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Playlist: Countdown: Understanding climate change (12 talks)

Countdown: Understanding climate change
Curated by TED · 12 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/countdown_understanding_climate_change

Playlist: Climate change: Oh, it's real. (17 talks)

We still have a lot to learn about climate change, about why it's happening and what that means. But one thing is clear: It's real, alright. These talks provide a primer on the issue of our times.
Curated by TED · 17 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/climate_change_oh_it_s_real

Playlist: 5 questions about climate change (5 talks)

In the scope of Countdown, TED's initiative to accelerate solutions to climate change, the TED team collaborated with scientists and the creative studio Giant Ant to prepare five short animations explaining concepts and answering important questions related to the climate. They are narrated by Kristen Bell. Learn more about Countdown at countdow...
Curated by TED · 5 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/5_questions_about_climate_change

Playlist: Why climate change is a human rights issue (11 talks)

Learn about the ways climate change is deeply altering how we live, where we live and the foods we eat -- ultimately threatening some of our most basic human rights.
Curated by TED · 11 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/why_climate_change_is_a_human

Environmental studies: Climate Change

TED Studies, created in collaboration with Wiley, are curated video collections — supplemented by rich educational materials — for students, educators and self-guided learners. In Climate Change, speakers give talks that boldly illuminate the nature and scale of current-day climate science, policy and ethics. They explore the economics and psych...
https://www.ted.com/read/ted-studies/environmental-studies

Tim Kruger | TED Speaker

Tim Kruger researches geoengineering: techniques to counteract climate change by deliberate, large-scale intervention in the earth system -- either by reflecting sunlight back into space or by reducing the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Geoengineering researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/tim_kruger

Gavin Schmidt: The emergent patterns of climate change

You can't understand climate change in pieces, says climate scientist Gavin Schmidt. It's the whole, or it's nothing. In this illuminating talk, he explains how he studies the big picture of climate change with mesmerizing models that illustrate the endlessly complex interactions of small-scale environmental events.
https://www.ted.com/talks/gavin_schmidt_the_emergent_patterns_of_climate_change

Nicholas Stern | TED Speaker

Lord Nicholas Stern studies the economics of climate change. He is a co-author of the position paper presented to the UN's 2014 Climate Summit, called "The New Climate Economy."
Climate economist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/lord_nicholas_stern

Scott Gass: The survival of the sea turtle

Watch the miraculous journey of infant sea turtles as these tiny animals run the gauntlet of predators and harsh conditions. Then in numbers see how human behavior has made their tough lives even more challenging. [Lesson by Scott Gass, directed by Johan Sonestedt and Veronica Wallenberg, narrated by Scott Gass].
https://www.ted.com/talks/scott_gass_the_survival_of_the_sea_turtle

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Megan Davis: Underwater farms vs. climate change

For billions of people, seafood provides a significant source of protein and nutrition, but over half the seafood we eat isn't caught in the wild, it's grown through aquaculture. Farmed seafood is one of the fastest-growing food industries, but the farming methods echo the problems we've seen in industrial agriculture. Is there a way to sustaina...
https://www.ted.com/talks/ayana_elizabeth_johnson_and_megan_davis_underwater_farms_vs_climate_change

Britt Wray: How climate change affects your mental health

"For all that's ever been said about climate change, we haven't heard nearly enough about the psychological impacts of living in a warming world," says science writer Britt Wray. In this quick talk, she explores how climate change is threatening our well-being -- mental, social and spiritual -- and offers a starting point for what we can do abou...
https://www.ted.com/talks/britt_wray_how_climate_change_affects_your_mental_health

Robert Lee Hotz | TED Speaker

Robert Lee Hotz is the science columnist for the Wall Street Journal, where he writes about cutting-edge research on climate change, cosmology, molecular medicine, the human brain and much more ... He has traveled three times to the South Pole.
Journalist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/robert_lee_hotz

Robert Swan | TED Speaker

Robert Swan is the first person in history to walk to both the North and South Poles. Now he wants to make sure that Antarctica, the world's last great wilderness, is never exploited.
Polar pioneer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/robert_swan

Antonio Donato Nobre | TED Speaker

Antonio Donato Nobre researches the “ingenious systems” of the Amazon. His work illustrates the beautiful complexity of this region, as well as its fragility against a backdrop of climate change.
Scientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/antonio_donato_nobre

Peggy Weil: Visualizing climate change through space and time

Climate change feels like a distant, abstract problem to those who are not directly affected. Artist Peggy Weil visualizes the phenomenon by mapping climate change across time and space through images and video that dive deep into places such as the vertical landscape of Greenland's ice cores and the changing mass of water inside Earth.
https://www.ted.com/talks/peggy_weil_visualizing_climate_change_through_space_and_time

Playlist: Countdown Session 1: Urgency (129 talks)

Countdown is a global initiative, powered by TED and Future Stewards, to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis. The goal: to build a better future by cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 towards reaching net zero by 2050. It was launched October 10, 2020 with the Countdown Global Launch, a virtual event featuring five curated se...
Curated by TED · 129 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/countdown_session_1_urgency

