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🗓️ 11 December 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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The impacts of climate change are growing, but so are the world's attempts to stop them. Hosted by Manoush Zomorodi of the TED Radio Hour, this special TED documentary examines the rapid technological revolution underway — and the real possibility of a better future for all. Featuring urban planner Anika Goss, scientist and carbon expert Julio Friedmann, UN Climate Chief Simon Stiell, auto industry sustainability leader Cynthia Williams, and multi-generational farmers Jim and Jessica Whitaker, as well as interviews with architect of the Paris Accords Christiana Figueres, former UN Climate High Champion Nigel Topping and many more.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Anush Zamorodi, host of NPR's Ted Radio Hour, but I am popping here to visit you on
0:09.3	Ted Talks Daily with something special.
0:12.4	Excerpts from a TV special I made with the Ted Daily with something special.
0:12.5	Excerpts from a TV special I made with the Ted team
0:15.5	about Climate Change Solutions.
0:18.4	There's a lot more in our full special show.
0:21.2	It's called Ted Explorers a New climate vision. You can watch it now on
0:25.2	TED.com but coming up here's a shorter version just for your ears. Enjoy. So real quick, a little background. A few months ago, Ted had its
0:38.8	countdown summit in Detroit, Michigan. This was a TED conference entirely dedicated to accelerating solutions
0:46.0	to the climate crisis by turning ideas into action. So listen, like you, I have heard a lot of the bad news but I did not know how much good
0:56.8	news there is out there too and making it ended up making me feel so much more optimistic about our future.
1:07.0	There's no doubt that we are facing exponential impacts of climate change.
1:13.0	There is also, however, no doubt
1:16.0	that that is being met
1:19.0	with exponential progress of the technologies
1:22.0	that can help to address climate change.
1:25.0	So what we have here is frankly a race between two exponential curves.
1:32.0	Christina Figueres is the former head exponential curves.
1:40.4	Christianna Figueres is the former head of UN climate change and the architect of the landmark 2015 Paris Accords. You'll hear from her and other incredible speakers about their personal stories
1:45.2	dealing with climate change and their tested solutions.
1:51.2	But first, let's get a quick reminder on the basics. Climate change in a minute, or so.
1:58.0	The air we breathe has changed. The mix of gases is shifting with more and more greenhouse gases
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