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Global Tipping Points: The Right Direction

Professor Tim Lenton, Chair in Climate Change and Earth System Science at the University of Exeter, explains how we have a chance to positively change the direction of society.

Image ID 55881726
Production Year 2023
Length 00:00:32
Production Company Studio Silverback
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00:00:04 - 00:05:23 We are running extraordinary existential risks with climate tipping points\n00:06:02 - 00:10:07 but we're also on the cusp of being able to seize the opportunity\n00:10:09 - 00:12:19 of tipping things in a completely different direction\n00:12:19 - 00:16:02 We have to find and trigger what I call positive tipping points\n00:16:02 - 00:18:13 that are going to accelerate the change we need\n00:18:13 - 00:21:21 in the way we power our society\n00:21:23 - 00:25:03 and how we eat and how we sustain ourselves\n00:25:03 - 00:26:21 and find some kind of new\n00:26:21 - 00:29:16 sustainable balance with our life support system\n00:29:16 - 00:31:16 in essence, including the climate

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