[Replay] Watch the 2021 TED Countdown Global Livestream | Take action on climate change

>> HI, I AM AL GORE AND AS SOME

OF YOU MAY KNOW I AM ONE OF

THOSE WHO HAS BEEN WORKING TO

AWARENESS OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS

FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

15 YEARS AGO, I WAS LUCKY TO

WORK WITH A GREAT DIRECTOR,

DAVIS GUGGENHEIM AND AN

INCREDIBLE TEAM OF LAWMAKERS ON

A DOCUMENTARY CALLED AN

INCONVENIENT TRUTH ABOUT THE

URGENT NEED FOR ACTION ON

CLIMATE.

IN THE YEARS SINCE WE'VE MADE

SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN

DEVELOPING THE SOLUTIONS WE

NEED TO SOLVE THIS CRISIS.

BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, THE IMPACTS

OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS ARE STILL

GETTING WORSE.

FASTER THAN WE ARE YET

DEPLOYING THESE SOLUTIONS.

BUT WE HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE

THAT.

WE FINALLY REACHED THE

POLITICAL TIPPING POINT, BEYOND

WHICH WE CAN UNLOCK REAL ACTION.

IN ORDER FOR US TO ACTUALLY

CROSS THIS DIPPING POINT WE

NEED ALL OF YOU.

BY JOINING US TODAY, YOU HAVE

TAKEN THE FIRST STEP IN DRIVING

THIS PROGRESS.

I HOPE THE IDEAS YOU LEARN

ABOUT HERE WILL INSPIRE YOU TO

CONTINUE TAKING ACTION IN YOUR

OWN COMMUNITY.

IF WE WORK TOGETHER THERE IS A

WONDERFUL FUTURE AHEAD OF US.

SO LET'S GET GOING.

WELCOME TO COUNTDOWN.

>> LIVE FROM THE COUNTDOWN

STAGE HERE IS CHARLIE PUTH.

♪ HERE WE ARE ON EARTH TOGETHER

IT'S YOU AND I. GOD HAS MADE US

FALL IN LOVE, IT'S TRUE.

I REALLY FOUND SOMEONE LIKE YOU.

WILL IT SAY THE LOVE THAT YOU

FEEL FOR ME OH, WILL IT SAY,

THAT YOU WILL BE MY, BY MY SIDE

TO SEE ME THROUGH.

UNTIL MY LIFE IS THROUGH. WELL,

IN MY MIND WE CAN CONQUER THE

WORLD.

IN LOVE YOU AND I, YOU AND I,

YOU AND I. AT LEAST IN MY LIFE

I FOUND SOMEONE. YOU MAY NOT BE

HERE FOREVER TO SEE ME THROUGH

BUT I FOUND STRENGTH IN YOU.

I ONLY PRAY THAT I HAVE SHOWN

YOU A BRIGHTER DAY.

BECAUSE THAT'S ALL THAT I AM

LIVING FOR, YOU SEE, DON'T WORRY

WHAT HAPPENS TO ME.

BECAUSE YOU ARE MINE.

YOU WILL STAY HERE ALWAYS.

IN LOVE YOU AND I, YOU AND I,

YOU AND I. IN MY MIND WE CAN

CONQUER THE WORLD, IN LOVE, YOU

AND I, YOU AND I, YOU AND I. OH,

YOU AND I. DON'T KNOW AND.

>> THANK YOU, CHARLIE PUTH.

>> IT'S MY PLEASURE.

>> YOU WILL SEE ME ON THE

FLIPSIDE.

>> OKAY, THANKS FOR STICKING

AROUND HAS BEEN NO, IT IS MY

PLEASURE I MAY CLIMATE ADVOCATE

SO I AM VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE

FOR STICKING AROUND FOR THE

SHOW, LIKE YOU SAID, I HAVE ONE

MORE SONG.

I WILL BE BACK IN A LITTLE BIT.

THEY TOLD ME TO GO BEHIND YOU.

>> PEOPLE OF EARTH, HELLO.

THIS IS COUNTDOWN, I AM YOUR

HOST, LATIF NASSER.

YOU MAY KNOW ME AS A HOST OF

RADIOLAB OR THE SHOW

CONNECTED, BUT I AM ALSO A TED

SPEAKER.

WE ARE COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM

THE TRANSITING WORLD THEATER,

THANK YOU FROM US TO ALL OF YOU

FROM ALL AROUND THIS GREEN

MARBLE.

IF YOU JUST WOKE UP IN SAN

FRANCISCO I JUST FINISHED LUNCH

IN SC

WACKO, OR WATCHING FROM YOUR

BED IN SOME, WE ARE ALL HERE.

FOR THE SAME REASON.

OUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE.

AND WE NEED TO PUT IT OUT.

TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE

ISSUE OF OUR MOMENT AND THIS

INITIATIVE RIGHT HERE, THIS

COUNTDOWN, IS FOCUSED ON THE

PEOPLE, THE IDEAS, THE

SOLUTIONS, AND ACTIONS THAT WE

NEED TO SET US RIGHT.

THE SITUATION IS URGENT, NO

DOUBT.

BUT AS YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE, WE

ARE STILL IN THE GAME.

OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS YOU

WILL SEE SOME HEARTENING

EXAMPLES OF INNOVATION, AND

LEADERSHIP. TRUE STORIES AND

HONEST SENTIMENTS THAT WILL

GIVE HOPE AS WELL AS A SENSE OF

HOW EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US

CAN HELP.

YOU WILL HEAR EXCERPTS FROM

TRANSITING COUNTDOWN TALKS FROM

SCIENTIST, ACTIVIST,

ENTREPRENEURS, ARTISTS,

POLICYMAKERS, LEADERS FROM ALL

OVER INCLUDING FROM THE

COUNTDOWN SUMMIT IN EDINBURGH,

SCOTLAND FROM EARLIER THIS

MONTH.

PLUS YOU WILL NEVER FORGET

ABOUT WHO VOLUNTEER TO SAVE THE

PLANET, A BUNCH OF THE MOST

TALENTED PERFORMERS ON SAID

PLAN INCLUDING REGINA HALL,

ROONEY MARA, JOAQUIN PHOENIX,

MARK RUFFALO, FOREST WHITAKER,

ACTIVE RAINN WILSON, A BUNCH OF

HIS FUNNIEST FRIENDS, AND WE

ALSO HAVE PERFORMANCES BY DAVE

MATTHEWS, VALERIE JUICE,

CHARLIE PUTH, AS HE SAID HE IS

COMING BACK.

ONCE AGAIN, I HAVE, I KNOW,

TRUST ME THAT HEARING ABOUT

CLIMATE CHANGE CAN SOMETIMES

FEEL COME AT THE SAME TIME,

LIKE CATACLYSMIC AND

OVERWHELMING.

BUT THEN, ALSO, KIND OF BORING

AND LIKE HOMEWORK.

TODAY WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO

THAT WE WILL DO SOMETHING

DIFFERENT.

TAKE A LOOK.

AND THERE IS A STORY WE'VE BEEN

WRITING TOGETHER FOR HUNDREDS

OF YEARS.

IT'S ABOUT ALL OF US.

IT TAKES PLACE RIGHT HERE.

IT STARTED FOR MANY OF US AS

ECONOMIES WERE BUILT BUT GROWTH

ROOTED IN EXTRACTING FROM OUR

PLANET AND OUR PEOPLE CAME AT A

COST.

THERE WERE WARNING SIGNS.

SOME OF US KNEW WHAT WAS

HAPPENING TO OUR COMMUNITIES

WASN'T RIGHT AND IT WAS

CONNECTED TO SOMETHING BIGGER.

AND THE IMPACTS WERE FELT BY

SOME MORE THAN OTHERS.

PEOPLE ORGANIZED AND ASKED

QUESTIONS.

OTHERS TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT

WAS HAPPENING, IT SOUNDED THE

ALARM.

EVEN AS OTHERS REFUSED TO

BELIEVE WHAT WE TOLD THEM.

AND THE PLANET'S CLIMATE IS

CHANGING.

OUR STORY HAS HEROES BIG AND

SMALL, MAYBE YOU EVEN BECAME A

HERO IN YOUR OWN WAY.

IT IS A STORY OF HOPE,

PERSISTENCE, A PLAN FOR A

BETTER FUTURE.

THERE IS ALSO DESPAIR AND

DENIAL.

AMID THIS CRISIS.

WHILE THERE ARE FORCES THAT

SEEK TO DIVIDE OR EXTRACT US,

WE CHOOSE TO ACT NOW.

THE STORY HAS MANY

POSSIBILITIES, FEATURES THAT WE

WRITE FIRST AS NEIGHBORS AND

THEN AS WE WERE SPARED WE COME

TOGETHER TO SEE WHAT COMES NEXT

AND REFUSING TO ACCEPT DEFEAT.

THERE IS HOPE.

TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD TO

ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS

IT JUST URGENT AND NECESSARY,

IT IS POSSIBLE.

ALREADY UNDERWAY IN LEADING THE

WAY.

COUNTDOWN IS A GLOBAL

INITIATIVE TO CHAMPION AND

ACCELERATE SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE

SOLUTIONS.

TO TURN IDEAS INTO ACTION.

BECAUSE IN SPITE OF ALL THE

CHALLENGES, PEOPLE NEVER STOP

TRYING.

TO SHIFT MINDSETS AND THEN

ENTIRE SYSTEMS.

>> WE THINK THE FUTURE IS

PROOF.

>> WE HAVE TENURE TO CHANGE IT

SO WE NEED TO ACT ALTOGETHER

RIGHT NOW.

>> TO CHANGE THE WAY WE MOVE

OURSELVES AND OUR ECONOMY,

TRANSFORMATION IN EVERY GLOBAL

SYSTEM FROM SHIPPING TO

TRUCKING, SUBMIT TO .

