Climate crisis, market opportunity?

In this episode of Cultural Economy in the Kitchen, Philip Roscoe and Addie McGowan explore the climate driven convergence of crisis, finance, and technological optimism. They are joined by Dr Robert Dorschel, Professor Daniel Beunza, and Dr Matthias Taeger, to examine how climate change has been transformed into a market opportunity and a new financial logic. Robert unpacks the rise of green tech firms and the discursive work through which private companies position themselves as the natural saviours of the planet. These firms promise techno-fixes while reproducing the assumptions that created ecological crisis in the first place. Matthias and Daniel trace the emergence of “climate risk” as a powerful market device, from stranded assets to disclosure frameworks and financial scenario modelling. We find out how markets are being reorganized around climate futures, and wonder if this means a new kind of politics or simply business as usual. The academic journal podcast from the Journal of Cultural Economy editorial collective.