As world leaders gather in Belém, Brazil, for COP30, the annual U.N. climate conference, they will confront a polarized world and regular disagreements on emissions targets and financing. One environmentalist has an unlikely message of hope. In his new book Here Comes the Sun, longtime journalist Bill McKibben writes how “we are on the verge of turning to the heavens for energy instead of to hell.” According to McKibben, who has for decades raised the alarm about climate change, dramatic advances in solar and wind energy could help decarbonize economies in time to stave off the worst predictions of climate scientists.
What will it take to accelerate the global growth of clean energy? How will geopolitical competition play a role? McKibben joined FP Live for a wide-ranging conversation amid the final days of the COP30 summit.
