A ‘Code Red for Humanity’

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🗓️ 13 August 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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This episode contains strong language. A major new United Nations scientific report has concluded that countries and corporations have delayed curbing fossil-fuel emissions for so long that we can no longer stop the impact of climate change from intensifying over the coming decades. In short, the climate crisis has arrived, and it’s going to get worse before it can get better. In this episode, we explore the main takeaways from the report — including what needs to happen in the narrowing window of climate opportunity to avoid the most devastating outcomes. Guest: Henry Fountain, a reporter covering climate for The New York Times

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0:00.0	From New York Times, I'm Michael Barrow. This is a Daily.
0:12.0	The Secretary General of the United Nations called it a quote,
0:16.3	code red for humanity.
0:21.6	Today, I spoke with my colleague, Henry Fountain, about what we're learning
0:26.9	from a major new report on climate change.
0:33.0	It's Friday, August 13.
0:38.6	So, Henry, a few days ago, a report on climate change was released.
0:42.4	And before we talk through it, I want to give voice to what I think may be
0:47.7	the feeling of deja vu that those words inspire.
0:50.3	A climate report has been released because it seems like every few months
0:53.7	a report is released that says, basically, things are bad.
0:58.6	When it comes to the climate, they're going to get worse,
1:00.9	and time is running out to fix it.
1:02.2	So, what is different and important about this climate report?
1:07.0	Well, first of all, this is a report by this UN body,
1:10.8	right, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
1:13.2	And that's the definitive group that's doing this kind of work.
1:17.0	It's a couple hundred scientists.
1:19.0	They reviewed something like 14,000 scientific papers.
1:22.5	So, it's got a lot of heft behind it.
1:26.8	It really is the be all and end all of these kind of reports.
1:32.0	The other thing that just makes it really compelling, I think,
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