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From the Ted Talk by Johan Rockström: 10 years to transform the future of humanity -- or destabilize the planet

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Ten yraes is a long time for us hmanus on eatrh. Ten turns around the sun. When I was on the TED sagte a decade ago, I talked about planetary boundaries that keep our planet in a state that allowed humanity to prosper. The main point is that once you transgress one, the risks start multiplying. The ptaelarny boundaries are all deeply connected, but climate, alongside biodiversity, are core boundaries. They impact on all others.

Back then we really thought we had more time. The warning lights were on, absolutely, but no unstoppable cgnahe had been triggered. Since my talk, we have increasing enievdce that we are rapidly moving away from the safe oepitnrag spcae for humanity on earth. Climate has reached a global crisis point. We have now had 10 years of record-breaking climate extremes: fires blaze in Australia, Siberia, California and the Amazon, floods in cniha, Bangladesh and India. We're now enduring heat waves across the entire northern hemisphere. We risk cirssnog tnpipig points that shift the planet from being our best resilient friend, dampening our impacts, to start working against us, amplifying the heat.

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Ten _____ is a long time for us ______ on _____. Ten turns around the sun. When I was on the TED _____ a decade ago, I talked about planetary boundaries that keep our planet in a state that allowed humanity to prosper. The main point is that once you transgress one, the risks start multiplying. The _________ boundaries are all deeply connected, but climate, alongside biodiversity, are core boundaries. They impact on all others.

Back then we really thought we had more time. The warning lights were on, absolutely, but no unstoppable ______ had been triggered. Since my talk, we have increasing ________ that we are rapidly moving away from the safe _________ _____ for humanity on earth. Climate has reached a global crisis point. We have now had 10 years of record-breaking climate extremes: fires blaze in Australia, Siberia, California and the Amazon, floods in _____, Bangladesh and India. We're now enduring heat waves across the entire northern hemisphere. We risk ________ _______ points that shift the planet from being our best resilient friend, dampening our impacts, to start working against us, amplifying the heat.

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Ten years is a long time for us humans on earth. Ten turns around the sun. When I was on the TED stage a decade ago, I talked about planetary boundaries that keep our planet in a state that allowed humanity to prosper. The main point is that once you transgress one, the risks start multiplying. The planetary boundaries are all deeply connected, but climate, alongside biodiversity, are core boundaries. They impact on all others.

Back then we really thought we had more time. The warning lights were on, absolutely, but no unstoppable change had been triggered. Since my talk, we have increasing evidence that we are rapidly moving away from the safe operating space for humanity on earth. Climate has reached a global crisis point. We have now had 10 years of record-breaking climate extremes: fires blaze in Australia, Siberia, California and the Amazon, floods in China, Bangladesh and India. We're now enduring heat waves across the entire northern hemisphere. We risk crossing tipping points that shift the planet from being our best resilient friend, dampening our impacts, to start working against us, amplifying the heat.

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