The case for climate optimism

Today, Explained

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Politics, Daily News, News

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In 2019, David Wallace-Wells wrote a book called The Uninhabitable Earth. Just two years later, he’s feeling hopeful — thanks to the world’s biggest polluters. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	23
0:01.4	Kill
0:02.9	seven
0:03.9	seven
0:06.9	nine
0:08.3	ten
0:10.9	nine
0:11.8	eight
0:13.3	seven
0:13.9	seven
0:20.5	seven
0:21.4	seven
0:22.6	twenty
0:24.6	eighteen
0:25.4	seventeen
0:26.8	eighteen
0:27.9	Four, three, two, one, zero.
0:37.7	In a world with many problems, one problem reigns supreme.
0:43.4	The climate emergency.
0:45.7	The states have never been higher.
0:48.4	The odds of bipartisan agreement on this issue have possibly never been lower.
0:54.1	And there's a new president in town and he's hot for science.
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