Climate action is on the cusp of exponential growth | Simon Stiell
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🗓️ 3 August 2023
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Climate action is speeding up -- and we each have the power to push that transformation forward. As the head of the UNFCCC, the UN's entity supporting the global response to climate change, Simon Stiell points to clear social and technological signals that show we're at the tipping points of a green revolution -- and invites us all to apply our unique skills to defending the planet against the catastrophic impacts of the climate crisis.
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| 0:00.0 | Ted Audio Collective |
| 0:10.9 | I'm Elise Hugh, you're listening to Ted Talks Daily. |
| 0:13.9 | We are at a tipping point, a precipice of exponential growth in global climate action. |
| 0:19.9 | That's the message from Simon Steele, the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention |
| 0:24.2 | on Climate Change. |
| 0:25.7 | In his 2023 talk from the Ted Countdown Summit in Detroit, he lays out his case for how |
| 0:30.2 | change can come fast and what we can do to hurry it along to avoid the catastrophic impacts |
| 0:36.2 | of climate change. |
| 0:40.4 | Support for this podcast comes from BCG. |
| 0:42.9 | What you're about to hear is a work of imagination, but not fantasy. |
| 0:46.4 | So starts every episode of BCG's new podcast, Climate Vision 2050, which pulls us into |
| 0:51.2 | a future where we've radically reduced carbon emissions and saved ourselves from climate |
| 0:55.8 | catastrophe. |
| 0:56.8 | From the future of travel to food and fashion, what might life be like in a world that |
| 1:01.4 | has actually managed to address climate change? |
| 1:04.5 | Listen to BCG's Climate Vision 2050, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:08.6 | A net zero world is within reach. |
| 1:12.8 | What's up with the weather? |
| 1:13.8 | If you're confused about climate change, there's a show for you. |
| 1:17.2 | Ted Climate from the Ted Audio Collective. |
| 1:19.9 | Join host Dan Quartler as he brings you leading experts who will unpack every problem and |
| 1:24.5 | solution of our climate crisis. |
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