Silver Linings From The UN's Dire Climate Change Report
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🗓️ 3 March 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
NPR climate reporter Rebecca Hersher fills us in on this major climate science report and actually brings three empowering takeaways hidden within it.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, Erin, I like to sing the little audio idea at the top, so I'll be doing that for you. |
| 0:06.1 | I guess I start, unless do we- |
| 0:08.0 | Buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh. |
| 0:10.0 | You're listening to shortwave from NPR. |
| 0:12.2 | You're listening to Shortwave from NPR. |
| 0:16.8 | Hey, Shortwaveers, I'm Erin Scott, so we know many great things come in trilogies. |
| 0:22.8 | Lord of the Rings, the Godfather, back to the future. |
| 0:25.2 | Austin Power, Star Wars, the Matrix. |
| 0:27.1 | Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Those last two are controversial, Erin. |
| 0:31.7 | Sorry, sorry. I get a little carried away, but that's because I'm excited. |
| 0:35.7 | Today, we are talking about an epic trilogy that is still unfolding. |
| 0:39.8 | The reports of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or the IPCC. |
| 0:45.5 | Am I overselling that Becky? |
| 0:47.3 | No. |
| 0:48.7 | So, you were the person to talk to about all things climate change. |
| 0:53.5 | Yes, yes. |
| 0:55.0 | And I am Rebecca Hirscher. I'm a climate reporter here at NPR. |
| 0:58.8 | Welcome to Shortwave. |
| 1:00.7 | Thank you. |
| 1:01.7 | And yes, we are talking about the second of three big climate reports from the IPCC. |
| 1:07.6 | This report came out this week. |
| 1:09.5 | And it was a long time in the making. |
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