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State of the Union

Interviews with: Chief Climate Scientist Katharine Hayhoe, Former Vice President Al Gore, Ray Dalio

State of the Union

CNN

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3.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

First, wildfires, hurricanes, extreme heat, 2023 was the year the world woke up to the climate change threat. What have we learned and what will next year look like? Chief Scientist Katharine Hayhoe joins Jake on the show to discuss our options. Next, World leaders agree to transition away from fossil fuels, the chief driver of the climate crisis. But with loopholes in the agreement, is it enough? Former Vice President Al Gore is ahead. Then, as Governments around the world struggle to combat climate change, what role does Wall Street have to play? Who's got the money and how much will it take to help our climate? I'll get the thoughts of the multi-billionaire American investor Ray Dalio who is focused on climate change. Plus, are skeptical Republicans starting to change their minds on climate change? Our Panel of Congress speakers will take a look at the numbers and see what's causing this shift and what GOP officials might be willing to work with Democrats on to address this crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Beyond Imagining,

0:07.0

Imagining, wildfires, hurricanes, extreme heat.

0:12.0

Four water all over in my life. 2023 all over in the river.

0:13.0

2023 was the year the world woke up to the climate change threat.

0:17.0

I don't think anybody can deny the impact of the climate crisis anymore.

0:21.0

What have we learned?

0:22.0

And what will next year look like? Plus, landmark

0:24.8

packed. World leaders agree to transition away from fossil fuels, the chief

0:28.6

driver of the climate crisis. We're not turning back. That is the future. But with loopholes in the agreement, is it enough?

0:35.4

Former Vice President Al Gore is ahead. And seeing Green, as governments around the world

0:41.1

struggle to combat climate change, what role does Wall Street have to play?

0:44.8

Who's got the money?

0:46.0

Unlocked that by being able to make it profitable.

0:49.7

I'll ask the multi-billionaire investor who is focused on climate change, Ray Dahlia is coming up. Hello, I'm Jake Tapper in Washington, where the state of our union is sounding a very clear alarm.

1:07.8

We are closing out 2023 a year we may look back on is the time that people started to truly grasp that the climate crisis

1:15.7

is here and it is already costing lives and livelihoods from deadly wildfires to mudslides, devastating floods and soaring temperatures we saw it all.

1:27.0

2023 was the hottest year in at least 125,000 years, scientists say, as they warn that the world is

1:37.5

inching perilously close to the threshold beyond which humans and ecosystems

1:42.1

will struggle to adapt.

1:44.7

In the US, cities in the south and southwest were particularly hard hit with Houston, Texas,

1:50.2

experiencing the longest extreme heat streak of any major city on earth.

1:57.0

And drought-stricken Maui in Hawaii, reeled from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century.

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