Our Climate Is Heating Up And We Know How To Stop It. But Will We?
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🗓️ 11 April 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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According to the report, if we have any hope of a livable world in the future, we need to stop using fossil fuels now. Getting there might be easier than you think. The only question is whether we have the will.
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| 0:00.0 | We are on a pathway to global warming of more than double 1.5 degree limit agreed in |
| 0:12.2 | Paris. |
| 0:13.7 | Some government and business leaders are saying one thing but wing another. |
| 0:19.3 | Simply put, they are lying. |
| 0:21.8 | And the results will be catastrophic. |
| 0:24.2 | This is a climate emergency. |
| 0:26.6 | Even scientists warned that we are already perilously close to tipping points that could |
| 0:31.7 | lead to cascading and irreversible climate impacts. |
| 0:36.0 | But high-mitting governments and corporations are not just turning a blind eye. |
| 0:40.1 | They are adding fuel to the flames. |
| 0:43.2 | They are choking our planet based on their vested interests and historic investments |
| 0:47.6 | in forcing fuels when cheaper, renewable solutions provide green jobs, energy security and greater |
| 0:54.8 | price stability. |
| 0:56.5 | That's UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. |
| 1:00.2 | The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, is one of the world's |
| 1:05.7 | leading authorities on the climate crisis. |
| 1:08.5 | It's spent decades telling governments what's coming and how to stop it. |
| 1:12.5 | The IPCC's latest report says climate change can't be stopped, but we can temper its |
| 1:18.6 | very worst effects if those in power go beyond meatless Mondays and electric cars. |
| 1:24.2 | The world is heating up, and we know how to stop it. |
| 1:27.4 | Getting it done might be easier than you think. |
| 1:30.1 | The only question is whether we will. |
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