The tipping points of climate change — and where we stand | Johan Rockström

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🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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We're nearly halfway through the 2020s, dubbed the most decisive decade for action on climate change. Where exactly do things stand? Climate impact scholar Johan Rockström offers the most up-to-date scientific assessment of the state of the planet and explains what must be done to preserve Earth's resilience to human pressure.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
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0:14.8	I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:16.6	Just last month, we experienced the hottest day ever on Earth, the latest point in a warming
0:22.2	trend that scientists have been sounding the alarm on for years.
0:26.0	Brace yourselves because climate impact scholar Johann Rockstrom's talk lays out how these hotter and hotter days
0:32.8	fit into a larger pattern of climate change and its costs.
0:36.8	But he's still optimistic about the situation
0:40.4	and explains why after the break.
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1:17.0	We Earth System scientists and climate scientists
1:20.0	are getting seriously nervous.
1:22.0	The planet is changing faster than... are getting seriously nervous.
1:22.6	The planet is changing faster than we have expected.
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