#7 Dr. Joeri Rogelj: IPCC Lead Author, climate advisor of the UN Secretary General and one of the leading climate scientists in the world

Dr. Joeri Rogelj is a lecturer at the Imperial College London,
currently IPCC Lead Author and an expert regarding the concept of
‘carbon budgets’ — a straightforward concept to make the complexity
of climate change easily understandable for everybody. In this
interview, you will learn about the latest news in climate science,
effects of the Corona pandemic, reasons for grave concerns as well
as for hope, and you will gain valuable insights into the necessary
steps to solve the climate crisis. In the end, Joeri shares an
inspirational sentence and the ‘single most effective thing
everybody could do to combat climate change’. Hence, it will be
worth listening through... Thematic sections of the interview: 4:30
— Joeri’s different jobs and activities as a climate scientist 6:38
— The beginning of Joeri’s profession: experiencing climate change
during a hiking trip in Africa 9:05 — His main motivation for
working in climate science 10:30 — Biggest misconceptions and
obstacles in understanding climate change 12:20 — Lecturing about
climate change, how to explain the facts 15:20 — News in climate
science since the 2013 IPCC report AR5 19:17 — Effects of the
Corona pandemic 25:00 — Our chances in achieving the goals of the
Paris Agreement 30:11 — Moments of despair, people feel
‘Eco-Anxiety’ 33:00 — The concept of ‘carbon budgets’, explained by
the global expert 35:25 — The risk of abrupt tipping points in the
climate system 38:56 — Likelihood of cascading tipping points and
‘run-away climate change’ 42:30 — Our current carbon budget: How
much time is left to act? 44:16 — Joeri’s solution to the climate
crisis 45:51 — His single most effective advice to combat climate
change 46:40 — A final note from Joeri for humankind Further
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