Climate Change: Impact and the Need for Action

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This chapter discusses the significant impact of human-induced climate change on global systems and expresses frustration at the lack of acknowledgment and action at personal and governmental levels. It emphasizes the importance of leadership and planning to address the consequences for jobs, communities, and loved ones.

Science Weekly revisits episode three of this 2023 mini-series from Full Story. In the final part of this three-part series, the Australian climate scientists Lesley Hughes, Ove Høegh-Guldberg and Graeme Pearman take stock as they look back on their life’s work. How does it feel for them to carry this burden of knowledge? Could they have done more? And what hope do they hold for the future?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod