At our United Nations Headquarters in New York, we can feel the deteriorating air quality as smoke from the wildfires in Canada moves south. With global temperatures on the rise, the need to urgently reduce wildfire risk is critical. We must make peace with nature. We cannot give up.

1 week left until #TEDCountdown💡 This is an opportunity to turn climate vision into reality as innovators, scientists, activists & next-gen leaders come together to create a better future. Our #AudaciousProjects will be sharing their progress and research throughout 🌍

I can now confirm that I will be attending TEDCountdown Climate Summit on 14th this Month. Thank you so Much TED Talks for the invitation. Let’s champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis together….see you In Detroit 🇺🇸🌎🙏

We're off to Detroit July 11 for TEDCountdown, a collaboration powered by TED and LQ! #TEDCountdown champions and accelerates bold ideas and underinvested solutions that can bring us closer to achieving a zero-carbon world – one that is cleaner, healthier, and fairer for all.

This month, #CarbonDirect's Chief Scientist @CarbonWrangler and Vice Chairwoman Nili Gilbert will be featured speakers at TEDCountdown Summit 2023! Get the full schedule & signup for updates here: bit.ly/44vXpTg #TEDCountdown #ClimateChange #ClimateAction

WATCH: TEDCountdown is TED's only single-topic conference — and that topic is #ClimateChange. TED Talks science curator David Biello sat down with #GreatLakes Now to tell us more. youtube.com/watch?v=Y69JtC…

"We were trained to believe that there always are winners and losers, that your loss is my gain... In a world in which we've reached planetary boundaries, your loss is no longer my gain" As we gear up for @tedcountdown, we revisit @cfigueres TED Talks: youtube.com/watch?v=MIA_1x…

💡Tombo Banda, Head of CrossBoundary's Mini-Grid Innovation Lab, is set to take the stage this week at TEDCountdown - an event to champion bold ideas & underinvested solutions (like #minigrids!) to help realize a cleaner, greener, more just world

Rebecca from Renew2030 will be taking to the stage this Friday at #TEDCountdown 🎙 Meanwhile, learn more about the organization and Audacious goals: audaciousproject.org/grantees/renew… #AudaciousProject

Tomorrow starts TEDCountdown! As part of this 3-day summit, we've designed 25+ Quest visits across Detroit with local innovators to see how the city at the heart of the American car industry is grappling with building an #inclusive, #sustainable future.

Woke up in Detroit 🇺🇸. I’m here for the next few days for the TED COUNTDOWN event. Excited to be attending @tedcountdown @ted as a young leader this week.

We're excited to be hosting a TEDCountdown event on how #resilience can help us navigate climate impacts. The session aims to simplify resilience by highlighting 5 key attributes. 🗓 13 July 2023, 2.30 pm Detroit lnkd.in/eGqi3nuR Nathanial Matthews AY Young (-.-) 🔌 Joshua Amponsem

This week, I’m in Detroit for the TEDCountdown Summit! I’ll be speaking on the Session on Renewal! What a pleasure to share this stage with some great people I greatly respect, like former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, U.K. MP David Lammy, & more! #tedtalk #climate

Great to be at TEDCountdown in Detroit this week! Hear from our CEO and co-founder Davida Herzl in today's breakthrough session (4:45pm EDT), Harnessing the power of #AI for #climateaction. We'll see you there! #TEDCountdown #airquality #GHG

Thank you TED Talks for the opportunity to address TEDCountdown climate summit at Detroit. The war in my home country of Ukraine is showing the world that renewable energy not only helps us tackle climate challenges but security challenges as well. You can watch the talk via

Sneak peek! A few photos from Dr. Jonathan Foley's #TED talk at today's #tedcountdown event in Detroit. We'll share the full presentation as soon as it's released!

Dear listeners, Tom Rivett-Carnac and Christiana Figueres have recorded a BRILLIANT episode for you direct from #TEDCountdown but due to their very hectic schedules it will be with you a little later than usual - within the next 24hrs and probably sooner. Stay tuned! 🎧

“Being financially secure and climate resilient should be the most important priority for communities." - Anika Goss, @detfuturecity t.ted.com/I49czQh #TEDCountdown

In this sci-fi short developed with TEDCountdown, a renowned reporter delves into the mind of S.A.N (Sentient Advocate of Nature), an AI connected to an ancient forest’s mycelium network S.A.N. Watch here: ted.com/talks/goodbye_…