Watch the global online conference, “The Global Heating Emergency: Preventing 2°C by 2040. What’s the Plan?” hosted by the Healthy Planet Action Coalition (HPAC). Learn why global heating is rising twice as fast as before and what dire measures we have to take to avert global catastrophe.
0:00 Day 1 of The Global Heating Emergency Conference
05:14 Conference overview and outcomes expected | Dr. Dennis Garrity
08:30 Session 1: The Accelerated Global Heating Emergency
08:38 How much is global heating accelerating? | Dr. Leon Simons
18:54 Why is global heating accelerating? | Dr. James Hansen
30:53 We passed the 1.5°C climate threshold: We must now explore extreme options | Sir David King
42:23 The climate emergency is a race we are losing, but it is a race we can win | Mr. Antonio Guterres
49:43 Panel Discussion with Dr. Phoebe Barnard, Dr. Doris Capistrano, Mr. Matt Reddy, and Mr. Ricken Patel
01:43:15 Session 2: What Happens If We Fail to Avert 2°C?
01:43:53 The risks of triggering multiple feedbacks and tipping points | Dr. Tim Lenton
01:57:19 What are the global impacts and levels of suffering expected at 2°C? | David Spratt
02:09:17 Panel Discussion with Dr. Portia Adade Williams, Dr. Delia Catacutan, Dr. Devashree Nayak, and Mr. James Donovan
02:50:28 Day 2 of The Global Heating Emergency Conference
02:52:59 Day 1 Recap | Dr. Dennis Garrity
02:55:59 Session 3: How Do We Avert 2°C by 2040? What’s The Plan?
02:56:33 How much emissions reduction and greenhouse gas removals can be expected by 2040? What effect would this have on averting 2°C? | Mr. Bruce Parker
03:07:11 How much albedo enhancement can be expected by 2040? What effect would that have on averting 2°C? Deploying Stratospheric Aerosol Injection | Dr. Doug MacMartin
03:23:37 A plausible pathway to deployment | Mr. Wake Smith
03:33:59 Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening | Prof. Hugh Hunt
03:44:35 Deploying other near-term cooling methods | Dr. Ron Baiman
03:56:17 Panel Discussion with Ms. Trisha Patel, Ms. Jyoti Singh, Mr. Andy Parker, and Mr. Brian von Herzen
04:51:20 Session 4: Developing and Deploying a New Climate Plan to Avert 2°C by 2040
04:51:34 Building a coalition of climate-vulnerable countries | Mr. Pascal Lamy
05:08:22 Why we need a new climate plan | Dr. Mike MacCracken
05:29:28 How should society plan for the growing threat of catastrophic climate tipping points and system risks? Building a coalition for a nonlinear climate | Mr. Joshua Elliott
05:50:03 Panel Discussion with Mr. Paul Gambill and Mr. Sasha Post
06:25:12 Next Steps and Closing Remarks | Dr. Dennis Garrity
Watch the the conference, full or in part, here.
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