How Humanity Can Survive the Climate Crisis, with Christiana Figueres and Ritula Shah

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🗓️ 25 February 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In this episode we are joined by Christiana Figueres, the former UN Executive Secretary for Climate Change who was one of the key negotiators behind the Paris Climate Agreement and is the co-author of a new book The Future We Choose. In this in-depth conversation with the BBC's Ritula Shah, Figueres gives us serious, practical and empowering advice for how we can stave off the worst and manage the long-term effects of climate change. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.2	Hello I'm Daniel. Welcome to this episode of the Intelligence Squared
1:03.3	podcast. In this episode we are joined by Christina Figueres.
1:07.6	Christina Figueres is a very well-known diplomat specializing in climate change.
1:12.8	She was one of the lead negotiators on the Paris Climate Agreement.
1:16.5	And she's the co-author of a book called The Future We Choose, Surviving the Climate
1:20.9	Crisis, which is a really practical guidebook for how to stave off and prevent
1:25.4	the worst risks of climate collapse.
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