What if it works? Podcast: Rising to the climate challenge
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Susan Solomon, MIT Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies, is a scientist known for her pioneering work explaining the hole in the ozone layer. And she believes that just as we solved that crucial environmental problem, we can also solve the great challenge of global temperature rise. She shares her three Ps for achieving success—when a problem becomes personal and perceivable, steering practical solutions—and reveals the tremendous power that you as the consumer really have.
Credits
Kara Miller, host
Robert Stoner, co-host
Additional resources
- Solvable: How We Healed the Earth and How We Can Do It Again
- NASA Ozone Watch
- Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995
- DDT: A brief history and status
- Rachel Carson
- Environmental Defense Fund
- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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