Awarded the 5th Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change, chemist Susan Solomon explains in this interview how her work was crucial in demonstrating the role of industrial compounds in the destruction of the ozone layer, a finding that changed the course of global environmental policies. Solomon details how research conducted in Antarctica led to an understanding of the chemical mechanisms that created the ozone hole and how the Montreal Protocol became a landmark example of effective international cooperation. She also reflects on the lessons this success offers in addressing the challenge of climate change, emphasizing the importance of acting quickly and relying on solid scientific evidence to protect the atmosphere and the future of the planet.
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Laureate in the Climate Change category goes in this fifth edition to U.S. scientist
Awarded the 5th Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change, chemist Susan Solomon explains in this interview how her work was crucial in demonstrating the role of industrial compounds in the destruction of the ozone layer, a finding that changed the course of global environmental policies. Solomon details how research conducted in Antarctica led to an understanding of the chemical mechanisms that created the ozone hole and how the Montreal Protocol became a landmark example of effective international cooperation. She also reflects on the lessons this success offers in addressing the challenge of climate change, emphasizing the importance of acting quickly and relying on solid scientific evidence to protect the atmosphere and the future of the planet.
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Laureate in the Climate Change category goes in this fifth edition to U.S. scientist Susan Solomon, for her work on determining how human action alters the composition of the atmosphere and how these changes, in turn, affect the Earth’s climate. Solomon has contributed, through her research and leadership, to the safeguarding of our planet.
00:00 Introduction
00:10 What was your first reaction when you were told you were going to receive the BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Climate Change category?
00:34 Has it been difficult to coordinate the work of hundreds of IPCC scientists to convey their message to politicians?
01:30 And conveying this message to politicians?
03:33 Are we doing enough politically to solve the problem?
