beyond imagining. wildfires, hurricanes, extreme heat. pour water all over it. 2023 was the world woke up to the climate change threat. i don t think anybody can deny the impact of the climate crisis anymore. what have we learned and what will next year look like? plus, landmark pact. world leaders agree to transition away from fossil fuels, the chief driver of the climate crisis. we re not turning back, that is the future. but with loopholes, is that enough? and seeing green, as governments around the world struggle to combat climate change, what role does wall street have to play? who s got to money? unlock that by being able to make it profitable. i ll ask the multimillion investor who s focused on climate change. ray dalio is coming up. hello. i m jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is sounding a very clear alarm. we are closing out 2023, the year we may look back on as the time that people started to truly grasp that the climate cr
Around what what s happened to the oceans they are staggering. coral reeves declined by 40% worldwide. when you look at what we re putting in the ocean, peter. 8 million tons of plastic are dumped in the ocean every year. equivalent to five grocery bags per foot of coastline around the globe. how did it come that our oceans are a dumping ground? it s convenience, out of sight out of mind. the tragedy of the comments. you can give it lots of names but the fact of the matter is the oceans are fundamentally critical to our survival. and so one of the things that the x prize we made a commitment to doing a series of ocean x prizes. we ve done two so far. we want to do many more. at least five. so we re looking for the best ideas. where should we be launching x prizes in the oceans? and challenging independent scientists around the world to help solve these problems. as i wrote in abundance and i