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Kumi Naidoo, Shell and the manufacturing of consent for climate change

Greenpeace's executive director discusses how the oil industry has manufactured consent for the carbon age, and how they are going to be defeated.

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Kumi Naidoo - Greenpeace

Kumi Naidoo is one of those rare people who can dominate even a vast room. Tall, colourfully shirted, and full of energy, I first saw him speak a decade ago. Back then, he was co-ordinating the global coalition of which Make Poverty History was the UK wing. Then, he wowed us with tales of the injustice of the World Trade Organisation negotiations. In the eyes of a young student, he was inspiring and fascinating.