>> ON THE VERY FOUNDATION UPON

WHICH WE LIVE.

>> TRANSPORTATION IS POSSIBLE.

>> ELECTRIFICATION WILL

ELECTRIFY AS.

>> EDUCATING AND EMPOWERING

WOMEN AND GIRLS IS ONE OF THE

SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS

THAT WE CAN DO TO CONFRONT

CARBON POLLUTION.

>> EVERYONE MUST GET TO ZERO

CARBON FUTURE.

>> WE CONNECT OUR STORIES AND

PLAN OUT THE PARTS, OUR

IMAGINATIONS ARE THERE.

>> IN RADICAL COLLABORATION WE

CAN DO THIS READ

>> WHILE WE ARE AT IT, LET'S

MAKE IT JUST AND FAIR FOR

EVERYONE.

>> NO MATTER WHAT HAS GONE

WRONG, WHAT CAN BUILD RIGHT.

>> WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION,

CHALLENGES FOR THAT STORY.

>> OUR STORY TAKES PLACE HERE.

IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT AT TIMES

AND COULD HAVE UNTHINKABLE

OUTCOMES.

BUT THAT WAS THE STORY WE USED

TO TELL.

NOW IT IS UP TO US.

TO TELL ANYONE.

A NEW ONE.

>> BIG THANKS TO DON CHEADLE

WHO IS THE VOICE YOU JUST HER,

AND I WANT TO BRING IN ANOTHER

VOICE, DAVID BIELLO, DAVID HAS

BEEN A CLIMATE JOURNALIST FOR

TWO DECADES AND WROTE A BOOK

ABOUT SOLUTIONS TO THE

ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES WE

FACE.

I WANT TO HAVE HIM HERE FOR THE

NEXT HOUR TO BREAK THINGS DOWN

AND BE SORT OF A CHEAT SHEET

FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME, WHO ARE NOT

SUPER WELL STEEPED IN THIS

FIELD.

SO, BEFORE WE DIVE IN, CAN YOU

JUST GIVE US A PRIMER, LIKE

WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW BEFORE

WE GO FORTH?

>> OKAY, SO I MAY CHANGE IS

THIS PROBLEM WHERE THE EARTH

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS WARMING

UP.

THAT IS WHY YOU SOMETIMES ARE

CALLED GLOBAL WARMING.

WHY IS IT WARMING UP?

IT IS BECAUSE OF THESE LITTLE

THINGS CALLED GREENHOUSE GASES.

THEY ARE CALLED GREENHOUSE

GASES BECAUSE THEY TRAP THE

EARTH'S HEAT JUST LIKE THE

GREENHOUSE IN YOUR GARDEN,

RIGHT?

IT IS WARMER IN THERE.

YOU ALSO HEAR THIS KIND OF

WONKY PHRASE CALLED

DECARBONIZATION.

THAT IS BECAUSE MOST OF THE

GREENHOUSE GASES HAVE CARBON IN

THEM, SO WE HAVE TO GET RID OF

THE GREENHOUSE GASES AND THE

CARBON ICE.

AND THE MAIN WAY WE ARE GOING

TO DO THAT IS BY PUTTING NO

MORE GREENHOUSE GASES INTO THE

ATMOSPHERE THEN WE TAKE OUT AND

THAT IS CALLED ZERO.

>> NET ZERO, SO WE ARE COUNTING

DOWN, THAT IS THE COUNTING

DOWN, COUNTING DOWN TO NET

ZERO.

>> YOU GOT IT.

>> THROUGHOUT THE SHOW YOU WILL

BE SEEING PARTS OF [ INAUDIBLE

- STATIC ] COUNTDOWN TALKS IT

WILL HELP FRAME THE PROBLEM IN

A WAY THAT EVEN I CAN

UNDERSTAND, AND THAT CAN

PROVIDE A BLUEPRINT FOR WHAT

OUR FUTURE COULD LOOK LIKE.

HERE TO INTRODUCE OUR FIRST SET

OF GREAT BIG GREEN IDEAS, IS A

GREAT MAN WHOM YOU LIKELY KNOW,

FOR BEING BIG ANGRY.

MARK RUFFALO.

>> HI, I AM MARK RUFFALO.

I BECAME AN ENVIRONMENTAL

ACTIVIST WHEN ENERGY COMPANIES

WANTED TO FRAK FOR GAS IN MY

HOME IN UPSTATE NEW YORK.

I LEARNED HOW DOCTORS,

SCIENTISTS, AND MEMBERS OF MY

COMMUNITY WERE COMING TOGETHER

TO PROTECT THE WATER FROM

CONTAMINATION.

IT SEEMED OVERWHELMING AT THE

TIME, BUT I ALSO REALIZED THAT

I COULD ACTUALLY JOIN THE FIGHT.

AND THAT IS THE MESSAGE THAT I

WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY.

THAT DESPITE THE SCOPE OF THE

CLIMATE CRISIS WE ARE

CONFRONTING TODAY, THERE IS

HOPE.

CLIMATE CHANGE DOESN'T THREATEN

THE OVERALL HEALTH OF OUR

PLANET, BUT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY

COMING TOGETHER IN

NEIGHBORHOODS, ALL ACROSS THE

GLOBE TO SOLVE THIS CRISIS.

I HEAR IT IS MORE URGENT NOW

THAN EVER, THAT GOVERNMENTS AND

INDUSTRIES ACTUALLY LISTEN TO

THE PEOPLE AND TAKE DECISIVE

ACTION.

THERE ARE MANY PATHS FORWARD.

AND THERE ARE ACTUALLY THINGS

THAT WE CAN DO TODAY TO HELP.

WE ARE AT A CRITICAL

CROSSROADS.

BUT, THE CHOICES THAT LIE AHEAD

OF US, THEY ARE REAL

OPPORTUNITIES READ AS A GLOBAL

COMMUNITY, WE HAVE NEVER BEEN

BETTER POSITIONED TO FIGHT THIS

CRISIS.

WE HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE, WE HAVE

THE INNOVATION, AND WE HAVE THE

TECHNOLOGY.

WE HAVE THE FINANCIAL MEANS.

NOW, ALL WE NEED IS A

COLLABORATION AND A COMMITMENT

TO SHOW OFF FOR EACH OTHER, FOR

THE FUTURE THAT WE WANT TO

CREATE.

IN THESE NEXT TAD COUNTDOWNS

BECAUSE I HAD TO REMIND US THAT

TOGETHER WE CAN FIND A GLOBAL,

LOCAL, AND PERSONAL SOLUTION.

TO FORGE A PATH FORWARD.

FOR A HEALTHIER TOMORROW.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> TOUCHDOWN ANYWHERE IN THE

WORLD, YOU WILL HEAR MORE

TRAGIC STORIES OF CLAIMANT

DEVASTATION.

DROUGHTS, FLOODS, WILDFIRES,

LIENS AND LIVELIHOODS, IN

JEOPARDY.

TIPPING TOWARDS CATASTROPHE.

AND YET, DESPITE IT ALL, I

STILL HAVE HOPE IN OUR HUMAN

FAMILY.

AND YOU MIGHT ASK WHY?

IT IS OUR CAPACITY FOR HUMAN

ENDEAVOR.

TO SURVIVE AGAINST ALL ODDS.

ONE THAT CREATES A STRONG

PROMISE OF THE UN PARIS

AGREEMENT, AND ITS POWER TO

DRIVE THE 17 SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT GOALS.

FOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANET.

WE KNOW THAT THE PROMISE OF

PARIS AIMS TO LIMIT GLOBAL

HEATING TO 1.5 DEGREES TO

ENSURE THAT WE SURVIVE, THE

HUMAN FAMILY, AND TO GET THERE

WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE MUST DO.

WE MUST D CARBONIZED THE GLOBAL

ECONOMY BY 2050.

BY WAY OF HAVING THE INITIATIVE

IN THIS DECADE.

WE MUST MAKE CALL HISTORY WITH

CALL PHASEOUT IN COUNTRIES BY

2030 AND IN OTHER COUNTRIES BY

2014.

THE G-20 PRODUCES 80% OF ALL

GREENHOUSE GAS POLLUTION, SO

THEY TOO MUST, THESE 20 GLOBAL

LEADERS, TAKE RESPONSIBILITY

AND LEAD.

WE MUST STOP SPENDING TRILLIONS

FOR FOSSIL FUELS, CLOGGING THE

LIVES OF OUR PEOPLE AND WE MUST

PRESIDE FOR A JUST, AND BLUE

TRANSITION.

WE KNOW THAT IS ALL ESSENTIAL

INGREDIENTS FOR THE PARIS

AGREEMENT.

NOW, TRY TO REIMAGINE WITH ME

WHAT THIS JOURNEY TO NET ZERO

EMISSIONS COULD LOOK LIKE,

THROUGH ANOTHER LENS.

ONE THAT PUTS OUR FOCUS ON

INVESTING IN PEOPLE TO REACH

THEIR POTENTIAL.

WHILE PROTECTING OUR HOME,

PLANET EARTH.

DECARBONIZATION, A POWERFUL

VEHICLE FOR CLIMATE ACTION, BUT

ALSO FOR DELIVERING ON THE 17

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS.

>> WE NEED TO CHANGE THE WAY WE

THINK.

ABOUT THE CLIMATE CHALLENGE.

BECAUSE THINGS ARE DIFFERENT

THIS TIME.

WE NEED TO STOP THINKING ABOUT

IT JUST AS A PROBLEM, WHICH IT

OBVIOUSLY IS, AND TO START

THINKING ABOUT IT AS AN

OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL MOTIVATE

US TO SOLVE IT.

