The Forgotten Climate Debate

Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, a French historian of science &
technology, shares how European societies grappled with climate
change centuries before modern science proved the scale and
breadth of its impact, revealing a forgotten saga where colonial
ambitions and volcanic winters shaped our earliest understanding
of Earth's shifting climate.


Grounding our discussion is his Fressoz’s 2024 book Chaos in the
Heavens: The Forgotten History of Climate Change, co-authored
with Fabien Locher.