115. Turning Around in a Storm with David Shukman

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our struggle with the Climate Crisis begins with naming it, facing it, and engaging it.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Last week, the latest</span> <a href="https://unfccc.int/documents/306848"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">NDC Synthesis Report</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">published showed that global emissions are on track to rise by 16% by 2030. With science screaming at the top of its lungs to get us to cut emissions 50% by 2030 to avoid catastrophic warming and climate tipping points, this 16% number says unequivocally, “we are headed in the wrong direction” as BBC Science Editor David Shukman tells us on today’s episode.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So that’s where we’re at. How do we face this moment with stubborn optimism? Tom dials up David to wrestle with the reality of how short our NDCs are of achieving the Paris Goals, and what mindset and ambition it will take to get our world’s biggest emitters to transparently confront this issue and reverse the course of rising emissions.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">—</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christiana + Tom’s book</span> <a href= "https://globaloptimism.com/the-future-we-choose/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">‘The Future We Choose’</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is available now!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Subscribe to our Climate Action Newsletter:</span> <a href= "https://www.getrevue.co/profile/globaloptimism/issues/signals-amidst-the-noise-climate-action-news-from-global-optimism-issue-7-647990/e9c743fe-f38b-4e7c-a095-1536e0162613"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Signals Amidst The Noise</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">—</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Links mentioned in the episode:</span></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://unfccc.int/documents/306848"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">NDC Synthesis Report</span></a></p> <p><a href= "ht