Episode 72: Paul Behrens (https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/paul-behrens#tab-1) is an Assistant Professor in Energy and Environmental Change. Paul’s research focuses on the energy-climate nexus using tools such as environmentally-extended, input-output analysis, as enabling the flourishing of human societies within environmental constraints such as climate change is a critical global challenge. Paul's recent projects include estimating the impact of energy policy on environmental, social, and economic systems -- and writing a book!

Episode motto: "We can can handle challenges if we work together."

You can pre-order Paul's book here:

https://www.theindigopress.com/the-best-of-times

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Times-Worst/dp/1911648098

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-best-of-times-the-worst-of-times/paul-behrens/9781911648093

NB: David's coughing was *not* coronavirus but an old cough that's slowly getting better :)

The 3.5% tipping point: https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/success-nonviolent-civil-resistance/

Civil resistance, quantified: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/why-civil-resistance-works/9780231156820

How minority views become majority views: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-25-revolution-how-big-does-a-minority-have-to-be-to-reshape-society/

Clare Farrell (XR) says it's better to do something...

https://dezwijger.nl/magazine/podcast-65-clare-farrell

David sees the glass as half-empty

https://one-handed-economist.com/?p=23

David's review of the Limits to Growth (1972)

https://kysq.org/aguanomics/2010/06/the-limits-to-growth-the-review/