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How advertising fuels the climate crisis
Ian Sinclair talks to professor of psychology TIM KASSER about the role of TV in shaping our views on global warming and what governments and citizens can do to address the issue
Tim Kasser is emeritus professor of psychology at Knox College in the United States
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WITH the climate crisis likely to be high on the political agenda this year — Britain is hosting the next round of United Nations climate talks in November — a new publication from the New Weather Institute think tank and the climate action charity Possible is well timed.
The report, Advertising’s Role in Climate and Ecological Destruction: What Does the Scientific Research Have to Say? is written by Tim Kasser, emeritus professor of psychology at Knox College in the United States, and author of books such as Hypercapitalism (2018) and The High Price of Materialism (2002).
Ian Sinclair asks Kasser about the connection between advertising and climate change, the role of television and what governments and citizens can do to address the issue.
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