I AM A VENTURE INVESTOR, I

INVEST IN EARLY STAGE COMPANIES

AND TECHNOLOGIES.

AND I SEE TREMENDOUS

OPPORTUNITIES.

IN SOLVING CLIMATE CHANGE.

THAT SAID, WE'VE BEEN HERE

BEFORE.

AND, IT'S DIFFERENT THIS TIME.

WE CAN REDUCE THE EMISSIONS TO

ZERO.

AND THAT WAS NOT OBVIOUS EVEN

JUST 10 YEARS AGO.

WHY DO I THINK IT IS DIFFERENT?

BECAUSE WE HAVE CHEAPER INPUTS.

WE HAVE BETTER TECHNOLOGIES.

WE HAVE BETTER POLICIES.

WE HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF

URGENCY.

AND, MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, WE

HAVE EVEN BETTER PEOPLE WORKING

ON IT.

>> HOW DO WE SHIFT OUT OF THIS

DESPAIR?

OUT OF DENIAL?

TO WHAT SOMETHING IS RADICALLY

DIFFERENT.

THERE IS A QUOTE IN SPIDERMAN,

WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT

RESPONSIBILITY.

BUT WHAT IF THE OPPOSITE IS

TRUE?

WHAT IF IT IS REALLY WITH GREAT

RESPONSIBILITY COMES GREAT

POWER.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ALL OF

THE WORLD'S MOVERS AND SHAKERS

HAVE KNOWN TO BE TRUE.

THEY WANTED BORN LEADERS, THEY

SIMPLY DECIDED TO MAKE

THEMSELVES PERSONALLY

RESPONSIBLE.

SOLVING CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT

YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.

BECAUSE IT IS OUTSIDE OF YOUR

CONTROL.

WHAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR, IS

THE THING INSIDE YOUR CONTROL,

INDEED, THE ONLY THING THAT HAS

EVER BEEN INSIDE YOUR CONTROL.

YOUR MINDSET.

WE ALL HAVE STORIES RUNNING ON

REPEAT, STORIES ABOUT THINGS

THAT MOBILIZES, STORY THE WORLD

IMPRESSES UPON US AND

BORDERING'S AND CLASSROOMS

ALIKE.

I AM JUST ONE IN 7.8 BILLION

PEOPLE, TOO SMALL TO MAKE A

DIFFERENCE.

I AM NOT SMART ENOUGH, I DON'T

HAVE THE EXPENSE, I AM NOT THE

EXPERT.

THE SYSTEM IS TO BROKER, OUR

LEADERS ARE TOO SHORTSIGHTED

AND OUR SOCIETY TO SHACKLED TO

THE STATUS QUO.

THE STORIES PARALYZE US.

REWRITING THEM IS THE SINGLE

MOST POWERFUL THING ANYONE OF

US CAN DO.

FOR THE PLANET AND FOR

OURSELVES.

>> WHAT IS THE PLAN, JOE?

>> THE PLAN IS TO TRANSFORM

SOCIETY.

>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT,

TRANSFORM SOCIETY?

>> I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT ASK THAT.

THERE ARE SIX BIG OBJECTIVES.

WE ARE GOING TO ELECTRIFY

TRANSPORTATION, WHICH MEANS

STOP USING DIESEL AND GAS FOR

OUR VEHICLES.

WE ARE GOING TO USE

DECARBONIZATION FOR WIND AND

SOLAR, THERE, WE WILL FIX OUR

FOOD SYSTEMS.

THAT INCLUDES EATING LESS MEAT

AND DAIRY.

REDUCING FOOD WASTE AND

IMPROVING OUR SOIL HEALTH.

FOURTH, WE WILL PROTECT NATURE.

THAT IS STOPPING DEFORESTATION.

PROTECTING OUR OCEANS AND

PEATLANDS OR GRASSLANDS.

FIFTH, WE ARE GOING TO CLEAN UP

OUR MATERIALS.

HOW WE MAKE THINGS LIKE CEMENT

AND . AND THEN, SIX, WE HAVE

TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO REMOVE

THE CARBON THAT REMAINS, THAT

STUBBORN, RESIDUAL EFFECTS OF

THE EMISSIONS THAT CANNOT BE

ELIMINATED.

EVERY ONE OF THESE SIX THINGS

IS A MAJOR CHALLENGE.

WE'VE GOT TO ATTACK THEM ALL AT

ONCE.

>> WE HAVE 85% OF THE SOLUTIONS

THAT WE NEED.

RECORD LOWS OF SOLAR WIND

DEPLOYMENTS AROUND THE WORLD,

THE DROP IN COST OF LITHIUM ION

BATTERIES, TO SUSTAIN MORE

ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

BUT THOSE SOLUTIONS ALONE WON'T

GET AS TO ZERO.

SO, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO

BOTH DEPLOY AND INVEST IN THEM

NOW.

AS WELL AS INVENT THEM NEW.

WE NEED THE NOW AND IN YOU TO

SCALE UP WHAT WE'VE AS WE

INVEST IN THE FUTURE.

>> CLIMATE CHANGE, AMPLIFIES

THE INEQUITIES. THOSE WHO

SUFFER THE MOST HAVE DONE THE

LEAST TO CAUSE THIS PROBLEM.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS, IS THAT

THE U.S. AS THE WORLD'S HISTORIC

BIGGEST EMITTER MUST D

CARBONIZED FIRST.

WE MUST DO THAT FOR TWO

REASONS, TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT

IT IS POSSIBLE, AND TO DRIVE

THE COST DOWN FOR EVERYONE

ELSE.

INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS ARE NEEDED,

AND EXPECTED.

BUT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GET

US WHERE WE NEED TO GO, IN

THIS, THE DECISIVE DECADE WHEN

WE HAVE TO CUT EMISSIONS IN

HALF BY 2030.

>> THE GOOD NEWS IS WE CAN DO

THIS.

WE HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE.

WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY.

WE KNOW IT MAKES SOCIAL AND

ECONOMIC SENSE.

AND WHEN WE SUCCEED WE CAN ALL

TAKE LUNGFUL'S OF FRESH AIR, WE

WILL BE SAYING HELLO TO HEALTHY

LIFESTYLES AND RESILIENT

ECONOMIES IN LIVABLE CITIES.

WE ARE ALL ON THIS JOURNEY

AROUND THE SUN TOGETHER.

THIS IS OUR ONLY HOME.

THIS IS OUR MISSION.

TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN'S

FUTURE.

>> THANK YOU TO MARK RUFFALO,

AND ALL THOSE TEND COUNTDOWN

SPEAKERS, DAVID, I KNOW A LOT

OF PEOPLE SEE CLIMATE CHANGE

HEADLINES AND JUST KIND OF

FEELS LIKE IT IS THE SAME

THING, OVER AND OVER.

WHY IS THIS MOMENT DIFFERENT?

>> SO, ONE BIG REASON THIS

MOMENT IS DIFFERENT IS BECAUSE

THE SCIENCE IS EVERMORE CLEAR.

WE KNOW MORE.

AND ANOTHER REASON THIS MOMENT

IS DIFFERENT IS BECAUSE WE KNOW

WHERE THE PROBLEM IS COMING

FROM.

EVEN MORE.

WE ARE BURNING TOO MANY FOSSIL

FUELS, THAT IS COOL, OIL AND

GAS AND CUTTING DOWN TOO MANY

FOR US TO FEED OURSELVES.

BECAUSE WE KNOW WHERE THE

ROBINS ARE COMING FROM, WE KNOW

ALSO, HOW TO SOLVE THEM.

WE'VE GOT TO GET OFF THE FOSSIL

SUNSHINE TRAPPED IN THOSE

FOSSIL FUELS.

GET OFF THE FOSSIL SUNSHINE AND

GET ON THE FRESH SUFFERING

>> I AM SURE MANY OF YOU

WATCHING UP QUESTIONS FOR

DAVID, TOO.

YOU CAN PUT IT IN CHATTANOOGA

OR TWEET THEM USING THE HASHTAG

#TEDCOUNTDOWN AND ACTUALLY TO

GET AHEAD OF WHAT I EXPECT THIS

QUESTION TO BE, SO MUCH OF THE

STORY OF CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE

STORY OF CARBON AND THE STORY

OF CARBON ABOVE US.

AND THE TED TEAM MADE THIS

GORGEOUS EXPANDER, TO HELP

PARSE IT ALL OUT, SO TAKE A

LOOK.

>> THE AIR WE BREATHE HAS

CHANGED, THE MIX OF GASES IS

SHIFTING WITH MORE AND MORE

GREENHOUSE GASES LIKE CARBON

DIOXIDE.

THIS SHIFT IS HAPPENING FASTER

EACH YEAR.

IN FACT, CONCENTRATIONS OF CO2

HAVE REACHED LEVELS NEVER

BEFORE BRIEFED BY HUMANS SINCE

SAPIENS EVOLVED.

IN JUST A FEW HUNDRED YEARS,

FOSSILIZED SUNSHINE HAS BEEN

BURNED AS COAL, OIL, AND GAS.

THE EXHAUST HAS TRANSFORMED THE

ENTIRE ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN.

IT IS LIKE A POLLUTION BLANKET

AND THE RESULT WE KNOW, HAS

BEEN CLIMATE CHANGE.

HOW MUCH MORE OF THAT

FOSSILIZED SUNSHINE CAN WE BURN

BEFORE FURTHER DESTABILIZING

THE EARTH SYSTEM?

NOT MUCH.

THINK OF IT AS A CARBON BUDGET.

WE ARE CURRENTLY ADDING 55

BILLION METRIC TONS OF

GREENHOUSE GASES TO THE

ATMOSPHERE EVERY YEAR.

THIS IS THE GIGATON CHALLENGE,

AT THAT PLACE WE WILL HAVE

BIRDS OR THE REMAINING BUDGET

IN 2030.

