Season 4 | Episode 1

1.5 to Stay Alive

Transcript

After decades of scientific study and political wrangling the world has agreed—at least on paper—that 1.5C of heating must be the upper limit of our impact on the climate system. How could something that sounds so small matter so much?

This is Threshold Season 4: “Time to 1.5.” In this episode, we take you inside the scientific and political origin story of 1.5C, from the holocene to the halls of COP26 in Glasgow.

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Guests

 
Featured
Johan Rockström
Johan Rockström

Johan Rockström is a Swedish professor and joint director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany. He is a strategist on how resilience can be built into land regions short of water, and has published over 100 papers in fields ranging from practical land and water use to global sustainability.

Dr. Saleemul Huq
Dr. Saleemul Huq

Saleemul Huq OBE is a Bangladeshi-British scientist and is the Director of the International Centre for Climate Change & Development based in Bangladesh, and Professor at Independent University, Bangladesh. He is an expert in the field of climate change, environment and development.

Dr. Adelle Thomas
Dr. Adelle Thomas

Adelle is Senior Caribbean Research Associate for the IMPACT project and part of the Science team at Climate Analytics. She is also a Senior Fellow at The University of The Bahamas. Her focus is on aspects of social vulnerability, adaptation strategies and loss and damage.

 

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Who Has The Most Historical Responsibility for Climate Change?
Who Has The Most Historical Responsibility for Climate Change?

Article published by the New York Times

Stop Telling Kids They'll Die From Climate Change
Stop Telling Kids They'll Die From Climate Change

Article published by Wired

To Build a Beautiful World, You First Have to Imagine It
To Build a Beautiful World, You First Have to Imagine It

Article published by The Nation

What is the Paris Agreement?
What is the Paris Agreement?

Article published by Live Science

Johan Rockström: ‘We need bankers as well as activists… we have 10 years to cut emissions by half’
Johan Rockström: ‘We need bankers as well as activists… we have 10 years to cut emissions by half’

Article published in The Guardian

Global Carbon Atlas
Global Carbon Atlas

The Global Carbon Project is a scientific program that aims to draw a complete picture of the carbon cycle on planet Earth.

 

Time to 1.5

1.5 to Stay Alive is episode one in Threshold Season 4, Time to 1.5

Credits

This episode was reported, written and produced by Amy Martin with help from producer Nick Mott and managing editor Erika Janik. Fact checking by Sara Sneath and Nick Mott. Original music by Todd Sickafoose. Episode art by Sally Deng. Cover art by Maggy Contreras at Bahía Design.The rest of the Threshold team is Eva Kalea, Taliah Farnsworth, Shola Lawal, Caysi Simpson, and Deneen Wiske. Our intern is Melvin Zaid. Thanks to Hana Carey, Dan Carreno, Luca Borghese, Julia Barry, Kara Cromwell, Katie deFusco, Caroline Kurtz, and Gabby Piamonte. Special thanks to Addie Terwilliger, Ali Solomon, Audrey Martin, Gaylen Wobeter, Matt Herlihy, and Michael Connor.

 

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