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Twenty-sixth online page shows teacher celebrating the amazing achievements of the IPCC then bringing the physician back to answer a student question.
Dialogue:
Just think how hard it would be for all of you to turn in one assignment, an assignment that you really cared about, and that you had to agree, all of you, on every single word, and be sure that it was right.
That’s why now, the work of the IPCC is thought of as the greatest science-policy achievement in the history of human endeavour.
Any questions?
Yes Sophia?
Why’d they volunteer?
Dr. Aedes, Sophia has asked why scientists volunteered.
It must have amounted to many hundreds of hours, not to mention sweat and tears.
Well, it’s important. You’ve heard about flooded cities and agricultural failures that could have spelled famine. Also, I get to work with smart people from all over the world, it’s prestigious, I learn a lot. — 26 of 31

October 1, 2020October 29, 2021

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Twenty-seventh online page shows physician telling story about how important the issue was.
Dialogue:
But mainly, it’s important. Any part I could play in helping address the most pressing issue facing humanity, I’m in!
How important?
Let me tell you a story.
Way back when, as people began to realise what climate change might mean, it hit them pretty hard.
A marine ecologist was in a meeting. This was 1998.
They were talking about the chemistry of seawater. How carbon dioxide in the air mixes into the oceans and changes their acidity…
In an instant she had a clear vision of what was at risk…
The potential collapse of marine ecosystems. Food chains might disintegrate. — 27 of 31

October 1, 2020October 29, 2021

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Twenty-eighth online page shows scientist running to the bathroom to puke - teacher gently reminding students that we laugh when we're uncomfortable but it wasn't funny - then Greta Thunberg shown as symbol of rising youth activism.
Dialogue:
She ran to the bathroom and barfed
Everything was at risk, everything!
It’s normal to laugh when we’re feeling uncomfortable. And it’s nice to think that we *can* laugh about it now!
The thing is… it really wasn’t funny
Luckily, students back then did more than laugh at the uncomfortable situation… They saw it as unbearable. And so they did something. — 28 of 31

October 1, 2020October 29, 2021

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