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John Kerry on the Climate Crisis

Foreign Policy Live

Foreign Policy

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4.1622 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

A recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sounded the alarm once again that the time to act is now if the global community hopes to limit the effects of climate change. But is there sufficient political will across countries to implement the necessary policies? And how should top polluters—such as the United States and China—be held to account? FP’s Ravi Agrawal is joined by U.S. climate envoy John Kerry to discuss this and much more. Suggested reading: Thom Woodroofe: A Partnership to Save the Planet Scott Moore: The U.S. Can Steal China’s Climate Leadership Crown Adam Tooze: Should the World Adjust Its Climate Targets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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editor-in-chief. This is FP Live.

0:46.9

Welcome to the show. It often seems that climate scientists are running out of ways to warn us.

0:53.7

Last month, a remarkably sober UN report declared that we are way behind our climate goals.

0:56.9

The window for action is just tiny at this point.

1:02.0

Even best case scenarios show that global temperatures will shoot through the limits we've set ourselves.

1:03.1

And that can sound a bit hopeless.

1:05.5

The question at this point is whether we can dramatically reduce carbon emissions

1:09.8

to have some hope in the future of bringing

1:12.9

the temperatures that have risen back down later. And if we don't, climate disasters will become so

1:18.7

extreme that humanity will not be able to adapt. It's not all bleak. Here in America, the Biden

1:25.3

administration has introduced landmark legislation since coming to office.

1:30.3

The Inflation Reduction Act is aimed at cutting carbon emissions and forwarding America's climate goals.

1:37.0

As you'll hear ahead, it's not without controversy.

1:40.5

Europe has called America protectionist because many of its policies are essentially made in America

1:45.9

restrictions. But it's what we have. The question is whether it's enough, whether the rest of

1:53.3

the world can join in. And most of all, where is the money, money, money? It always begins and ends

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