Name: The 55 gigaton challenge
Uploaded: 2021-10-30T16:27:01Z
Duration: 5 min 47 s
Description: This is the climate challenge we face: we need to go from putting 55 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases into the air each year to zero. And it all needs to happen by 2050 at the latest. How can we get there? This quick animated video explains. (Written by David Biello and voiced by Elise Hu)

This is the climate challenge we face: we need to go from putting 55 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases into the air each year to zero. And it all needs to happen by 2050 at the latest. How can we get there? This quick animated video explains. (Written by David Biello and voiced by Elise Hu)

Countdown: The 55 gigaton challenge

The 55 gigaton challenge

Journalist, author, host of TED Talks Daily

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