VIDEO | How we can turn the tide on climate change

TED TALK | Christiana Figueres | Chris Anderson | including UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Al Gore, Katharine Hayhoe, Jimmy Kimmel and Yuval Noah Harari, among others.

Witness the unveiling of Countdown, a major global campaign to cut greenhouse gas emissions. TED has partnered with scientists, policymakers, organisations, activists and more to create an initiative that everyone in the world can be part of.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Chris Anderson | Head of TED After a long career in journalism and publishing, Chris Anderson became the curator of the TED Conference in 2002 and has developed it as a platform for identifying and disseminating ideas worth spreading.

Christiana Figueres | Stubborn optimist Christiana Figueres is an internationally recognised leader on global climate change.

Check out http://countdown.ted.com to learn how you can get involved — and help turn the tide on climate.

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