{"652378":{"#nid":"652378","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The Earth is at a tipping point. Here\u0027s what\u0027s at stake if we don\u0027t act on climate change","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMost of the world\u0026#39;s leaders, including President Biden,\u0026nbsp;are in Glasgow, Scotland\u0026nbsp;for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference. Researchers and activists all say the planet is\u0026nbsp;at a tipping point to reduce emissions. But getting commitments that translate to real change is no small lift.\u0026nbsp;\u0026quot;This is something that is a clarion call for our generation and future generations for centuries to come,\u0026quot; says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/cobb-dr-kim\u0022\u003EKim Cobb\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Power Chair and ADVANCE Professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, and a lead author of the recent \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\u0022\u003EIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026quot;Really, we\u0026#39;re going to be deciding what futures we\u0026#39;re bringing down upon ourselves, largely over the next decade.\u0026nbsp;And, in part, that can be distilled to this most historic year of international ambition, or lack thereof.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-11-02 18:36:43","changed_gmt":"2021-11-02 18:36:43","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/the-earth-is-at-a-tipping-point-heres-whats-at-stake-if-we-dont-act-on-climate-change","dateline":{"date":"2021-11-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-11-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"33791","name":"kim cobb"},{"id":"189252","name":"United Nations Climate Change Conference"},{"id":"76261","name":"IPCC"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"464","name":"emissions"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}