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Patrick Verkooijen: Is climate change inevitable?

Stephen Sackur interviews Patrick Verkooijen, the CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation. Has the battle to cut greenhouse gas emissions already been lost?

Stephen Sackur interviews Patrick Verkooijen, the CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation. Back in 2015, world leaders pledged to speed up cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in a bid to stop our planet warming by more than 1.5°C. Most climate scientists now believe that threshold will be crossed, and soon. Is Patrick Verkooijen's focus on making the world climate change resilient an admission that the battle to cut emissions has already been lost?

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Mon 26 Jun 202321:06GMT
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  • Mon 26 Jun 202307:06GMT
    BBC World Service
  • Mon 26 Jun 202314:06GMT
    BBC World Service
  • Mon 26 Jun 202317:06GMT
    BBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
  • Mon 26 Jun 202321:06GMT
    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa & BBC Afghan Radio

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