TO GIVE US ROOM TO RID THE

WORLD MUST REDUCE GREENHOUSE

POLLUTION BY MORE THAN 7% EACH

YEAR, EVERY YEAR OF THIS

DECADE.

STARTING NOW.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS TO

DO THAT.

LET'S START BY LOOKING AT THE

GREENHOUSE GASES THEMSELVES.

CO2 MAKES UP NEARLY 75% OF THE

POLLUTION EMITTED EACH YEAR.

THERE IS ALSO NITROUS OXIDE, AND

KNOWN AS LAUGHING GAS, BUT IT

IS NO LAUGHING MATTER.

PHARMACIES ARE MAKING UP 6% OF

THE TOTAL.

AND THEN ALSO THERE IS NATURAL

GAS.

THERE ARE OTHER GREENHOUSE GASES

THAT MAKE UP THE WHOLE CLIMATE

CHALLENGE, ALL OF US NEED TO

SEE THIS.

NOTHING IS BETTER AT TRAPPING

THE SUN'S HEAT WHICH MEANS

CUTTING METHANE IS A NECESSARY

AND FAST ACTING STIMULUS FOR

OUR CARBON BUDGET.

IF METHANE EMISSIONS FROM

AGRICULTURE AND THE OIL AND GAS

INDUSTRY CAN BE ELIMINATED IN

THE SECOND WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO

STAVE OFF CATASTROPHES LIKE THE

LOSS OF THE ARCTIC SEA ICE AND

GLACIERS ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

CO2 HAS A LONGER LIFE.

ONCE IT IS ADDED TO THE

ATMOSPHERE IT CAN STAY UP THERE

FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

IF NOT LONGER.

CO2 EMISSIONS MUST BE CUT IN

HALF IN 2030.

AND THEN WE JUST A BIT FURTHER

BY 2040, TO PUT THE WORLD ON A

PATH OF ADDING NO MORE CO2 TO

THE AIR BY 2050.

THAT MEANS TRANSFORMING THE

MODERN WORLD AS QUICKLY AS

POSSIBLE.

THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO BREAK

DOWN THE SOURCES OF GREENHOUSE

GAS EMISSIONS.

HERE, WE ARE USING THE PUBLIC

CLIMATE WATCH DATA.

START WITH ENERGY.

THE MAJORITY OF MODERN ENERGY

COMES FROM FOSSIL FUELS WHICH

MAKES THE ENERGY SECTOR 76% OF

THE CLIMATE CHALLENGE.

INCLUDING THE FUELS USED FOR

TRANSPORTATION, INDUSTRIAL

PROCESSES, AND ACT NATURAL

PRODUCTION.

THE QUICK TO CLEAN ENERGY MUST

BE ACCELERATED BY AN ORDER OF

MAGNITUDE IF WE WANT ANYTIME TO

RESTRAIN GLOBAL WARMING TO 1.5

DEGREES CELSIUS.

AND THERE WILL BE MORE WAYS TO

STORE ENERGY, WHETHER PUTTING

IN THE CHEMICAL BONDS OF A

BATTERY OR INTO A MOLECULE OF

HYDROGEN.

BATTERIES AND CLEAN HYDROGEN

ARE ALSO GOING TO PLAY A KEY

ROLE IN CLEANING UP

TRANSPORTATION WHICH ACCOUNTS

FOR 70% OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND

POLLUTION.

INCLUDING THE USE OF ENERGY TO

MOVE PEOPLE AND GOODS AROUND.

8% IS CARS, PFEIFFER SENT

TRUCKS AND OTHER HEAVY-DUTY

VEHICLES, AND FOR% FROM

SHIPPING.

AND AVIATION.

WITH ABUNDANT CLEAN ELECTRICITY

THE WORLD CAN WIN THE RACE TO

ELECTIVE ICONS AND CREATE

CLEANER ALTERNATIVE FUELS FOR

TRUCKS, SHIPS, AND EVEN, ONE

DAY, AIRPLANES.

THEN, THERE ARE OUR LIFE-SIZE,

THE MATERIALS THAT MAKE IT

POSSIBLE.

EVERYTHING FROM CEMENT AND FUEL

THAT GOES INTO BUILDING TO THE

PLASTIC FIBERS IN FASHION.

ALL TOLD, THESE MATERIALS FOR

6% OF OUR EMISSIONS.

ON TOP OF THE ENERGY EMISSIONS

REQUIRED TO PRODUCE THEM.

AND WE WILL NEED NEW AND CLEAN

WAYS TO MAKE THEM OR REPLACE

THEM.

FARMING AND ANIMAL RAISING ALSO

HAVE TO CHANGE.

AGRICULTURE ACCOUNTS FOR 12

PRESENTED GREENHOUSE GAS

POLLUTION.

THAT MEANS EVERYTHING FROM HOW

AND WHAT PEOPLE EAT TO HOW AND

WHAT CHICKENS AND PIGS EAT.

IT ALSO MEANS FINDING WAYS FOR

FARM FIELDS TO GO FROM SOURCES

OF GREENHOUSE GASES TO PLACES

WHERE GREENHOUSE GASES ARE

BURIED.

AGRICULTURE IS ALSO THE BIGGEST

DIRECT IMPACT PEOPLE HAVE ON

THE PLANTS, ANIMALS, MICROBES

AND FUNGI THAT SHOW THE PLANET

WITH US.

TO TRULY SOLVE THE CLIMATE

CHALLENGE, THE WORLD WILL HAVE

TO PROTECT AND RESTORE, TO

ALLOW ALL OF LIFE'S MYRIAD

FORMS TO FLORENCE.

A HALT IN CUTTING DOWN FORESTS,

BURNING PEATLANDS AND

CONVERTING COASTAL WETLANDS TO

PREVENT THE RELEASE OF NEARLY 5

BILLION METRIC TONS OF

GREENHOUSE GASES EACH YEAR.

RESTORING NEARLY 200 MILLION

HECTARES OF GRADED FOREST,

PEATLANDS AND FORESIGHT COULD

ALSO OBSERVE ALMOST ANOTHER 4

BILLION METRIC TONS.

PERHAPS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT,

THE OCEAN IS A VAST POTENTIAL

TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES IF

WE PROTECT IT.

FINALLY, THERE ARE TECHNOLOGIES

BEING DEVELOPED TO DRAW DOWN

CO2 FROM THE VISITOR BECAUSE

WE'VE ALREADY EMITTED TOO MUCH.

BUT VERY FEW OF THESE HAVE BEEN

DEPLOYED AND THEY ARE TOO

EXPENSIVE TO SCALE UP FASTER.

THIS IS THE CLIMATE CHALLENGE.

GOING FROM ADDING 85 BILLION

METRIC TONS OF GREENHOUSE GASES

TO THE AIR EACH YEAR, TO ADDING

ZERO BY 2050.

AT THE LATEST.

THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS NOW.

>> DAVID, I WILL BE HONEST, I

FIND IT HARD TO CONCEPTUALIZE

THIS.

LIKE 65 BILLION METRIC TONS,

THAT IS A HEAVY THING, OF

GREENHOUSE GAS, THAT IS A LIGHT

THING.

IT HAS TO BE A LOT OF A LIGHT

THING TO MAKE UP THAT MUCH OF

HEAVY, BUT THAT IS A LOT.

AND THEN WE HAVE TWO GET HALF

OF THAT BY 2030, NONE OF THAT

BY 2050.

FOR A LOT, A LOT, IS THAT EVEN

POSSIBLE?

>> IT IS A BIG PROBLEM.

I AM NOT GOING TO LIE.

AND, HONESTLY, WE ARE NOT GOING

IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THAT 55 BILLION NUMBER IS STILL

GROWING, SO IT IS GETTING TO BE

A BIGGER PROBLEM.

THE REALITY IS, CLIMATE CHANGE

IS ALREADY HERE.

WE HAVE ALL THE TOOLS WE NEED

TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM.

SO YEAH, I DO.

>> SOUNDING LIKE GETTING TO

THAT YES IS GOING TO TAKE A

MIGHTY EFFORT.

THANK YOU, DAVID.

NOW LET'S WELCOME A AMAZING

ACTRESS AND LEADER, THE

REVEREND LENNY CUBA, PRESIDENT

AND CEO OF THE HIP HOP CAUCUS.

>> WE ENSURE THAT THE INJUSTICE

OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS, MEANING

THOSE THAT HAVE BENEFITED FROM

FOSSIL FUELS FOR YEARS AND

DECADES, THAT THE INGESTION

THAT WAS BEING CAUSED, THEY CAN

FIND JUSTICE.

THEY CAN FIND RESOLVE IN

REGARDS TO THE ASPECT OF

CHANGING ENERGY POVERTY IN THE

COMMUNITY, WHEN THEY ARE PAYING

MORE FOR THE UTILITY BILL, THEY

CAN TRANSITION TO CLEAN

ELECTRICITY STANDARDS.

IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

CLAIMANT JUSTICE MEANS ALSO A

JUST TRANSITION.

SO THAT WHEN WE TRANSITION FROM

FOSSIL FUELS TO CLEAN ENERGY,

THAT WE TRANSITION IN A WAY

THAT HELPS ALL COMMUNITIES.

THAT WE DON'T PROP UP THE

SYSTEM OF WHITE SUPREMACY, OR

THIS SYSTEM OF COLONIALISM THAT

TAKES AWAY THE POWER FROM THOSE

COMMUNITIES.

WE DO IT IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS

FOR ALL COMMUNITIES TO BE

LIFTED UP. THAT IS THE MOST

AMAZING PART ABOUT THIS CRISIS.

THE MOST AMAZING PART ABOUT

THIS CRISIS, IS THAT IT BRINGS

US ALL TOGETHER.

