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Nicola Sturgeon: How small countries can make a big impact on climate change

When it comes to tackling climate change, the size of a country doesn't matter -- it's their ambition that counts, says First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon. In a rousing talk, she shares examples of small nations -- from Bhutan and Fiji to her own Scotland -- whose leadership and climate action are galvanizing change on the international ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/nicola_sturgeon_how_small_countries_can_make_a_big_impact_on_climate_change

Ola Rosling | TED Speaker

Ola Rosling is the director and co-founder of the Gapminder Foundation. Previously, he was the Google Public Data product manager.
Director of the Gapminder Foundation
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ola_rosling

Naomi Klein: Addicted to risk

Days before this talk, journalist Naomi Klein was on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico, looking at the catastrophic results of BP's risky pursuit of oil. Our societies have become addicted to extreme risk in finding new energy, new financial instruments and more ... and too often, we're left to clean up a mess afterward. Klein's question: What's the ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/naomi_klein_addicted_to_risk

Dan Jørgensen: How wind energy could power Earth ... 18 times over

Over the last two decades, the wind power industry has grown at a dizzying pace. (Fun fact: a single rotation from one of the world's most powerful wind turbines can generate enough electricity to charge more than 1,400 cell phones.) Building off this exponential growth, Denmark's climate minister Dan Jørgensen lays out his plan to end the count...
https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_jorgensen_how_wind_energy_could_power_earth_18_times_over

Myles Allen: Fossil fuel companies know how to stop global warming. Why don't they?

The fossil fuel industry knows how to stop global warming, but they're waiting for someone else to pay, says climate science scholar Myles Allen. Instead of a total ban on carbon-emitting fuels, Allen puts forth a bold plan for oil and gas companies to progressively decarbonize themselves and sequester CO2 deep in the earth, with the aim of reac...
https://www.ted.com/talks/myles_allen_fossil_fuel_companies_know_how_to_stop_global_warming_why_don_t_they

Xiye Bastida, Shiv Soin and Latif Nasser: Dear world leaders, these are our climate demands

Investing in green energy, holding large corporations accountable for their pollution, stopping pipeline and oil extraction initiatives -- these are non-negotiable actions to protect the planet, but they are still just the bare minimum, say climate activists Xiye Bastida and Shiv Soin. In conversation with radio researcher Latif Nasser, Bastida ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/xiye_bastida_shiv_soin_and_latif_nasser_dear_world_leaders_these_are_our_climate_demands

Sergei Lupashin: A flying camera ... on a leash

Let's admit it: aerial photo drones and UAVs are a little creepy, and they come with big regulatory and safety problems. But aerial photos can be a powerful way of telling the truth about the world: the size of a protest, the spread of an oil spill, the wildlife hidden in a delta. Sergei Lupashin demos Fotokite, a nifty new way to see the world ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/sergei_lupashin_a_flying_camera_on_a_leash

Rebecca J. Barthelmie and Sara C. Pryor: How do wind turbines work?

Every 24 hours, wind generates enough kinetic energy to produce roughly 35 times more electricity than humanity uses each day. And unlike coal or oil, this resource is totally renewed each day. So how can we harness this incredible amount of energy, and is it possible to create a world powered entirely by wind? Rebecca Barthelmie and Sara Pryor ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/rebecca_j_barthelmie_and_sara_c_pryor_how_do_wind_turbines_work

Nicola Jones: The dangers of a noisy ocean -- and how we can quiet it down

The ocean is a naturally noisy place full of singing whales, grunting fish, snapping shrimp, cracking ice, wind and rain. But human-made sounds -- from ship engines to oil drilling -- have become an acute threat to marine life, says science journalist Nicola Jones. Watch (and listen) as she discusses the strange things that happen to underwater ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/nicola_jones_the_dangers_of_a_noisy_ocean_and_how_we_can_quiet_it_down

Tzeporah Berman: The bad math of the fossil fuel industry

We currently have enough fossil fuels to progressively transition off of them, says climate campaigner Tzeporah Berman, but the industry continues to expand oil, gas and coal production and exploration. With searing passion and unflinching nerve, Berman reveals the delusions keeping true progress from being made -- and offers a realistic path fo...
https://www.ted.com/talks/tzeporah_berman_the_bad_math_of_the_fossil_fuel_industry

Playlist: Daryl Hannah: 11 talks that inspired me (11 talks)

Daryl Hannah gathers TED Talks that span the globe, from the Black Hills Mountains of the United States to the underwater worlds of Antarctica.
Curated by Daryl Hannah · 11 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/daryl_hannah_11_talks_that_in

Playlist: Amazing, creative homes (10 talks)

Explore the ingenious designs and intriguingly gorgeous places that people call home.
Curated by TED · 10 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/don_t_you_wish_you_lived_here

