This episode of Warm Regards explores apocalyptic narratives, the role they play in inspiring—or limiting—climate action, and what it means to be hopeful about the future in a changing climate. Jacquelyn and Ramesh talk with Zeke Hausfather about what the latest climate science and data tell us about how much warming we can expect by 2100, and then with Diego Arguedas Ortiz about the different kinds of hope that can help lead to climate action.

For a transcript of this episode, see our Medium page:

https://ourwarmregards.medium.com/apocalyptic-narratives-climate-data-and-hope-with-zeke-hausfather-and-diego-arguedas-ortiz-8ed6506260d9

Show Notes:

You can follow Zeke Hausfather on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/hausfath

You can also find out more information and see his work at the Breakthrough Institute: 
https://thebreakthrough.org/people/zeke-hausfather

For a more in-depth explanation from Zeke on the RCP 8.5 scenario, see his post on Carbon Brief:
https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-the-high-emissions-rcp8-5-global-warming-scenario

Read the IPCC 1.5 Report that both Zeke and Diego mentioned:
https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/

Diego's original article on climate change and hope for the BBC:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200109-is-it-wrong-to-be-hopeful-about-climate-change

You can follow Diego on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/arguedasortiz?lang=en

Learn more about Mothers of Invention at their website:
https://www.mothersofinvention.online

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Apocalyptic Narratives, Climate Data, and Hope, with Zeke Hausfather and Diego Arguedas Ortiz

Warm Regards is a podcast about life on a warming planet. The show is hosted by Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist at the University of Maine, and Ramesh Laungani, a biologist at Doane University. Produced by Justin Schell, with transcription and social media support from Joe Stormer and Katherine Peinhardt. Our conversations are often honest and raw, as we talk with newsmakers, researchers, activists, policymakers, artists, and others as we push past the graphs and the headlines to get at the heart of what it means to live and work in a warming world. Our current season focuses on the often unexpected human stories behind climate data, from how it's collected to what we do with it. We're just as much a podcast about what it means to be human as we are about climate change--how we think, decide, love, grieve, change our behavior, and roll up our sleeves to tackle our toughest challenges.

Apocalyptic Narratives, Climate Data, and Hope, with Zeke Hausfather and Diego Arguedas Ortiz

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