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NOTE FROM TED: While some viewers may find this talk helpful as a complementary approach, please do not look to this talk as a substitute for health advice. Research around skin barrier dysfunction, the microbiome, and allergies discussed in this talk remains an ongoing field of study. We’ve flagged this …

Idris calls our attention to the urgent matter of climate change and its impacts, drawing comparisons to the calls of action during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Farhan Idris is the founder and CEO of Oval App Malaysia. He pursued his bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from Malaysia France Institute. He has …

Is art the key to fight climate change ? We are not only in a climate crisis but also in an imagination crisis. The impact of climate change is unimaginable and stands in our way to taking action. In his TED talk Artist Thijs Biersteker shows us how Art and …

By adopting Smart Surfaces city wide Baltimore will cool its downtown 5 degrees, save $13 billion, slow climate change, protect its tourism industry and solve structural urban racial inequities. Globally, within 2 decades 300 million city dwellers will be exposed to heat waves that exceed human capacity to survive. Here …

Nishant Lahiri is a high school senior and researcher who shares ideas on how everyone can contribute positively to climate change by signing up to capture carbon dioxide for recycling in a process similar to the way we recycle plastics. The process is called integrative carbon reduction technology (iCART). You will be …

Recent floods in Sindh have affected more than 10 million people, more than half a million have been displaced from their homes, many have lost their lives and 70 percent of the crops have also been destroyed. In this talk, Afia Salam uncovers the actual cause of the floods in …

Climate change, in a word, is scary. With rising temperatures and surging climate disasters like melting glaciers and raging wildfires, it is easy for a sense of doom to take hold. Despite this, Trevor Slansky, a recent Austin College graduate with a degree in environmental studies, asks that we suspend …

Migration is a complex issue and by no means caused by a single factor. The combination of factors such as existing migration pathways, loss of livelihoods, education, social capital among others, enable or not the mobility and immobility of people. Climate change may be among the reasons why people migrate. …

This Talk examines how Climate Change impacts countries differently and what are the implications of that. Linda Bouadjel-Zebian is a senior at Los Gatos High School. As co-founder and co-president of the Environmental Outreach Club, she is very passionate about protecting and preserving the environment. In her free time, she …

This is the story of a young girl Who didn’t care about climate change… Until she came across some very real faces behind its catastrophic impacts. Today, she stands before you, sharing those very stories. Prachi Shevgaonkar spent years traveling with Waste workers, farmers, children and citizen groups to understand …