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This is Solvable. I'm Ronald Young Jr.

Climate challenges are pressing down with more urgency than ever before.

In order to hold temperature increases back 1.5 or 2 degrees to meet the temperature

targets set in Paris at the Paris

Climate Accords, we have until 2030 to cut emissions in half. Climate experts say that'll be tough,

but it might stave off complete disaster. That kind of hard truth can feel crushing, which is exactly

why we need to work actively, keep talking, reflecting,

and solving the greatest problem we've ever faced on a global scale.

Here at Pushkin, we're lucky enough to have one of the best minds around when it comes to making

observations and looking to the future, Malcolm Gladwell.

So today, we have a solvable episode that is a little out of the ordinary, and I know

you guys are used to hearing things out of the ordinary in this time period we've been in.

But Malcolm and I talked together and pursue a few thought experiments about where we might

be headed and who could take us there.

We discussed the power of the people and the power of

businesses to bring real and rapid change. And even with the topic as heavy as this ever-growing

global catastrophe, somehow there's a lot of laughter in this episode, too. Here's our conversation.

Mr. Gladwell.

Yes.

Welcome back to Solvable.

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