He argues that we need to take care of how we undertake the revolution which, he says, will be on the scale of the industrial revolution and the agricultural revolution of 10,000 years ago.Īll policy requires careful thought because not all effects can be anticipated, he says. Hall says the problem is we’re all locked into systems which create emissions and are powered by fossil fuels, and financial systems that lock us into higher emissions.

“France was a really salient example where people pushed back against the increase of a fuel tax and this is one of the dangers if you move forward too quickly or move forward in the wrong way, then you can create these revolts or counter revolutions even.” It’s not just a social question, he says.

Her work focusses on New Zealand politics and Indigenous resource management.Ī Careful Revolution, edited by David Hall, features essays by eleven authors, including Maria Bargh, on the challenges and opportunities of the low-emissions transition.“The real issue is that looming ahead of us we have a real disruption of some sort and the question is, how can we manage this disruption in a way that causes the least harm and suffering and inconvenience for people as possible?” says Hall. Maria Bargh (Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa) is Associate Professor in Te Kawa a Māui/Māori Studies Victoria University of Wellington. His recent policy work has focused on tree planting as a mitigation and adaptation strategy for climate change. He is the editor of A Careful Revolution and other BWB Texts. The speakers: Dr David Hall is a writer, editor and policy researcher based in Auckland. But how do we manage the short-term costs of mitigation? Join authors David Hall and Maria Bargh as they discuss whether a revolution can be ‘careful’, and how to ensure a tika transition in true partnership with Māori. The choice, really, is about how we bring it upon ourselves.’ Climate change is happening and the potential long-term costs are incalculable. ‘There can be little doubt that this will be a revolution.

A Careful Revolution by David Hall