It concludes with a goal of reducing global warming to below an increase of 1.5 ☌.
This report, prepared by 91 authors from 40 countries, spells out the urgent need to reduce global emissions of greenhouse gases. Klein reiterated the dire consequences resulting from climate inaction encapsulated in the report on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that came out in 2018. “What we do or don’t do in the next 10 years will determine the lives and fates of hundreds of millions of people,” she said. Klein began her talk by speaking with an urgency that is mirrored by many of the world’s most prominent climate scientists. While climate change has exacerbated the prevalence and intensity of worldwide wildfires, Klein argued that it can also be emblematic - a particularly potent symbol - of a social movement. From the opening query of her 20-minute talk - “Are you feeling fiery?” - to its conclusion, an homage to 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg - “Greta was the spark, but we are the wildfire” - fire was a prominent metaphor. Like the title of Klein’s book, the night’s theme was fire.
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