# How to pull the emergency brake on global warming

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Countdown Summit 2025
- Speaker: Mohamed A. Sultan
- Year: 2025
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/mohamed_a_sultan_how_to_pull_the_emergency_brake_on_global_warming)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Landfills across African cities are catching fire and releasing methane, an invisible greenhouse gas with more short-term warming potential than CO2. Sustainable strategist Mohamed A. Sultan reveals how local communities are turning this crisis into opportunity, diverting hundreds of tons of waste from landfills and helping thousands of farmers adopt more sustainable techniques. Learn why cutting methane emissions is a win-win opportunity to drive down global temperatures while also creating more livable cities. (This ambitious idea is part of The Audacious Project, TED’s initiative to inspire and fund global change.)

## Lectures

1. [How to pull the emergency brake on global warming](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/mohamed_a_sultan_how_to_pull_the_emergency_brake_on_global_warming/9f066467f8aa), 13 min (TED's player)