Climate Crisis: We're Solving It?! [VIDEO]

Science Vs

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Science, Education, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 11.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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The climate is a mess. It's hot. There's fires, floods, hurricanes — and we may have even crossed some rather scary climate tipping points. But there is hope. So today, we’re answering your questions about solving the climate crisis. We find out how you can help in the fight against climate change, if carbon offsets are a scam, whether renewables really work and what exciting new technologies could help save the planet. Our guests are Dr. Sven Teske at the University of Technology, Sydney, and Wei Sue, head of strategy at Monash University's Climateworks Center. Find our transcript here: https://bit.ly/ScienceVsClimateAMA In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Is it the End of the World? (04:21) The biggest emitters (05:24) What can you do to help? (07:07) Does recycling fight climate change? (08:42) Should you stop eating meat? (09:58) Buying an Electric Vehicle (14:54) Can you really make a difference? (17:05) Carbon Offsets (21:14) Renewables: How good are they? (26:31) Nuclear Power: The Silver Bullet? (31:21) Giant Shades in Space! (34:14) Hope? This episode was produced by Wendy Zukerman and Meryl Horn with help from Joel Werner, Rose Rimler, Ekedi Fausther-Keeys, and Michelle Dang. We’re edited by Blythe Terrell. Fact checking by Erica Akiko Howard. Video editing by T Cruz. Mix and sound design by Sam Bair. Music written by Bumi Hidaka. A huge thank you to Nick Johnson, Stupid Old Studios and Lily Kim. Science Vs is a Spotify Studios Original. Listen for free on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us and tap the bell for episode notifications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman, and you're listening to science verses. Today on the show,
0:11.8	how do we solve the climate crisis can we do it a couple of
0:16.6	weeks ago we had an episode about climate change tipping points that ended a
0:20.8	little sadly the climate's not doing well, it's hot, there's been fires, there's
0:26.4	been floods and we may have even crossed some rather scary climate tipping points.
0:31.3	But I did tell you that there was hope and that's what this episode is hopefully about. We asked for your questions, what you want to know when it comes to solving the climate crisis?
0:43.8	We heard from hundreds of people all around the globe.
0:47.2	Generally, these questions fit into two big batches.
0:51.2	One, what can me as a little individual person do for the climate, if anything?
0:57.0	And two, what exciting new technologies could help get us out of this mess.
1:02.0	So to answer these questions and more. technologies could help get us out of this mess.
1:02.8	So to answer these questions and more, we have our first guest, Dr. Sven Tesco.
1:09.9	He is the research director at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology, Sydney.
1:17.0	And Sven studies how countries and industries can do the seemingly impossible, which is to get off fossil fuels.
1:24.6	He has written detailed analysis for more than 50 countries
1:28.8	for how they can get to net zero.
1:30.9	These are countries like the US, China, India, France and Bangladesh, so welcome to the show Sven.
1:37.0	Thanks, inviting me.
1:39.0	Our second guest is Wei Suu.
1:41.0	She is the head of strategy at Monash University's Climate Works Center in
1:45.3	Melbourne.
1:46.3	Climate Works is a climate non-profit that gives advice to governments and companies about
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