BLACK, WHITE, BROWN, RED, MALE,

FEMALE, STRAIGHT, . HUMANS.

THIS CRISIS HAS FORCED US TO

BRING ALL OF US TOGETHER.

AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN WIN

THIS CRISIS, IS IF WE ALL COME

TOGETHER.

IF WE DON'T COME TOGETHER WE

LOSE.

AND SO THAT, IS THE ONLY WAY IT

HAPPENS BUT THAT IS THE WORD WE

HAVE TO GET OUT THERE.

WE CAN SOLVE IT TOGETHER.

BUT, DIVIDED WE FAIL.

>> THANK YOU, REVEREND

YEARWOOD.

CLIMATE CHANGE DOES AFFECT

LITERALLY EVERY PERSON ON THE

PLANET.

AND RACIAL INJUSTICE, POVERTY,

MASS MIGRATION, NATURAL

DISASTERS, EVEN PANDEMICS,

THESE ARE ALL CONNECTED AND

CLIMATE CHANGE IS MAKING ALL OF

THEM WORSE.

NOW, THIS IS THE THOUGHT WHERE

I USUALLY START TO SPIRAL INTO

DESPAIR.

AND, SO, TO PULL MYSELF AND ALL

OF US OUT OF THAT, I AM GOING

TO THROW TO A MAN WHO IS EITHER

THE FUNNIEST CLIMATE ACTIVISTS

I CAN THINK OF, OR THE CLIMATE

ACTIVIST INTEREST COMMUNITY

COMEDIAN.

RAINN WILSON.

>> GOOD EVENING, IT IS ME,

RAINN WILSON AND I REACHED OUT

TO SOME OF THE FUNNIEST PEOPLE

OF THE PLANET AND ASKED THEM

THIS VERY INTERESTING AND

CHALLENGING QUESTION.

IS THERE ANYTHING FUNNY ABOUT

CLIMATE CHANGE?

>> IS THERE ANYTHING FUNNY

ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE?

>> IS THERE ANYTHING FUNNY

ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE?

>> THERE IS SO MUCH, IT'S

HILARIOUS.

I MEAN, RISING SEAS, AND CROPS

FAILING, AND FOREST FIRES,

DEVASTATING HUGE TRACTS OF THE

EARTH.

I MEAN, THIS GOES ON AND ON AND

ON.

>> I PERSONALLY THINK HUMOR CAN

BE FOUND IN ABSOLUTELY

ANYTHING.

I THINK WITH A SUBJECT LIKE TO

CHANGE IT IS A LOT TOUGHER

BECAUSE IT IS A SERIOUS MATTER.

BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY HUMOR

IN THERE.

AND I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

OKAY.

ME FIND SOMETHING FUNNY ABOUT

CLIMATE CHANGE.

.

GIVE ME A SECOND.

>> MINNESOTA WILL BE THE NEW

MONACO, AND WHAT WAS ONCE A

PUNCHLINE, I TELL YOU, IS NOW A

PLACE OF REFUGE.

FROM THE FIRE AND TORNADOES.

YAY DARKNESS.

>> I LIVE IN NEW JERSEY, SO WE

HAVE THE JERSEY SHORE WHICH

WILL SADLY BE WASHED AWAY.

>> HERE IS THE THING, I AM IN

MISSISSIPPI, RIGHT NOW AND I

CAME OUTSIDE SO THAT I COULD

MAKE THIS VIDEO.

>> THERE IS THE IMAGE OF

EVERYBODY WATCHING THE JERSEY

SHORE TO SEE THAT PEOPLE WITH

THE FIST BUMPING AND STRAIGHT

HAND SINCE THEY WERE NINE YEARS

OLD AND THEN THEY GET WASHED

OUT TO SEA.

DROPPING AROUND LIKE ORANGE

BUTTERFLIES, HUMANS WITH THEIR

SPIKY HAIR AND PROTRUDING FROM

THE SURFACE OF THE WATER LIKE

SHARK FINS.

AND IT WILL BE HARD TO SURVIVE.

THAT MAKES ME LAUGH.

>> IT WOULD BE FUNNY IF I HAD A

STROKE AND DIED WHILE MAKING A

VIDEO.

ABOUT THE CLIMATE.

THAT WOULD BE FUNNY.

I HOPE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

>> OKAY, OKAY, NO, THAT'S NOT

FUNNY.

>> OKAY, SO THEY DID NOT REALLY

ANSWER THE QUESTION, BUT WE

WILL BRING BACK RAINN WILSON

AND HIS FRIENDS LATER, AND

HERE TO INTRODUCE THE FOUNDER

OF THE WHITAKER KEITH AND

DEVELOPMENT MEASURE, FOREST

WHITAKER.

WE HAVE DEFINING SOCIAL

CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME,

AFFECTING EVERY CONTINENT EVERY

COUNTRY AND EVERY PERSON.

WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS BY 2050

OR SOONER.

WHAT DOES THAT ZERO MEAN

EXACTLY?

AS WE HAVE HEARD, WE ARE

CURRENTLY PUMPING 55 BILLION

TONS A PLANET WARMING

GREENHOUSE GASES LIKE CARBON

DIOXIDE AND METHANE INTO OUR

ATMOSPHERE EACH YEAR.

WITH 0.7 FOR EACH PERSON ON THE

PLANET.

THE LARGEST SOURCE OF THOSE

EMISSIONS, GLOBALLY, IS COAL,

GAS, AND OIL FOR ELECTRICITY.

OTHER SOURCES INCLUDE INDUSTRY,

BUILDINGS, AND AGRICULTURE.

ONCE IN THE ABBESS ARE THOSE

CASSIS DON'T DISSOLVE THEY ARE

CUMULATIVE.

IT WAS THE PLANET AND WE DON'T

THINK THAT THE EXTREME WEATHER

EVENTS WILL WRECK ECONOMIES AND

DISPLACE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.

IN QUALITY AND POVERTY WILL BE

REINFORCED AROUND CAUSING

UPHEAVALS AND EVENTUALLY MORE.

THE WORK OF MY FOUNDATION TO

THE MOST VULNERABLE PLACES IN

THE WORLD HAS A VERSE ON THE

DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES OF

CLIMATE CHANGE ON OUR

COMMUNITIES.

WE CAN REDUCE EMISSIONS TO MAKE

SURE WE ARE NOT CONTRIBUTING

MORE TO THE ATMOSPHERE, AND ALSO

GIVE MORE TO NATURE.

THAT IS NET ZERO AND

ESSENTIALLY IT IS GETTING US

OUT OF DANGER ON THE PATH TO

BETTER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE

EQUITABLE FUTURE.

THESE NEXT COUNT IS BECAUSE

WILL SHARE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO BOTH

REDUCE AND REMOVE GREENHOUSE

GASES.

WHETHER IT IS INNOVATIVE

SOCIALIZING OR CUTTING EDGE

TECHNOLOGY.

WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK.

>> CLIMATE POLICY AND

AGREEMENTS ARE COMPLICATED.

BUT WHAT IS SIMPLE, IS THAT THE

MAJORITY OF EMISSIONS THAT ARE

TRAPPED IN OUR ATMOSPHERE TODAY,

COME FROM THREE PRODUCTS.

OIL, GAS, AND COAL.

FOR DECADES, OUR COUNTRIES HAVE

BEEN NEGOTIATING TARGETS.

BUT BEHIND OUR BACKS, THE

FOSSIL YOU WILL INDUSTRY HAS

BEEN GROWING PRODUCTION.

AND LOCKING IN FURTHER

EMISSIONS.

I STARTED REACHING OUT TO

CLIMATE POLICY EXPERTS FROM

AROUND THE WORLD.

BECAUSE I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND

WHAT FRAMEWORKS EXIST TO

NEGOTIATE WHO GETS TO PRODUCE

WHAT?

AND HOW MUCH.

WHAT POLICIES HELP GOVERNMENTS

REGULATE, CONSTRAIN THE

PRODUCTION SIDE OF FOSSIL FUELS?

I FOUND OUT THAT VERY FEW DO.

WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH FOSSIL

FUELS IN EXISTING

INSTALLATIONS, EVEN IF WE STOP

EXPANSION TODAY, OF OIL, GAS,

AND COAL IN EXISTING PROJECTS

TO USE WHILE WE CAREFULLY MANAGE

A FACEDOWN.

AND, SO, THE WORLD IS SPENDING

ITS INTELLECTUAL, FINANCIAL,

TECHNICAL CAPITAL TO DIG UP

STUFF THAT WE KNOW WE CAN'T

BURN.

AND IF WE DO, IT WILL BURN US.

SO, WHAT DO WE DO?

A YEAR AGO A GROUP OF ACADEMICS

, ADVOCATES, SCIENTISTS AND

FORMER DIPLOMATS, CAME TOGETHER

TO CREATE THE FOSSIL FUEL

NONPROLIFERATION INITIATIVE, TO

CREATE THE MISSING FRAMEWORK.

SO COUNTRIES CAN NEGOTIATE A

WIND DOWN OF FOSSIL FUELS IN A

WAY THAT IS FAIR.

IN A WAY THAT IS EQUITABLE.

SO HERE IS THE GOOD NEWS.

SUPPORT FOR THE TREATY IS

GROWING.

EVERY DAY I AM SO EXCITED TO

TURN ON MY COMPUTER.

101 NOBEL LAUREATES INCLUDING

THE DALAI LAMA HAVE ENDORSED

THE PRINCIPLES OF THE FOSSIL

FUEL TREATY.

CITIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

ARE PASSING MOTIONS THAT HAVE

THE CITY COUNCIL ENFORCING THE

FOSSIL FUEL TREATY.

RUSSELL LUNA, LA, VANCOUVER.