Camille Seaman: The Arctic vs. the Antarctic

How can you tell the two poles apart? Where are the penguins? What about the bears? The Arctic pole is located in the Northern Hemisphere within the deep Arctic Ocean, while the Antarctic pole is smack in the middle of the ice-covered Antarctica. Camille Seaman describes how enterprising people and organisms have found ways to reside around both...
https://www.ted.com/talks/camille_seaman_the_arctic_vs_the_antarctic

David Titley: How the military fights climate change

Military leaders have known for millennia that the time to prepare for a challenge is before it hits you, says scientist and retired US Navy officer David Titley. He takes us from the humanitarian catastrophe in Syria to the icy shores of Svalbard to show how the military approaches the threat of climate change, in a refreshingly practical, nonp...
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_titley_how_the_military_fights_climate_change

James Hansen: Why I must speak out about climate change

Top climate scientist James Hansen tells the story of his involvement in the science of and debate over global climate change. In doing so he outlines the overwhelming evidence that change is happening and why that makes him deeply worried about the future.
https://www.ted.com/talks/james_hansen_why_i_must_speak_out_about_climate_change

Gavin Schmidt | TED Speaker

What goes into a climate model? Gavin Schmidt looks at how we use past and present data to model potential futures.
Climate scientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/gavin_schmidt

Joanne Chory: How supercharged plants could slow climate change

Plants are amazing machines -- for millions of years, they've taken carbon dioxide out of the air and stored it underground, keeping a crucial check on the global climate. Plant geneticist Joanne Chory is working to amplify this special ability: with her colleagues at the Salk Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, she's creating plant...
https://www.ted.com/talks/joanne_chory_how_supercharged_plants_could_slow_climate_change

Sarvesh Subramanian: An app that predicts the impact of global climate change

Deeply affected by devastating floods in his family's home state of Kerala, India, high school student Sarvesh Subramanian decided to dive headfirst into the fight against climate change. In this passionate talk, Subramanian explains how he developed an app that can predict the impact of climate change on human health.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sarvesh_subramanian_an_app_that_predicts_the_impact_of_global_climate_change

Yossi Vardi | TED Speaker

Investor Yossi Vardi is godfather to more than 40 startups, mostly in the jumping Israeli high-tech sector. He's a legendary community-builder, connector and prankster.
Investor
https://www.ted.com/speakers/yossi_vardi

Al Gore: The new urgency of climate change

The coronavirus brought much of the world to a standstill, dropping carbon emissions by five percent. Al Gore says keeping those rates down is now up to us. In this illuminating interview, he discusses how the steadily declining cost of wind and solar energy will transform manufacturing, transportation and agriculture, offer a cheaper alternativ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/al_gore_the_new_urgency_of_climate_change

Bjorn Lomborg: Global priorities bigger than climate change

Given $50 billion to spend, which would you solve first, AIDS or global warming? Danish political scientist Bjorn Lomborg comes up with surprising answers.
https://www.ted.com/talks/bjorn_lomborg_global_priorities_bigger_than_climate_change

Cheryl Holder: The link between climate change, health and poverty

For the poor and vulnerable, the health impacts of climate change are already here, says physician Cheryl Holder. Unseasonably hot temperatures, disease-carrying mosquitoes and climate gentrification threaten those with existing health conditions, while wealthier people move to higher ground. In an impassioned talk, Holder proposes impactful way...
https://www.ted.com/talks/cheryl_holder_the_link_between_climate_change_health_and_poverty

David Keith: A critical look at geoengineering against climate change

Environmental scientist David Keith proposes a cheap, effective, shocking means to address climate change: What if we injected a huge cloud of ash into the atmosphere to deflect sunlight and heat?
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_keith_a_critical_look_at_geoengineering_against_climate_change

Alice Bows-Larkin: Climate change is happening. Here's how we adapt

Imagine the hottest day you've ever experienced. Now imagine it's six, 10 or 12 degrees hotter. According to climate researcher Alice Bows-Larkin, that's the type of future in store for us if we don't significantly cut our greenhouse gas emissions now. She suggests that it's time we do things differently—a whole system change, in fact—and seriou...
https://www.ted.com/talks/alice_bows_larkin_climate_change_is_happening_here_s_how_we_adapt

Asmeret Asefaw Berhe: A climate change solution that's right under our feet

There's two times more carbon in the earth's soil than in all of its vegetation and the atmosphere -- combined. Biogeochemist Asmeret Asefaw Berhe dives into the science of soil and shares how we could use its awesome carbon-trapping power to offset climate change. "[Soil] represents the difference between life and lifelessness in the earth syst...
https://www.ted.com/talks/asmeret_asefaw_berhe_a_climate_change_solution_that_s_right_under_our_feet

Al Gore: The case for optimism on climate change

Why is Al Gore optimistic about climate change? In this spirited talk, Gore asks three powerful questions about the man-made forces threatening to destroy our planet -- and the solutions we're designing to combat them. (Featuring Q&A with TED curator Chris Anderson)
https://www.ted.com/talks/al_gore_the_case_for_optimism_on_climate_change
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