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Not Cool Prologue: A Climate Conversation
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In this short trailer, Ariel Conn talks about FLI's newest podcast series, Not Cool: A Climate Conversation.
Climate change, to state the obvious, is a huge and complicated problem. Unlike the threats posed by artificial intelligence, biotechnology or nuclear weapons, you don’t need to have an advanced science degree or be a high-ranking government official to start having a meaningful impact on your own carbon footprint. Each of us can begin making lifestyle changes today that will help. We started this podcast because the news about climate change seems to get worse with each new article and report, but the solutions, at least as reported, remain vague and elusive. We wanted to hear from the scientists and experts themselves to learn what’s really going on and how we can all come together to solve this crisis.
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The Climate Crisis: An Urgent Call to Action
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This is really the issue of our times and our children and grandchildren will not forgive us if we don't contain this problem.
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Climate change, to state the obvious, is a huge and complicated problem. The crisis is a problem so big it's being studied by people with PhDs in meteorology, geology, physics, chemistry, psychology, economics, political science, and more. It's a problem that needs to be tackled at every level, from individual action to international cooperation. It's a problem that seems daunting, to say the least.
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And it's a problem that must be solved.
The Power of Individual Action on Climate
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And that's where hope lies. You see, as far as existential threats to humanity go, climate change stands out as being particularly solvable. Challenging, yes, but not impossible. The trends are bad. I will quote René Dubois, who said, however, trends are not destiny. So the trends are bad, but we can change the trends.
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Unlike the threats posed by artificial intelligence, biotechnology, or nuclear weapons, you don't need to have an advanced science degree or be a high-ranking government official to start having a meaningful impact on your own carbon footprint. Each of us can begin making lifestyle changes today that will help.
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The people you vote into office at all levels of government, from local to national, can each influence and create better climate policies. But this is a problem for which every action each of us takes truly does help. When you have a fractal, complicated, humongous, super wicked problem like this, it means there's some facet of it that every person on the planet can do something about. Artist, communicator, teacher, engineer, entrepreneur. There's something in it for everybody.
Introducing 'Not Cool': A Climate Solutions Podcast
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I'm Arielle Kahn, and I'm the host of Not Cool, a climate podcast that dives deep into understanding both the climate crisis and the solutions. I started this podcast because the news about climate change seems to get worse with each new article and report. But the solutions, at least as reported, remain vague and elusive.
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I wanted to hear from the scientists and experts themselves to learn what's really going on and how we can all come together to solve this crisis. And so I'll be talking with climate experts from around the world, including scientists, journalists, policy experts, and more to learn the problems climate change poses, what we know and what's still uncertain about our future climate, and what we can all do to help put the brakes on this threat.
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We'll look at some of the basic science behind climate change and global warming, like the history of climate modeling, what the carbon cycle is, what extreme weather events are and why they're getting worse, what tipping points are, and whether we've already passed some. We'll look at the challenges facing us, from political inertia to technical roadblocks.
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We'll talk about the impacts on human health and lifestyles, from the spread of diseases to national security threats to problems with zoning laws. We'll learn about geoengineering, ocean acidification, deforestation, and how local communities can take action regardless of what's happening at the federal level.
The Importance of Climate Conversations
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I think the most important thing that every single person can do is talk more about climate change. Social momentum is the key to political momentum and getting real action.
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Let's start talking. Let's build momentum and let's take real action because climate change is so not cool. Visit futureoflife.org slash not cool for a complete list of episodes, which we will be updating every Tuesday and Thursday for at least the next couple of months. And we hope you'll also join the discussion. You can find us on Twitter using the hashtags, not cool and change for climate.