Two Hemispheres, One Story: Reporting on Rising Seas

Climate One

News Commentary, Earth Sciences, Social Sciences, Science, News

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🗓️ 21 October 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Twenty of the world’s richest countries – mostly in the Global North – are responsible for 80 percent of the carbon pollution that’s driving extreme weather and supercharging natural disasters. Yet poorer countries in the Global South are experiencing climate-induced disasters first and worst. Wealthier and whiter countries in the Global North are being hit by climate disruption as well, but they also have more resources to adapt. We talk with two award-winning journalists, one from each hemisphere, about covering climate change in their part of the world and bridging the disconnect that exists between North and South. Guests: Lauren Sommer, Reporter, NPR Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, Reporter for The Guardian, Host of An Impossible Choice. For show notes and related links, visit ClimateOne.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.3	This is Climate 1. I'm Greg Dalton. Human brains are wired to respond to immediate and visible threats.
0:37.5	Rising seas are hard to notice and can feel like a slow-moving concern.
0:42.8	We know a lot about the science now.
0:44.8	We know what sea level rise might do and who might be at risk and what the impacts might be,
0:50.3	but is that really trickling down to the decisions we make every day that are going to matter?
0:54.9	The Global South is already being hit by climate disasters fueled by hotter and higher seas
1:00.2	that they are barely responsible for causing.
1:03.4	While bringing attention to these stories help ease their plight.
1:07.1	Pacific Islands are only responsible for 0.03 of emissions globally, yet stand to lose entire
1:15.5	nations. The responsibility lies in the global north, and ultimately the role of the
1:22.2	journalists really highlight these issues. Reporting on rising seas, up next on Climate One.
1:30.5	20 of the world's richest countries, mostly in the global north, are responsible for 80% of
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