Joelle Gergis on the challenge we face in 'Humanity's Moment: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope'

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When climate scientist Joelle Gergis set to work on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change's (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report, the research she encountered kept her awake at night. The evidence gathered by the world's top climate scientists showed that impacts on our climate were occurring faster than anyone had predicted. Joelle Gergis takes us on a journey through the science of the IPCC's report and shares her personal reflections and insists there is cause for hope - if we embrace cultural and social change we can create a better world. Humanity's Moment is a climate scientist's personal guide to rekindling hope and a call to action to restore our relationship with each other and with the planet. In this episode Gregory Dobbs talks to Joelle Gergis about her role as a lead author on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change's latest report on the state of the planet, the evolving research that scientists undertake, the social and cultural change that we need to embrace in order to overcome the greatest challenge humanity has every faced, and the hope we should all harbour in our future.