OVER 100 ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM

AROUND THE WORLD, FROM 20

COUNTRIES STARTED IN THE GLOBAL

SOUTH.

HAVE ENDORSED THE PRINCIPLES OF

A FOSSIL FUEL TREATY.

OVER 2000 SCIENTISTS HAVE NOW

ENDORSED THE PRINCIPLES OF THE

FOSSIL FUEL TREATY. INDIGENOUS

LEADERS, YOUTH GROUPS, OVER 800

CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS WHO

HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOSSIL FUEL

PROJECTS FOR DECADES.

ARE NOW CALLING ON THEIR

GOVERNMENTS TO NEGOTIATE A

TREATY TO KEEP IT IN THE GROUND.

A FOSSIL FUEL TREATY WILL HELP

US WIND DOWN THE PRODUCTION OF

FOSSIL FUELS.

IT WILL PROVIDE A COMPLIMENT AND

HELP US ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF

THE PARIS ACCORD.

IT IS A BIG, BOLD, NEW IDEA BUT

AT THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY, WE

NEED SOME BIG, BOLD, NEW IDEAS.

>> IN THE TIME IT TOOK ME TO

WALK ONSTAGE, AROUND 10 SECONDS,

MORE THAN 10,000 METRIC TONS OF

CLIMATE WARMING GASES HAVE BEEN

PUMPED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE FROM

HUMAN ACTIONS.

99% OF THIS POLLUTION IS CARBON

DIOXIDE.

CO2.

AND WE KNOW WE NEED TO REDUCE

IT.

THE OTHER 1% IS ALMOST ENTIRELY

METHANE.

WHICH MOSTLY COMES FROM

PRODUCING FOSSIL FUELS,

MANAGING WASTE, AND RAISING

LIVESTOCK.

BUT THAT 1% OF METHANE COULD

CAUSE MORE WARMING OVER THE NEXT

10 YEARS THAT ALL THAT CO2.

THIS IS BECAUSE METHANE ABSORBS

A LOT MORE ENERGY PER UNIT

MASS.

FOR REASONS RELATING TO ITS

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE, AND ITS

ABILITY TO FORM OTHER

GREENHOUSE GASES IN THE

ATMOSPHERE.

CO2 IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT CAN

LINGER IN THE ATMOSPHERE LONG

AFTER IT IS EMITTED.

WHICH MEANS WE MUST ACHIEVE NET

ZERO EMISSIONS TO EVENTUALLY

STABILIZE OUR CLIMATE.

THIS IS KEY FOR PROTECTING

GENERATIONS TO COME.

BUT WITH CLIMATE CHANGE ALREADY

DEVASTATING SO MANY LIVES

TODAY, WE CAN'T FOCUS ONLY ON

THE DISTANT FUTURE.

MY WORK AS A SCIENTIST IS TO

IDENTIFY WAYS TO SLOW DOWN

WARMING AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

SO THAT WE CAN LOWER THE RISKS

OF WORSENING DAMAGES IN THE

NEAR FUTURE.

THIS IS WHERE METHANE COMES IN.

THAT 1% OF METHANE MAY CAUSE

MORE WARMING THAN ALL THAT CO2

IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.

BUT IT ONLY LASTS IN THE ABBESS

FOR ONLY A DECADE.

METHANE'S WARMING POWER IS

THEREFORE NOT FROM THE GRADUAL

BUILDUP OVER TIME LIKE CO2, BUT

ALMOST ENTIRELY FROM RECENT

EMISSIONS.

THIS MEANS THAT EVERY TIME WE

REDUCE METHANE WE CAN REDUCE A

LOT OF WARMING, RIGHT AWAY.

IN FACT, CUTTING METHANE IS THE

SINGLE FASTEST MOST EFFECTIVE

OPPORTUNITY TO IMMEDIATELY SLOW

DOWN THE RATE OF WARMING.

AND THIS IS BECAUSE NOT ONLY

DOES METHANE ACT FAST, BUT

BECAUSE WE CAN ACT FAST.

WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO CUT

METHANE EMISSIONS FROM HUMAN

ACTIVITIES IN HALF.

AND EVEN BETTER, MANY OF THESE

SOLUTIONS PAY FOR THEMSELVES.

>> THE SINGLE LARGEST LAND,

AFRICA, AND A QUARTER OF ALL

LAND IS USED FOR LIVESTOCK.

THAT IS MORE THAN A FOREST OR

ANYTHING ELSE.

MOST OF THAT LAND IS BEST FOR

COWS.

THAT CAN DIGEST HIGH-FIBER

SEEDS SUCH AS GRASS AND SALT.

HOWEVER THE PROCESS BY WHICH

GRASS AND FIBER IS BROKEN UP IN

THE STOMACHS OF COWS AND OTHER

GRADING RUMINANTS, HAS PRODUCED

METHANE. A

GREENHOUSE GAS.

DESPITE WHAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD

ABOUT METHANE AND COWS, MOST OF

THE METHANE IS ACTUALLY FROM

COWS, NOT TO THE BACKEND.

IT IS BURPING.

THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT 2 BILLION

POUNDS OF CARBON DIOXIDE

EQUIVALENTS PER YEAR, OR MORE

THAN 4% OF OUR ANNUAL GLOBAL

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

WE HAVE A METHANE PROBLEM. SO

HOW CAN YOU REDUCE THIS METHANE

BURPS?

MY COLLEAGUES AND I MAY HAVE

FOUND A SOLUTION.

SEAWEED.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

SOME SEAWEED CONTAINS

INGREDIENTS THAT DIRECTLY

INHIBIT MICROBES IN THE COWS

GOT FROM FORMING METHANE.

WITHOUT INTERFERING WITH FOOD

DIGESTION.

THE AMOUNT OF METHANE PRODUCED

IS DEPENDENT UPON HOW MUCH THE

ANIMAL IS EATING AND WHAT IS IN

THE DIET, AND AS SUCH, PREVIOUS

EFFORTS TO REDUCE METHANE

EMISSIONS FOCUSED ON CHANGING

THE DIET OR IMPROVING FOREST

QUALITY.

AND WE DO HAVE POTENTIAL

SOLUTIONS OTHER THAN SEAWEED TO

REDUCE METHANE EMISSIONS.

ONE OF THE ADDITIVES TO FEED

SUCH AS THIS REDUCE EMISSIONS

BY ABOUT 30%, EVEN GARLIC AND

CITRUS EXTRACTS CAN REDUCE

METHANE BURPS BY OVER 20%

WITHOUT AFFECTING ANIMAL HEALTH

AND ACTIVITY.

NOW, YOU MAY ASK WHY NOT STOP

EATING BEEF AND DRINKING MILK?

AND THAT WOULD BE A GOOD

QUESTION.

SO, I DON'T THINK A PLANT-BASED

DIET WITH SUPPLEMENTS MAY HELP

SHRINK A PERSON'S CARBON

FOOTPRINT IN HIGH INCOME

COUNTRIES LIKE THE U.S. BUT,

FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD,

THESE ARE FOODS ARE NEEDED TO

PROVIDE KEY NUTRIENTS SUCH AS

VITAMIN B12 AND VITAMIN A WHICH

ARE CRITICAL FOR BRAIN FUNCTION

, VISION, AND IMMUNITY.

THESE ARE FOUND ALMOST

EXCLUSIVELY IN BEEF AND MILK.

ALL WE NEED NOW, IS FOR

GOVERNMENTS TO STEP UP AND

FACILITATE THE USE OF THIS

METHANE BESTING FOOD ADDITIVES.

INDUSTRIES IN SOME COUNTRIES

HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED TO

CLIMATE EQUALITY BY 2050, BUT

IF WE CAN GET THIS FOOD

ADDITIVE INNOVATIONS INTO COWS

STOMACHS EARLIER, WE CAN CUT

METHANE BURPS SIGNIFICANTLY.

GIVEN THAT METHANE ONLY LASTS

IN THE ATMOSPHERE FOR A DECADE

OR SO, WE COULD EVEN SLOW

GLOBAL WARMING IN THE SHORT

TERM.

>> ABOUT 600 MILLION PEOPLE IN

AFRICA STILL DON'T HAVE

RELIABLE ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY.

AFRICA NEEDS ENERGY AND LOTS OF

ENERGY.

BUT THE QUESTION IS, WHAT KIND?

OF ENERGY, AND IN 2013, THE

GOVERNMENT OF MY COUNTRY,

GHANA, BEGAN NEGOTIATIONS TO

CONSTRUCT A CALL PLAN.

A 700 MEGAWATTS COAL PLANT. IN

THE CENTER REGION OF GHANA.

IN AFRICA, ECONOMIC

OPPORTUNITIES ARE THE PRIORITY.

AND THOSE WITH THE SAME

ARGUMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY

THOSE WHO WERE IN SUPPORT OF

THE PROJECT.

THEY CLAIMED THAT THE PROJECT

FOR THE COLD PLANT WOULD HAVE

TRADED JOBS FOR PEOPLE AND ALSO

EXPANDED THE ECONOMY OF THE

COUNTRY.

BUT WE KNOW THAT CALL IS THE

MOST TERRIBLE FORM OF THE

GENERATION.

FROM A CLIMATE POINT OF VIEW,

COAL IS CHEAP.

BUT THAT IS ONLY TRUE WHEN WE

IGNORE PARTS OF THE USE OF

COAL.

GHANA AND AFRICA NEED ENERGY.

BUT WE DON'T WANT CALL TO BE

THAT ENERGY.

WE HAVE MANAGED TO SHUT DOWN

THE COAL PLANT AND WE DIDN'T

WANT CALL TO BE PART OF THE

COUNTRY'S ENERGY SYSTEM.

OUR EXPERIENCE SHOWS THAT

RESISTANCE IS POSSIBLE.

