Unit4Towardasustainablefuture

Unitoverview

Creatingacarbon-neutralworlddependsonbothreducinggreenhousegasemissions

andinnovatingwaystoremovecarbonfromtheatmosphere.Fictionwritersand

futuristshavelongimaginedthedevastatingdisastersthatcouldunfoldifglobal

warmingcontinuesunchecked,portrayingvividscenariosofenvironmentalcollapse

andsocietalupheaval.Meanwhile,scientistsandengineersareactivelydeveloping

solutionssuchasadvancedcarboncapturetechnologies,restoringandprotecting

naturalecosystems,andplanningambitiousclimatemegaprojectstostabilizethe

earth’schangingclimate.Bycombiningcreativeforesightwithscientificinnovation,

wegainaclearerunderstandingofboththepotentialrisksandtheremarkableefforts

aimedatsecuringasustainablefuture.

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Scripts

Theracetonetzero

Narrator=N;VijayVaitheeswaran=V

N:Climatechangehasanewposterboy.Companieshavepromisedtomakechanges

tobringtheirgreenhousegasemissionsclosertonetzero.They’rejoiningaclubof

morethan50*countriesaroundtheworld.Thisracetozeroisavitalsteptowards

managingclimatechange.Butwhatdoesnetzeroreallymean?Andisachievingiteven

possible?

Netzerohasgoneviral,butlikeallsimpleslogans,therealityofachievingitisfarmore

complicated.HumansburningfossilfuelshasresultedinmoreCOintheatmosphere,

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whichiswarmingtheplanet.Tostopthewarming,thelevelofgreenhousegasesinthe

atmospherehastostoprising.Theobviouswaytodothatistostopemitting