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What the 2030 Climate Deadline Really Means

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Climate One

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

4.7583 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

For years, scientists have been saying that the climate battle will be won or lost in the next decade. The IPCC has stated that to avoid climate catastrophe, global emissions must be halved by 2030. Politicians and the media have picked up the message; some making it a rallying cry. But is a ten-year goal realistic? What is needed to get people to take notice of -- and take action on -- the climate deadline? Visit climateone.org/watch-and-listen/podcasts for more information on today's episode. Guests: Chris Field, Faculty Director, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University David Fenton, Founder, Fenton Communications Renee Lertzman, Climate Engagement Strategist and Author This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco on February 24, 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.8

Climate One conversations explore the need to transform every system around us. Food, water, energy, transportation,

0:40.0

politics, and even the cognitive system inside our heads. Moving all those systems away from

0:45.4

fossil fuels is necessary to stabilize the climate that supports our lifestyles and our economy.

0:51.1

I'm Greg Dalton. For years, scientists and politicians have been saying that the climate battle will be won or lost in the next decade.

1:07.0

The IPCC has stated that to avoid climate catastrophe, global emissions must be

1:12.5

halved by 2030 and at net zero by 2050. Politicians in the media have picked up the message.

1:18.8

Some have made it a rallying cry, but are people listening?

1:22.3

Mostly people don't read newspapers as much as they used to. They get most of their information

1:27.0

online, and most of their information online,

1:28.0

and most of what they see online is that climate change is a hoax.

1:31.8

So there is an information deficit.

1:35.7

What is needed to get people to take notice of

1:38.6

and take action on the climate deadline.

1:41.7

The one thing I would say is that's incredibly powerful is the

1:44.8

unexpected. Anything that breaks through the numbness that's unexpected, surprising,

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