The Importance of Social Change

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The only real accomplishment legislatively of our Congress in the 30 some years we've known about all this was this inflation reduction act last year. We have to start using heat pumps and electric vehicles for mobility and induction cooktops, says Julian Zelizer. To make that happen fast enough, we also have to shut down the expansion of the fossil fuel industry," he adds.

Most of us get that climate change is a global problem we need to solve, fast. But that can feel incredibly overwhelming when most of us don’t even know where to start. Bill McKibben is an environmentalist, author, and journalist who has written extensively about climate change and global warming. With a refreshing lightheartedness and frank outlook, Bill discusses the emotions, ideas and data that keep him moving forward in the battle against climate change and outlines ways you too can take action to save the planet you call home. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts