Listen Again: Climate Mindset

TED Radio Hour

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🗓️ 9 October 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Original broadcast date: May 22, 2020. In the past few months, human beings have come together to fight a global threat. This hour, TED speakers explore how our response can be the catalyst to fight another global crisis: climate change. Guests include political strategist Tom Rivett-Carnac, diplomat Christiana Figueres, climate justice activist Xiye Bastida, and writer, illustrator, and artist Oliver Jeffers.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's Manouche and I want to tell you about an important TED event that you can join in on.
0:05.4	Countdown is a new global initiative from TED to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis.
0:12.8	It kicks off on October 10th with a virtual day of talks on YouTube to learn more, go to countdown.ted.com.
0:21.4	And meanwhile, in honor of Countdown, we've got an episode for you that you may have missed back in May.
0:27.2	It's about the mindset that we need to tackle the climate crisis, because it is so hard these days to
0:33.2	not feel burned out or overwhelmed to stay positive. Well, this episode offers some good reasons why
0:40.2	you should stay the course and be part of the solutions. So after you listen to it, go to countdown.ted.com,
0:48.0	turn your mindset into action. Thanks so much for being here and enjoy the episode again or for the
0:54.0	first time. This is the TED Radio Hour. Each week, ground breaking TED talks. Our job now is to dream big.
1:03.6	Deliver it at TED conferences. To bring about the future we want to see. Around the world. To understand
1:09.3	who we are. From those talks, we bring you speakers and ideas that will surprise you. You just
1:15.9	don't know what you're going to find. Challenge you. We truly have to ask ourselves like why is it
1:20.6	and even change you. I literally feel like I'm a different person. Yes. Do you feel that way?
1:26.6	Ideas worth spreading. From TED and NPR.
1:36.3	I'm Anush Zamorodi and for the past couple months, while we've all been doing our part to keep ourselves
1:42.8	and others safe, we've also had some time to think about what we value most.
1:50.5	I'm walking through the woods near my home just a few minutes walk away from the village that I
1:55.8	live in in southern England. And for a lot of us, including Tom Rivett-Karnack, it's planet Earth.
2:02.6	This is beautiful forest. It's early May. You can see the light coming through the trees.
2:07.4	Tom is an expert in climate change policy. Back in 2015, he helped bring together nearly 200
2:16.1	countries to support the Paris Agreement, which was the UN deal to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
2:22.9	But of course, right now, Tom's been spending his time closer to home.
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