Local climate stories give me hope

About this episode

The episode discusses how recent climate actions have positively influenced future climate scenarios, while also highlighting the limitations imposed by past human choices.

The world is no longer headed for the most catastrophic futures climate scenarios once warned about: but not because the science was wrong. It’s because people listened, and acted. That is genuinely good news; but there's also this: 📈 Not-so-good news - The new climate scenarios cover a narrower future, illustrating how human choices over the last 20 year have closed doors. While highest warming pathways are now less likely thanks to climate action over the last decade, our chance...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Katharine Hayhoe

Topics covered

• climate action
• human choices
• climate scenarios
• hope
• environmental news

Keywords

• climate change
• future scenarios
• climate action
• environment
• hope

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