Mark Lynas is an author, speaker, podcaster and campaigner. His latest book is Six Minutes to Winter: Nuclear War and How to Avoid It, published 8 May 2025. He also acts as science advisor with the 74-country Climate Vulnerable Forum, and is Head of Policy with the pro-science environmental campaign network WePlanet.
What happens when climate policies from the Global North collide with the lived reality of energy poverty in Africa?
This week @mark_lynas chats with @WePlanetAfrica lead @PatNanteza, to expose one of the most dangerous and overlooked injustices in climate policy today: the…
In this week’s episode of The Bad Idea podcast, @mark_lynas speaks with WePlanet Africa’s @PatNanteza about a silent crisis at the heart of climate policy. The conversation focuses on the World Bank’s de facto ban on financing LPG for clean cooking in Africa.
A great injustice is being committed against the world’s poorest people. It is disguised as climate action, but in truth, it is a new chapter in the Global North’s long history of colonial domination.