Climate Crisis or System Failure? Investigative Journalist Rachel Donald Breaks It Down | S04E02

🎙️ What if the climate crisis isn’t really about emissions… but about power?

In this thought-provoking episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez sit down with Rachel Donald — investigative journalist, systems thinker, and creator of Planet Critical.

Rachel doesn’t just report on crises — she interrogates why they exist in the first place.

From climate finance to geopolitical resource extraction, from media ethics to economic narratives, this conversation challenges the dominant stories we’re told about progress, sustainability, and growth.

Together, they explore whether the real crisis we face is ecological — or systemic. Climate Crisis or System Failure? Investigative Journalist Rachel Donald Breaks It Down.

In this episode, we cover:

🧵 Why climate change is actually a crisis of violence, greed & systemic extraction

📰 The role of investigative journalism in exposing power structures

💰 Climate finance — and why money flows matter more than headlines

📉 The myth of GDP growth as a measure of human well-being

🌐 How geopolitics and resource grabs shape global conflicts

🏛️ Why climate action is deeply political — not technical

⚡ The risks of “unlimited energy” and technological quick fixes

🤝 Why alliances across ideologies may be necessary for survival

🔥 The power of anger as a catalyst for action

🗺️ The uncomfortable truth: systems — not individuals — drive collapse

📖 Storytelling as a tool for agency, not despair

🔹 About Our Guest: Rachel Donald is an independent journalist and systems thinker whose work explores the intersections of ecology, power, finance, and governance. Through her platform Planet Critical and documentary work, she connects the dots between political decisions, economic systems, and environmental destruction — revealing the deeper forces shaping our world.

💬 Join the Conversation: Is the climate crisis really about carbon — or about the systems behind it? Should we focus more on finance and power than technology?

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