Fear and Wonder: Stories from the experts behind the UN's definitive climate report
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The sixth report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a vast and terrifying analysis of humanity's impact on the conditions for life on Earth. It took hundreds of climate experts from all over the world four years to write, drawing on decades of prior knowledge. They're advising humanity on what it'll take for our civilizations to survive. Who are those..
Fear and Wonder: Stories from the experts behind the UN's definitive climate report
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"The problem [of climate change] is getting worse," explains Greg Nemet, a Canadian renewable policy expert and IPCC author. "But we've got solutions now that are so much more affordable than they were."
After studying advances in solar technology, which has seen rapid expansion and price reductions, he's optimistic about our capacity to avert the worst possible climate outcomes.
In this week's episode of our climate podcast Fear and Wonder, we speak to Greg about the pace of change in the solar industry and whether it can be replicated for other technologies.
We also hear from fellow ..read more
Fear and Wonder: Stories from the experts behind the UN's definitive climate report
1y ago
Co-hosted by IPCC scientist Dr Joelle Gergis and journalist Michael Green, Fear and Wonder will take listeners inside the defining scientific advice on the climate crisis that threatens every human society on Earth, via the hearts and minds of the scientists who wrote it. Subscribe now to be the first to listen in 2023.
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