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Robert Lempert, Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School

Climate change will transform how we live, but these tech and policy experts see reason for optimism

Solar panels have become increasingly common on homes as prices have fallen. Ben McCanna/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

It’s easy to feel pessimistic when scientists around the world are warning that climate change has advanced so far, it’s now inevitable that societies will either transform themselves or be transformed. But as two of the authors of a recent international climate report, we also see reason for optimism.

The latest reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change discuss changes ahead, but they also describe how existing solutions can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help people adjust to impacts of climate change that can’t be avoided.

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