How do we get the world off fossil fuels quickly and fairly? | TED Countdown Dilemma Series

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🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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What are the realistic pathways off of fossil fuels and towards a world of abundant clean energy? TED Countdown gathered for its second Dilemma Series -- events designed to look at some of the tricky challenges of climate change, where diverging positions have stalled progress -- to answer this core question of the climate crisis. Through TED Talks and conversations with experts, activists and leading voices in the space, this film delves into the tension between the necessity to extricate ourselves from fossil fuels, which endanger our collective future, and the equally paramount necessity of a stable and secure supply of energy for everyone. (Featuring, in order of appearance: Catherine Abreu, Tessa Khan, Laurence Tubiana, Hisham Mundol, Hongqiao Liu, Rebekah Shirley, Vijaya Ramachandran, Zoë Knight, Mary Robinson, Lindsay Levin, David Biello, Adair Turner, Jérôme Schmitt, Ramez Naam, Tzeporah Berman, Luisa Neubauer, Emily Grubert and Jade Begay)

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0:00.0	It's TED Talks Daily. I'm Elise Hu. We know without question that the transition away from fossil fuels needs to happen quickly and fairly. But how? That's the question posed to a number of climate leaders, experts, and activists at a 2022 dilemma session of TED, when Ted brought them together to hash it out.
0:23.6	On today's episode, we're sharing an excerpt from that dilemma session,
0:27.2	aimed at tackling this tricky challenge of climate change,
0:30.3	where diverging positions have stalled progress.
0:33.4	You'll hear a montage of voices at the beginning and end,
0:36.6	all contributing their perspectives on the issue.
0:38.9	And we invite you to get involved with Countdown, TED's global initiative to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis at countdown. ted.com.
0:51.9	We know with certainty that fossil fuels need to be phased out. There's really no question in the science at this point.
0:59.6	The arguments for transitioning away from fossil fuels at speed have never been more compelling.
1:05.5	I think the responsibilities of governments to accelerate that transition have never been so acute.
1:10.9	It has to be quite radical. It could have been done slowly, but now we are running against
1:16.2	time, and climate impacts are now not for tomorrow, it's up for today.
1:21.0	The role of fossil fuels between now and 2050 is that of a necessary evil.
1:25.8	So we have a very complicated relationship with fossil fuels at the moment.
1:30.2	It's like your ex-partner.
1:32.5	You want to get rid of them, but they stick around.
1:35.1	In Africa, for instance, where I live, it's a bit more complicated.
1:38.7	I don't think it's fair to poor countries to say you have to be renewable only
1:43.4	when the rich countries are doubling
1:45.1	down on oil, coal and gas. We need to debate. We need that exchange. We need to understand each
1:51.2	other's views and to start with the concept of dilemma that we're facing. In my mind, the biggest
1:57.8	obstacle is the speed of collaboration.
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