HOW?

BY BRINGING A CONVERSATION THE

ADVERSE IMPACTS AND REALITIES

OF THE COAL PLANT, SECONDLY, BY

PROVIDING CLEAN ALTERNATIVES.

AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, BY

INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES

THAT WILL BE IMPACTED. THEY

MUST ALSO HAVE A SAFE WAY TO BE

IN THE CONVERSATION.

IN THE LAST DECADE ECONOMY HAS

MOVED AT A FAST PACE.

IT HAS LOWERED ITS COST

DRAMATICALLY.

AFRICA CAN AND MUST DEVELOP

WITH ALL THE ENERGY IT

REQUIRES, WITHOUT INCURRING THE

DISASTROUS IMPACTS OF COAL.

I HAVE SEEN DESIRED

CONSEQUENCES IN DEVELOPING

CLEAN AIR MUST NOT USE CALL.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU TO FOREST AND ALL

OF THE SPEAKERS, COMING UP WE

HAVE MORE TALKS FROM THE TED

COUNTDOWN STAGE AND WE WILL BE

HEARING FROM VICE PRESIDENT AL

GORE, PLUS MICHAELA JAC

RODRIGUEZ, JOAQUIN PHOENIX,

ROONEY MARA, PERFORMANCES BY

VALERIE JUNE AND DAVE MATTHEWS.

NOW, DAVID, LISTENING TO

EXCERPTS FROM THE TALK, IT IS

CLEAR TO ME WHAT CORPORATIONS

NEED TO DO.

WHAT COUNTRIES NEED TO DO.

BUT, THE THING THAT TRIPS ME UP

IS, LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT HAVE

TO DO WITH ME?

I AM JUST ONE GUY, I AM JUST A

SMALL FRY.

YEAH, DOES ANYTHING I DO MATTER

, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER?

FOR BETTER OR WORSE?

>> PERSONAL, ALL THOSE ENTITIES

THAT YOU MENTIONED,

CORPORATIONS, COUNTRIES, ARE

MADE UP OF INDIVIDUALS.

OF COURSE WHAT YOU DO AS AN

INDIVIDUAL MATTERS.

YOU MAY THINK OF YOURSELF AS A

SMALL FRY BUT I THINK OF YOU AS

SOMEBODY WHO MAYBE WORKS FOR A

CORPORATION AND MAYBE YOU CAN

PUSH THAT CORPORATION TO TAKE

MORE CLIMATE ACTION.

I THINK OF YOU AS A CITIZEN, AS

A BOATER.

MAYBE YOU CAN VOTE FOR CLIMATE

AWARE CANDIDATES, AND PUSH

THEM.

TO TAKE STRONGER CLIMATE

ACTIONS.

YOU ARE ALSO A MEMBER OF A

COMMUNITY, A FAMILY MEMBER, A

DAD, A BROTHER, A SON.

PROBABLY ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

SO, HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS

WITH YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS.

TALK ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE

BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONLY WAY WE

WILL GET THIS DONE.

>> DATES, DAVID, YOU MAKE ME

FEEL IMPORTANT.

IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT HOW YOU

CAN TAKE ACTION, TED COUNTDOWN

SPEAKER, WHO USE ARE THERE, HAS

PARTNERED WITH AN INITIATIVE

CALLED COUNT US IN TO HELP US

ALL BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.

TO FIND OUT MORE GO TO

COUNTDOWN.TED.COM.

IT SOUNDS KIND OF TRIVIAL, BUT

WHAT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT

ASSET YOU HAVE, IS YOUR

ATTENTION.

TALK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING,

TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOUR FAMILY,

TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOUR

FRIENDS, WITH YOUR DENTAL

HYGIENIST.

CIRCLE UP WITH AN AMPLIFIED

TALK WITH FOLKS IN YOUR

COMMUNITY WHO ARE WORKING ON

THE COOK SOLUTIONS, YOU CAN

EVEN, I DON'T KNOW, HOST A 10 X

EVENT ABOUT IT.

TAKE A LOOK.

'S

>>

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>> THE COUNTY IS ORGANIZING A

COUNT ON EVENT TO INSPIRE,

INVOKE, AND ENCOURAGE

CORRECTIVE ACTION TO MITIGATE

THE GREATEST CHALLENGE OF OUR

TIME.

I MAY CHANGE.

>> WE NEED A SAFE ENVIRONMENT,

IT IS NOT DEBATABLE, AS A

RESULT I'M ORGANIZING MY

COMMUNITY.

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]

>> [ SPEAKING ANOTHER LANGUAGE

]

>> I AM ORGANIZING A COUNT ON

EVENT FOR MY COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE I WANT TO HELP THEM

UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYBODY MAKES

A DIFFERENCE.

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

>> WE CAN CHANGE THE CLIMATE

CHANGE.

>> JOINED ME,

>> JOINED ME, JOIN ME IN TAKING

ACTION TODAY.

>> WHAT BETTER WORLD CAN WE

BUILD TOGETHER IF WE TOLD MORE

STORIES ABOUT OUR COOPERATIVE

NATURE?

ABOUT OUR DEEP CONNECTION TO

THE WORLD.

OR IF WE SERVE VISIONS OF THE

FUTURE, NOT BY SOME HOLLYWOOD

DISCOVERY, DEVOID OF ANYTHING,

BUT SHARED VISIONS OF A

THRIVING, ECOLOGICAL

CIVILIZATION BUILT ON NATURES

ORGANIZING PRINCIPLES.

EVERY DAY WE TELL STORIES.

TO OURSELVES, TO OUR FRIENDS,

AND ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA

PLATFORM.

WHAT STORIES ARE YOU CHOOSING

TO TELL?

ARE THEY CONTINUING TO ENFORCE

A NARRATIVE OF THIS GENERATION

OR INSPIRING AND EXCITING

OTHERS WITH STORIES OF

REGENERATION.

>> I AM COMMITTED TO FIGHTING

CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOLVING THE

CLIMATE CRISIS.

TO CHANGING CLIMATE CHANGE

BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT WHILE

PIPER'S

>> TO HONOR MY ANCESTORS AND

PROTECT MY KIDS FUTURE.

>> I CAN EAT A BETTER WORLD FOR

MY TWO LITTLE SCIENTISTS AT

HOME FOR US.

WE HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE.

BUT TO FIGHT FOR OUR FUTURE

GENERATIONS

>> I AM EXCITED FOR THE GREEN

FUTURE I WANT CLEANER ENERGY,

YES, IT IS SO EXCITING.

>> EVERYTHING ON THIS PLANET

SHARE THE SAME ENVIRONMENT.

AND WE NEED TO PROTECT IT I RE-

WHILE THE NATURAL PLACES, WE

CAN ENSURE THE WILDERNESS IS

PRESERVED FOR GENERATIONS TO

COME.

>> THIS IS OUR TIME.

THIS IS OUR MOMENT, SO I AM

GOING TO DO ALL THAT I CAN FOR

THE NEXT GENERATION TO HAVE

CLEAN WATER, AND CLEAN AIR.

>> PEOPLE OF EARTH, THANK YOU

AGAIN FOR JOINING US FOR THOSE

JUST TUNING IN THIS IS

COUNTDOWN AND WE ARE COMING

LIVE FROM THE TED THEATER IN

NEW YORK CITY, I AM A HOUSE,

LATIF NASSER.

COUNTDOWN PARTNERED WITH

CLIMATE INDIVIDUALS TO SUBMIT

PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO CLIMATE

PROBLEMS.

THEY RECEIVED OVER 5000 FROM

PHOTOGRAPHERS AND 185

COUNTRIES, DURING THE

PERFORMANCE OR WAS HE JUST SOME

OF THE EYE-POPPING IMAGES THAT

CAME IN.

HERE WITH HER SONG, ASTRAL

PLANES, AS SINGER, SONGWRITER,

VALERIE JUNE.

♪

>> WHEN WE GET INTO THE BODY WE

CONCENTRATE LIGHT AND SARDIS,

WE HUMANS ARE STARDUST.

WE HAVE THIS LIGHT IN US AND WE

ARE BORN TO SHINE IN THIS BODY.

WE COME IN ALL SIZES AND ALL

SHAPES.

AND WE HAVE ONE JOB TO DO IN

THIS LIFE AND, LIKE I SAID, IT

IS TO SHINE.

AND SIGN FULLY, AND COMPLETELY,

EVERY SINGLE DAY.

BUT SOMETIMES WE FORGET AND

TURN ON THE NEWS AND IT TELLS

US TO FORGET, FORGET, FORGET,

DON'T SHINE.

I AM TELLING YOU, SO THAT YOU

CAN REMEMBER, SHINE FEARLESSLY

TOGETHER TO PROTECT OUR PLANET

AND OUR FUTURE.

♪ IS THERE A LIGHT YOU HAVE

INSIDE YOU?

CAN'T TOUCH.

A LOOKING GLASS CAN ONLY SHOW

YOU SO MUCH, BUT IF YOU FOLLOW

THE SIGNS, SLOWLY BUT STEADILY,

DON'T RUSH. THE DAY WILL COME

WHEN YOU ARE READY JUST TRUST.

YOU'LL BE DANCING ON THE ASTRAL

PLANE.

HOLY WATER, CLEANSING RAIN.

FLOATING THROUGH THE

STRATOSPHERE, BLIND, BUT YET

SEE SO CLEAR.

IS THERE A WAY?

FOR YOU TO SHINE WITHOUT FEAR?

OUT FROM OTHER WORLDS, THAT CAN

YOU SAY WHAT KEEPS YOU HERE.

DANCING ON THE ASTRAL PLANE.

HOLY WATER, CLEANSING RAIN,

FLOATING THROUGH THE

STRATOSPHERE.

