He is director of the forthcoming BASELINE series , which is visiting four locations on the front lines of the climate crisis every five years until 2050. (CNN) When you hear people -- presidential candidates, policy wonks, scientists, whomever -- talk about the climate crisis, you're sure to get an earful of dates. In climate change terms, that's true, as well. Those of us who tell the story of the climate crisis rarely acknowledge that timescale. Activists love to say that the climate crisis is extremely urgent and fast-moving -- that momentum for change is building like never before.

Source: CNN July 17, 2020 10:18 UTC