NEW YORK, Oct. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In collaboration
with the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), TED announced today details of the
Countdown Global Livestream taking place 12pm-2:30pm ET on Saturday, October 30 on TED's
YouTube channel. Building on the success of the 2020 Countdown
launch, this free global event presented by YouTube Originals, will
lay out a credible and realistic pathway to a net-zero future by
bringing together key solutions from the Countdown Summit earlier
this month, stories of local action from the around the world,
cutting-edge science and technology, social and cultural
discussions and a global call to action. The Livestream
will take place on the eve of the official opening of COP26 in Glasgow,
Scotland.
Hosted by Latif Nasser, co-host
of Radiolab, from the TED World Theater in New York, the Livestream will combine new TED
Talks, live performances, short films, expert conversations and
animated explainers to vividly explain the climate crisis, focusing
on solutions and calling for leaders and citizens everywhere to
step up.
"We believe that all of us must play a role in addressing
climate change," said Chris
Anderson, Countdown founding partner and Head of TED.
"While global leaders start to gather in Glasgow, we created the Countdown Global
Livestream as a place for family and friends across the globe to
come together to take action on climate change." Lindsay Levin, Countdown founding partner and
CEO of Leaders' Quest, added: "We know we're in a global
crisis, yet we spend too little time focused on the solutions. The
Countdown Global Livestream will showcase examples of positive
changes already underway and how we can scale them to build a
better future for everyone."
The virtual event will be structured around five themes —
A Pathway Opens, Reducing, Protecting, Transforming and
One Planet — each pulling
together moments from TED Countdown talks by climate experts,
activists, and business and government leaders. Celebrity guests
include Don Cheadle, Regina Hall, Rooney
Mara, Joaquin Phoenix,
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Mark
Ruffalo, Forest Whitaker and
Rainn Wilson as well as YouTube
content creators AsapSCIENCE (@asapscience), Joe Hanson (@itsoktobesmart), Prajakta Koli (@mostlysane) and Mark Vins (@bravewilderness). Speakers include
Xiye Bastida, Tzeporah Berman, Christiana
Figueres, Al Gore, Jim
Hagemann Snabe, Rosamund
Kissi-Debrah, Amina J.
Mohammed, Nemonte Nenquimo, Johan Rockström, Reverend
Lennox Yearwood and more. The
Livestream will cover everything from climate justice to the
importance of COP26; from indigenous
climate knowledge to transforming industries, and feature a
declaration from young activists.
Musicians Valerie June,
Dave Matthews and Charlie Puth will perform.
To see the full line-up visit the TED Blog.
TED Countdown wraps up a week of YouTube Originals programming
focused on sustainability. For more YouTube sustainability content,
check out youtube.com/sustainability.
Contact: countdownpress@thenumber29.com
About TED Countdown
TED Countdown is a global initiative powered by
TED and Future Stewards to champion and accelerate
solutions to the climate crisis. Countdown combines TED's signature
blend of actionable and research-backed ideas, cutting-edge
science, and moments of wonder and inspiration to mobilize millions
to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 in the race to a
zero-carbon world.
Countdown launched October 2020
via a free live virtual event featuring talks and performances
by Pope Francis, Prince William,
Christiana Figueres and Al Gore, as well as scientists, activists,
artists, schools and leaders from business and government. One year
later, in October 2021, the Countdown
Summit brought together hundreds of leaders in Edinburgh, Scotland as TED speakers shared a
blueprint for a beautiful net-zero future. This plan—along with
inspiring stories of local action—will be amplified by hundreds of
TEDx Countdown events around the world and through a special
global livestream event on October 30,
2021.
Learn more about #TEDCountdown on Twitter, Instagram,
TikTok and Facebook.
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