Alejandra Borunda

And so it's a question of whether the federal government is there to support that or whether it's states and local communities that are going to be left kind of paying for that in the end.

And so it's a question of whether the federal government is there to support that or whether it's states and local communities that are going to be left kind of paying for that in the end.

And so it's a question of whether the federal government is there to support that or whether it's states and local communities that are going to be left kind of paying for that in the end.

And as we all know, talking about money is a famously chill and easy thing to do, right? Super chill. This is a really, really fraught topic.

And as we all know, talking about money is a famously chill and easy thing to do, right? Super chill. This is a really, really fraught topic.

And as we all know, talking about money is a famously chill and easy thing to do, right? Super chill. This is a really, really fraught topic.

And Emily, there's another topic that's also been a source of big debate in the climate community and came up this year at the COP a little bit. And that is the number 1.5 degrees Celsius.

And Emily, there's another topic that's also been a source of big debate in the climate community and came up this year at the COP a little bit. And that is the number 1.5 degrees Celsius.

And Emily, there's another topic that's also been a source of big debate in the climate community and came up this year at the COP a little bit. And that is the number 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Exactly. You know what I'm talking about here.

Exactly. You know what I'm talking about here.

Exactly. You know what I'm talking about here.

It showed up almost 10 years ago in the Paris Agreement of 2015. And it was the number that a lot of countries agreed to try to keep below in the massive project of trying to limit global warming around the world. Okay. Unfortunately, it's getting uncomfortably close. And so there's a lot of chatter happening at conferences like these where people are starting to ask, is that goal even possible?

It showed up almost 10 years ago in the Paris Agreement of 2015. And it was the number that a lot of countries agreed to try to keep below in the massive project of trying to limit global warming around the world. Okay. Unfortunately, it's getting uncomfortably close. And so there's a lot of chatter happening at conferences like these where people are starting to ask, is that goal even possible?

It showed up almost 10 years ago in the Paris Agreement of 2015. And it was the number that a lot of countries agreed to try to keep below in the massive project of trying to limit global warming around the world. Okay. Unfortunately, it's getting uncomfortably close. And so there's a lot of chatter happening at conferences like these where people are starting to ask, is that goal even possible?

And if not, what happens?

And if not, what happens?

And if not, what happens?

That is a great question, Emily. And basically in short, for many years now, but especially since this big special report by a bunch of scientists in 2018, scientists have warned that the risks of global warming could get substantially worse overnight. Once we go past that level of warming, that 1.5 C. Okay. This is Lila Warjawski.

That is a great question, Emily. And basically in short, for many years now, but especially since this big special report by a bunch of scientists in 2018, scientists have warned that the risks of global warming could get substantially worse overnight. Once we go past that level of warming, that 1.5 C. Okay. This is Lila Warjawski.