What on earth can we do about climate change? by Dr Matt Winning
Biography
Dr Matt Winning is a London-based Scottish comedian and environmental economist who performs live climate change comedy. Matt has a PhD in climate change policy and has been an active researcher, combining his two worlds of comedy and environmental issues in an attempt to help save the planet. In 2021 he published his book Hot Mess which encompasses these two worlds. A live show of Hot Mess was on tour around the UK in 2022, which Matt also took to the Edinburgh Fringe that summer as well as being awarded Pick of the Fringe at Bedford Fringe Festival.
Matt鈥檚 last show It鈥檚 The End Of The World As We Know It received wide critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe and led to a nationwide tour. The 鈥渇unny yet educational鈥� high-concept hour follows the successes of his two previous lecture-style stand-up shows, Climate Strange (2018) and Filibuster (2017). He has performed at COP28, the Royal Institution, Net Zero Festival, UK Schools Climate Assembly, Bluedot, BBC Climate Creatives festival and many, many others.
Matt has a about the importance of using humour to discuss climate change, hosts the BBC Radio 4 show , the podcast and co-hosted on BBC Sounds. On TV Matt has appeared on BBC2鈥檚 Inside Culture and as the environmental correspondent on Dave鈥檚 Unspun with Matt Forde and in BBC Scotland TV shows The State of It and Scot Squad.
On radio he鈥檚 been a panelist on BBC Radio 4鈥檚 The News Quiz and The Now Show and BBC Radio Scotland鈥檚 Breaking The News. Matt has written articles on climate change in Guardian, New Statesman, Scotsman, Metro and Sunday Post. Matt has a PhD in climate change policy and is currently a Lecturer at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources. Many of his recent journal papers were cited in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change鈥檚 (IPCC) AR6, and his work has been used by bodies such as the UK Committee on Climate Change.