubbed ‘The’ election year, and what fallen civilisations can teach us about how to deal with a warming climate.

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