Ozawa Bineshi Albert: Climate action needs new frontline leadership

We can't rely on those who created climate change to fix it, says climate justice organizer Ozawa Bineshi Albert. An Indigenous woman living in the heart of oil and gas country in the US, she's observed an alarming disconnect between empty promises made by corporations and the actual needs of communities on the ground. In this call for urgency a...
https://www.ted.com/talks/ozawa_bineshi_albert_climate_action_needs_new_frontline_leadership

Playlist: How to revive a city (8 talks)

Energetic and thriving, cities are the heartbeat of society. These talks offer viable ways to reinvigorate and strengthen the metropolises we love.
Curated by TED · 8 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/how_to_revive_a_city

Nigel Topping: 3 rules for a zero-carbon world

Every human and natural system -- from oil extraction to the flight of a flock of starlings -- can be seen as a set of repeating patterns. These patterns can be disrupted for good or for bad, says Nigel Topping, the High Level Climate Action Champion for COP26, the UN's climate change conference set to take place in November 2021 in Glasgow, Sco...
https://www.ted.com/talks/nigel_topping_3_rules_for_a_zero_carbon_world

Playlist: The best Hans Rosling talks you’ve ever seen (10 talks)

In memory of a great man and the numbers he loved.
Curated by TED · 10 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/the_best_hans_rosling_talks_yo

Bjørn Otto Sverdrup | TED Speaker

Bjørn Otto Sverdrup is the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, whose industry members account for almost 30 percent of global production.
Political scientist, Chair of OGCI
https://www.ted.com/speakers/bjorn_otto_sverdrup

Nemonte Nenquimo | TED Speaker

Nemonte Nenquimo is an Indigenous leader of the Waorani peoples, legendary hunter-harvesters of the south-central Ecuadorian Amazon. She is a founder of the Ceibo Alliance and Amazon Frontlines and a board member of Nia Tero.
Indigenous leader
https://www.ted.com/speakers/nemonte_nenquimo

Cesar Harada | TED Speaker

TED Senior Fellow Cesar Harada aims to harness the forces of nature as he invents innovative remedies for man-made problems like oil spills and radioactive leaks.
Inventor, environmentalist, educator
https://www.ted.com/speakers/cesar_harada

Matt Kenyon | TED Speaker

From a plant that lives or dies based on stock prices to an oilcan that flows backward, Matt Kenyon creates art that startles, amuses and challenges assumptions.
New media artist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/matt_kenyon

Playlist: Talks to help you become a better researcher (8 talks)

Strengthen your skills with these informative talks on how to get the most out of your research.
Curated by TED · 8 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/talks_to_help_you_become_a_better_researcher

Nemonte Nenquimo: The forest is our teacher. It's time to respect it

For thousands of years, the Amazon rainforest has provided food, water and spiritual connection for its Indigenous inhabitants and the world. But the endless extraction of its natural resources by oil companies and others is destroying the lives of those who live there, says Waorani leader Nemonte Nenquimo, and threatening the overall stability ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/nemonte_nenquimo_the_forest_is_our_teacher_it_s_time_to_respect_it

James Orsulak: Why we need to move manufacturing off-planet

All our manufacturing currently takes place on Earth and, as a result, all its harmful byproducts and wasteful processes end up wreaking Earthbound havoc. In this forward-thinking talk, James Orsulak argues that the fix is to move manufacturing operations off-planet, using automated labor to mine resources and perform all those ecosystem-destabi...
https://www.ted.com/talks/james_orsulak_why_we_need_to_move_manufacturing_off_planet

Rob Hopkins | TED Speaker

Rob Hopkins is the founder of the Transition movement, a radically hopeful and community-driven approach to creating societies independent of fossil fuel.
Resilience leader
https://www.ted.com/speakers/rob_hopkins

Playlist: Statistically speaking … (10 talks)

Want a different perspective of the world? Get a better, more friendly grasp of statistics -- one of the most understood and misused tools in modern society.
Curated by TED · 10 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/statistically_speaking

Playlist: How do you solve a problem like the climate crisis? (18 talks)

We all know about the climate crisis. We all want to stay informed — but the information can be overwhelming. Watch these talks to hear what’s at stake and find out what's being done.
Curated by TED · 18 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/how_do_you_solve_a_problem_lik

Manuel Lima | TED Speaker

Manuel Lima studies how information can be organized -- into elegant and beautiful diagrams that illustrate the many unexpected twists of big data.
Data visualization researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/manuel_lima

Martin Hanczyc | TED Speaker

Martin Hanczyc explores the path between living and nonliving systems, using chemical droplets to study behavior of the earliest cells.
Chemist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/martin_hanczyc

Richard Sears | TED Speaker

Richard Sears thinks hard about the post-oil world. He's a visiting scientist at MIT, after a long career as a VP at Shell.
Geophysicist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/richard_sears

Playlist: Talks to inspire smart conversation (12 talks)

From string theory to geopolitics, neuroscience to tissue engineering, watch these talks that make complex topics more understandable.
Curated by TED · 12 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/talks_to_inspire_smart_convers
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