The Scottish stand-up comedian Dr Matt Winning talks about how to get laughs out of the ‘hot mess’ humans have made of planet Earth
is a whistle-stop tour through the basics of climate science and what can be done to halt global warming’s advance. But Dr Winning insists he is not out of ideas for climate comedy, and has started working up ideas for a TV sitcom, on climate change of course.“The funny comes first,” he insists. “[But] comedy is really good at helping people to focus, and people learn much better when the positive parts of the brain are stimulated,” he says.
Often, his audience leave as converts to the climate cause. “I had someone say they had sold their car right after coming to see my show….I’ve had people say their family didn’t fly that year after seeing the show,” he says. “Really I’m just hoping that I impart knowledge to people and they can then decide what to do with it themselves.”Farming:
Climate change is also going to reduce barley yields and raise the price of beer. If the public can’t rally behind big chips and cheap pints, then I don’t know what’ll solve climate change.Half of all CO2 emissions have occurred in the past 30 years – since we’ve known how bad climate change is. A bit like discovering fat and sugar is bad for you, but sticking to your strict diet of 24 Cadbury’s Creme Eggs a day.
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