"Life on the planet is imperiled," "we’re on the brink of collapse" and there’s "little progress on combating climate change."

That’s according to a new climate study published at the end of October by a group of renowned U.S. and global scientists, including several researchers from Oregon.

On this episode of Beat Check, The Oregonian's environmental reporter Gosia Wozniacka interviews Dr. Jillian Gregg, an ecologist and principal investigator of Corvallis-based Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Associates. Dr. Gregg is also the author of the climate change study.

Dr. Greggs talks about the alarming data, the transition to an economy that puts a pause on over-consumption and fossil-fuel emissions and solutions we all can participate in that will help slow climate change.

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