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Three (Hopeful!) Takeaways From The UN's Climate Change Report
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Date:2025-04-09 03:56:58
Last week, the U.N. published a landmark report — detailing the current state of global climate change. One thing's for sure, humans are causing a lot of this extreme weather by emitting greenhouse gases. NPR's Climate Correspondent Rebecca Hersher gives Emily three key takeaways from the report that might surprisingly help everyone feel a little more hopeful.
Episodes refenced in the podcast:
- U.S. Renews Its Commitment To Addressing Climate Change
- Cleveland - What Climate Equity Could Look Like
You can follow Rebecca on Twitter @RHersher and Emily @EmilyKwong1234. Email Short Wave at [email protected].
This episode was produced by Thomas Lu, edited by Viet Le, and fact-checked by Indi Khera. The audio engineer for this episode was Kwesi Lee.
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