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“We can’t negotiate with the melting point of ice”.
A sobering new report shows that warming of 2 degrees above pre-industrial temperatures will spell disaster for the world’s frozen cryosphere. But as the world’s leaders meet in Dubai to discuss climate action, it’s clear there’s a huge gap between what needs to happen, and what countries are committed to delivering.
In this video, I meet Dr James Kirkham, Chief Scientific Advisor for the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative, who is working hard to translate the science in this report into real-world policy. If you would like to see the full interview I recorded with him, head over to my patreon (it's free to view): patreon.com/posts/interview-dr-93880693
Find out more about James and his work here: iccinet.org/staff and you can follow him on socials here: twitter.com/jd_kirkham.
#COP28 #ClimateChange #Cryosphere #Polar
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Contents
00:00 Intro
00:37 Say hello to James
01:18 2 degrees is too high
02:54 Some loss is inevitable
04:05 Bowling ball
07:07 It's never too late for action
08:58 What it's like at COP
09:57 There's a world to win
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Support me on Patreon here:
patreon.com/dr_gilbz
Subscriptions help me make more (& better!) video content about climate and polar science, and keep these videos independent.
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Image credits
PLoS Biology, June 2011, Cover. Alison R. Taylor (University of North Carolina Wilmington Microscopy Facility)
NOAA photo library
NASA Visualization Studio
Boris Radosavljevic
References and resources
State of the Cryosphere report iccinet.org/statecryo23/#
UNEP emissions gap report unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2023
mountainresearchinitiative.org/news-page-all/112-global-news/3718-state-of-the-cryosphere-2023-major-new-report-confirms-just-2-c-of-warming-will-trigger-irreversible-global-damage-from-loss-of-earth-s-ice
carbonbrief.org/qa-warming-of-2c-would-trigger-catastrophic-loss-of-worlds-ice-new-report-says
“We can’t negotiate with the melting point of ice”.
A sobering new report shows that warming of 2 degrees above pre-industrial temperatures will spell disaster for the world’s frozen cryosphere. But as the world’s leaders meet in Dubai to discuss climate action, it’s clear there’s a huge gap between what needs to happen, and what countries are committed to delivering.
In this video, I meet Dr James Kirkham, Chief Scientific Advisor for the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative, who is working hard to translate the science in this report into real-world policy. If you would like to see the full interview I recorded with him, head over to my patreon (it's free to view): patreon.com/posts/interview-dr-93880693
Find out more about James and his work here: iccinet.org/staff and you can follow him on socials here: twitter.com/jd_kirkham.
#COP28 #ClimateChange #Cryosphere #Polar
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Contents
00:00 Intro
00:37 Say hello to James
01:18 2 degrees is too high
02:54 Some loss is inevitable
04:05 Bowling ball
07:07 It's never too late for action
08:58 What it's like at COP
09:57 There's a world to win
####################################################
Support me on Patreon here:
patreon.com/dr_gilbz
Subscriptions help me make more (& better!) video content about climate and polar science, and keep these videos independent.
####################################################
Image credits
PLoS Biology, June 2011, Cover. Alison R. Taylor (University of North Carolina Wilmington Microscopy Facility)
NOAA photo library
NASA Visualization Studio
Boris Radosavljevic
References and resources
State of the Cryosphere report iccinet.org/statecryo23/#
UNEP emissions gap report unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2023
mountainresearchinitiative.org/news-page-all/112-global-news/3718-state-of-the-cryosphere-2023-major-new-report-confirms-just-2-c-of-warming-will-trigger-irreversible-global-damage-from-loss-of-earth-s-ice
carbonbrief.org/qa-warming-of-2c-would-trigger-catastrophic-loss-of-worlds-ice-new-report-says
