Climate change profoundly impacts both our environment and language. In her inspiring TEDx talk, ecosystem scientist Dr. Carly Phillips explores our evolving climate vocabulary and the future of wildfires and forests in a rapidly warming world. She delves into the systems and policies governing climate action, explaining why forests alone cannot solve the crisis.

Dr. Phillips' research, spanning from Costa Rica to Alaska, focuses on carbon, wildfire, and climate solutions. Her work highlights how rapidly increasing temperatures threaten global ecosystems, strengthening her passion for addressing climate change.

This talk offers vital insights into our changing world and the path toward climate action. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx.

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The vast biodiversity of our planet is the underlying fabric supporting all life on Earth, but the prognosis is grim: biodiversity rates are continuing to plummet as extinctions of species

The vast biodiversity of our planet is the underlying fabric supporting all life on Earth, but the prognosis is grim: biodiversity rates are continuing to plummet as extinctions of species accelerate.

Fortunately, the evidence suggests that there are in fact viable pathways for successful action at a global scale, but only if we mobilize and act decisively and rapidly. In this session, we will learn how we can protect and restore 50% of global landscapes while staying below 1.5°C temperature rise in the next few decades. Projects such as the newly launched Global Safety Net provide a roadmap: a bioregional approach combining world-class science, a clear focus on Indigenous rights and stewardship, support for grassroots action, and a vision for transformative philanthropy.

This panel took place at the Bioneers 2020 Conference.

Hosted by Justin Winters, Co-Founder and Executive Director of One Earth, with: Carly Vynne, Strategic Partner at RESOLVE; Oscar Soria, Campaign Director at AVAAZ; Karl Burkart, Managing Director of One Earth; Angela Amanakwa Kaxuyana, part of the senior leadership of the Brazilian Coordination of Indigenous peoples in the Amazon (COIAB).

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