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In recent years, extreme weather and natural disasters linked to a profoundly changing climate have been the backdrop to our lives. More people live in areas impacted by disasters than ever before. As global temperatures have risen, so too have our anxiety levels. As the situation for the planet and humanity's survival becomes more urgent, what do international climate summits mean?

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and welcome to short cast of outrage and optimism, where we cut through the noise of often confusing headlines on climate change to unpack the big questions with experts and change makers. Every episode of outrage and optimism acknowledges the outrage and pain imbedded in the existential challenge of climate change, and we also turn to the solution. The reality is that our generation knows what to do. We have the majority of the technologies we need and the resources required. We think that griddy, determined optimism that we can do what science demands, is a necessary input to facing the scale of the climate challenge head on. So who are we? I'm

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I'm paul dickinson, and i'm christianipiatus. To day, i'm the co presenter of outrage and optimism. In this episode, joind tom, paul and myself as we discussed the importance of multilateral climae change summits, whether the science back goal to limit warming to one point five degrees celsius is still achievable, and how we can work together to take appropriate action on the climate crisis. Before we start, let's dive into some of the terms you'll hear in this episode. First, what is a climate summit? All governments meet annually in what is called a cop which stands for conference of the parties, held by the united nations climate change convention. These summits are important because no country, city or person is immune to the impacts of climate change. We must work collectively to bring about profound change. This starts with governments, who are the parties to the convention. At cope 21, held in two thousand 15 in paris, governments across the world adopted the paris agreement. At the heart of the agreement is the science backed long term goal to work together to limit global temperature rise to one point five degrees celsius. This requires us to rapidly faze out fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas, and transition the global economy to clean fuels and technologies. And at the same time, we have to adapt to more than one degree sensius, a warming that is already irreversible. This means investing in protecting and restoring nature the best and most effective carbon sinks, including land, seas and fresh water systems. If we fail, we will pass tipping ins causing us to lose control of the impacts of runaway climate change. But we're not there yet. Science is clear that if we want to transform our world, the next decade is the most consequential in human history. We have to cut the emissions associated with using fossil fuels in half by 20 30. This makes the cop 26 climate summit a crucial aging moment for insuring governments are committed to profound change. Ok, now that's cleared up, let's get into the episode.