What Next - Biden’s Climate Report Card
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🗓️ 1 May 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
It’s not that we aren’t making progress slowing our carbon and greenhouse gas emissions; it’s just that we still may not be doing enough—fast enough—to avert catastrophe.
Guest: Umair Irfan, correspondent at Vox writing about climate change, Covid-19, and energy policy.
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| 0:00.0 | Is crypto perfect? Nope, but neither was email when it was invented in 1972. |
| 0:05.9 | And yet today we send 347 billion emails every single day. |
| 0:12.0 | crypto is no different. |
| 0:13.3 | It's new, but like email, it's also revolutionary. |
| 0:17.3 | With Krakin, it's easy to start your crypto journey with 24-7 support when you need it. |
| 0:22.4 | Go to Krakin.com and see what crypto can be. with 24-7 support when you need it. |
| 0:22.6 | Go to Krakin.com and see what crypto can be. |
| 0:25.2 | Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest. |
| 0:27.2 | This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong. |
| 0:30.0 | 4 quid, for lunch. |
| 0:31.8 | For new cheeky little pizzas from Domino's, for hot and cheesy |
| 0:34.8 | wraps, for you, for Finan Finance, for Sid on Security, for lunching at the laptop. |
| 0:39.5 | Lunch for just 4 quid at Domino's? |
| 0:41.6 | High fours all round. |
| 0:43.0 | Order ahead on our app. |
| 0:44.0 | Daminah! |
| 0:46.0 | 4 pound per item, collection and delivery, |
| 0:48.0 | minimum delivery spend, charges and areas may apply. I called up Umer Irfon to talk about this phrase. |
| 0:57.0 | Peak Carbon. |
| 1:08.0 | Umer reports on climate change over at Vox. He says Pete Carbon is a goal, a buzzword, |
| 1:11.0 | a date, sometime in the future when carbon emissions finally hit their apex and then |
| 1:18.8 | start to decline globally. |
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