## It's Getting Hot in Here: Climate Change

_IMF Blog, December 10, 2015_

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [It's Getting Hot in Here: Climate Change](https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2015/12/10/its-getting-hot-in-here-climate-change)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/en/blogs/articles/2015/12/10/its-getting-hot-in-here-climate-change/index.md)
- [Structured JSON version](/en/blogs/articles/2015/12/10/its-getting-hot-in-here-climate-change/index.json)
- [Bundle manifest](/en/blogs/articles/2015/12/10/its-getting-hot-in-here-climate-change/bundle-manifest.json)

## Bibliographic details
- Authors: iMFdirect
- Published: December 10, 2015

---

### Context
- Publication: iMFdirect
- Date: December 10, 2015
- Occasion: World leaders are meeting in Paris to forge a new climate deal.
- Background reference: Back in October, Christiana Figueres was in Lima, Peru for the IMF's Annual Meetings.

### Interviews and key messages
- Nick Stern, Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics:
  - Says the world is not yet on the two degree path as carbon emissions continue to rise.
  - Author of “The Low-Carbon Road” in the December issue of Finance & Development.
  - Podcast audio available at: https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/233800710
- Christiana Figueres, head of the United Nations framework convention on climate change:
  - Discusses the priorities and obstacles as world leaders prepared to present their plans to reduce carbon emissions.
  - Podcast audio available at: https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/232936357

### Media format
- Two embedded SoundCloud podcasts feature extended interviews:
  - SoundCloud track for Nick Stern: https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/233800710
  - SoundCloud track for Christiana Figueres: https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/232936357
- Call to action: For more audio stories, check out all our podcasts here.

*Source: It's Getting Hot in Here: Climate Change — iMFdirect, December 10, 2015.*

---


## References

- [December issue of Finance & Development](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2015/12/index.htm)
- [here](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/podcast.aspx)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2015/12/10/its-getting-hot-in-here-climate-change_