BLIND, BUT YET SEE SO CLEAR.

DANCING ON THE ASTRAL PLANE.

HOLY WATER, CLEANSING RAIN.

FLOATING THROUGH THE

STRATOSPHERE, BLIND, BUT YET

YOU SEE SO CLEAR.

LINE, BUT YET YOU SEE, BLIND,

BUT YET YOU SEE, BLIND, BUT YET

YOU SEE, BLIND, BUT YET YOU SEE

SO CLEAR.

IS THERE A WAY?

FOR YOU TO GIVE IT ALL,

DREAMING A DREAM, OF SWEETER

THINGS GREAT OR SMALL.

DANCING ON THE ASTRAL PLANE,

HOLY WATER, CLEANSING RAIN.

FLOATING THROUGH THE

STRATOSPHERE, BLIND, BUT YET

YOU SEE SO CLEAR.

DANCING ON THE ASTRAL PLANE,

HOLY WATER, CLEANSING RAIN.

FLOATING TO THE STRATOSPHERE,

BLIND, BUT YET YOU SEE SO CLEAR.

DANCING ON THE ASTRAL PLANE,

HOLY WATER, CLEANSING RAIN.

FLOATING THROUGH THE

STRATOSPHERE, BLIND, BUT YET

YOU SEE SO CLEAR.

BLIND BUT YOU SEE, BLIND BULLET

YOU SEE, BLIND BUT YET YOU SEE,

BLIND BUT YET YOU SEE SO CLEAR.

THERE IS A LIGHT. THAT YOU HAVE

INSIDE YOU.

CAN YOU TOUCH. DON'T FORGET.

♪

>> BEAUTIFUL, THANK YOU,

VALERIE.

THE CLIMATE CHANGE MISSION HERE

AT COUNTDOWN IS PRETTY SIMPLE,

BREAK THE PROBLEM DOWN WITH

THE SOLUTIONS UP AND GET THEM

OUT INTO THE WORLD.

EARLIER WE HEARD THAT THE

SCIENCE IS CLEAR.

WE MUST CUT EMISSIONS IN HALF

BY 2030.

THAT IS NOT LONG, NINE YEARS

AWAY ABOUT THE LIFESPAN OF A

RABBIT, NOT THAT LONG.

SO WHETHER IT IS A NEW SOLUTION

OR THE ONES WE'VE ALREADY GOT,

WE HAVE TO HOP TO IT.

NOW, EVEN IF YOU DON'T FULLY

UNDERSTAND THE SCIENCE AND I

WILL BE TOTALLY HONEST, I DO

NOT.

MOST OF US JUST HAVE TO LOOK

OUTSIDE OUR WINDOWS TO WITNESS

FIRSTHAND THE DIRE CONSEQUENCES

OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

DON'T TAKE IT FROM ME, TAKE IT

FROM ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND

AMERICA'S WEATHERMAN, AL ROKER.

>> FEROCIOUS TROPICAL STORMS

AND FLOODS, DEVASTATING

WILDFIRES AND DROUGHTS.

RECORD-BREAKING HEAT WAVES AND

COLD BLASTS.

I WILL TELL YOU, AS SOMEBODY

WHO HAS COVERED THE WEATHER ON

TELEVISION FOR MORE THAN 25

YEARS, WE HAVE NEVER BEFORE

WITNESSED SUCH EXTREME CLIMATE

EVENTS.

AND THESE ARE NOT HAPPENING

JUST IN OUR COUNTRY THEY ARE

HAPPENING ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

AND MORE FREQUENTLY, AND MORE

SEVERELY.

AND SCIENTIFICALLY, CREDIBLE

SCIENTISTS AGREE THAT THESE

EVENTS ARE IN DIRECT RESULT OF

CLIMATE CHANGE AND THAT CLIMATE

CHANGE IS ROOTED IN HUMAN

BEHAVIOR.

WE AS A GLOBAL COMMUNITY, IF WE

DON'T MAKE DRASTIC CHANGES

TODAY, KIDS WHO ARE BORN TODAY

WILL FACE A LIFETIME OF CLIMATE

DISASTERS.

JUST IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS,

JUST IN THE HURRICANES THAT WE

HAVE COVERED, THE RAPIDLY

INTENSIFYING STORMS THAT JUST

SEEM TO GO ON AND ON, THE

WILDFIRE SEASONS THAT DON'T

END.

IT IS TIME NOW FOR DECISIVE

ACTION.

WE HAVE TO TRY TO STOP OR AT

LEAST MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE

TO REDUCE EXTREME WEATHER AND,

MOST IMPORTANT, SAFEGUARD THE

FUTURE FOR OUR FAMILIES AND OUR

PLANET.

FOR MORE ON EXTREME WEATHER,

LET'S LISTEN IN TO A

CONVERSATION BETWEEN DAVID

BIELLO AND VICE PRESIDENT AL

GORE AT THE COUNTDOWN SITE.

>> WHAT IS EXTREME WEATHER?

>> THE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS

WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING IN

RECENT YEARS, ARE CAUSED, IN

SIGNIFICANT MEASURE, BY ALL THE

MAN-MADE GLOBAL WARMING

POLLUTION THAT WE'VE BEEN

PUTTING INTO THE THEN THIN SHELL

ABOUT MISSOURI AROUND THE

PLANET.

THAT GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTION

ACCORDING TO SCIENTIST, HAS

TRAPPED HEAT BECAUSE THE EARTH

GETS ITS ENERGY FROM THE SUN

AND THEN, SOME OF THAT HEAT IS

RADIATED BACK INTO SPACE AS

INFRARED.

THERE IS A NATURAL GREENHOUSE

LAYER THAT KEEPS TEMPERATURES

WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES THAT ARE

IDEAL FOR THE LIFE THAT HAS

EMERGED HERE ON EARTH.

BUT BY SICKENING THAT

GREENHOUSE GAS LAYER, WITH LOTS

OF CO2 FROM THE BURNING OF

FOSSIL FUELS AND METHANE AND SO

FORTH, IT TRAPS A LOT MORE

HEAT.

IN FACT, WE ARE PUTTING 162

MILLION TONS OF IT EVERY SINGLE

DAY, USING THE SKY AS AN OPEN

SEWER.

AND THE ACCUMULATED AMOUNT NOW

TRAPS AS MUCH EXTRA HEAT AS

WOULD BE RELEASED BY 600,000

FIRST-GENERATION NUCLEAR BOMBS

GOING OFF EVERY 24 HOURS.

THAT IS A LOT OF HEAT.

AND WHAT THAT DOES, IS DISRUPT

THE WATER CYCLE, THE WIND

PATTERNS ARE DIFFERENT, THE

OCEAN CURRENTS ARE NOW BEING

PUSHED TOWARD NEW PATTERNS, AND

SINCE WEATHER IS THE RESULT OF

CLIMATE PATTERNS THAT HAVE

EMERGED OVER A LONG PERIOD OF

TIME, WHEN THE CLIMATE PATTERN

IS PUSHED OUT OF ITS FAMILIAR

SHAPE THEN THE EXTREME WEATHER

EVENTS OCCUR.

>> SO DRY AIR GETS DRIER, WHAT

AREAS GET BETTER AND YOU JUST

GET SO MUCH MORE WATER IN A

SHORTER AMOUNT OF TIME?

>> YES, THE EXTRA HEAT THAT IS

TRAPPED IN THE EARTH SYSTEM,

EVAPORATES A LOT MORE WATER

VAPOR OF THE OCEANS, THIS FEEDS

ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS THAT, ON

AVERAGE, HAVE AS MUCH WATER AS

25 MISSISSIPPI RIVERS AND WHEN

THEY REACH STORM CONDITIONS THAT

TRIGGER A DOWNPOUR, YOU GET A

RAIN BOND AS SOME PEOPLE CALL

THEM, AND SOMETIMES IT IS AN

AIRBORNE TSUNAMI.

AND YOU GET ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF

RAIN.

ALSO, SO, IF THE CONDITIONS ARE

COLD ENOUGH.

AND THAT SAME HEAT ALSO PULLS

THE MOISTURE OUT OF THE FIRST

METER OF SOIL SO THAT THE

DROUGHTS TAKE HOLD MORE

QUICKLY.

AND LAST LONGER.

SO YOU GET BOTH MORE DROUGHTS

AND MORE FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.

>> ANYWHERE YOU LOOK, ALL

AROUND THE WORLD, EXTREME

WEATHER IS HAPPENING. CAN WE

EXPECT MORE OF THIS IN THE

FUTURE?

WILL HE GET WORSE?

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

>> THE SCIENTISTS HAVE WARNED

US THAT AS BAD AS THESE EXTREME

WEATHER EVENTS ARE, THEY ARE

NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT WE

COULD EXPERIENCE IN THE FUTURE,

IF WE DON'T STOP USING THE SKY

AS AN OPEN SEWER FOR ALL OF

THIS HEAT GRABBING POLLUTION.

>> WHAT GIVES YOU HOPE THAT WE

WILL DO THAT?

>> THE HELP I FEEL, IS BASED IN

PART ON THE AMAZING PROGRESS

THAT SCIENTISTS AND

TECHNOLOGISTS HAVE MADE IN

DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVES TO THE

BURNING OF FOSSIL FUEL.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES, IN PLACE OF

INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES.

REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE, THAT

PUTS MORE CO2 BACK INTO THE

SOIL AND THE VEGETATION,

SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY TO PROTECT

THE FOREST AREAS. PROTECTION OF

THE OCEANS, WE HAVE SEEN THE

SOLUTIONS EMERGE ALMOST LIKE

THE DEVELOPMENT OF VACCINES IN

RECORD TIME.

WE HAVE SEEN SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY GIVE US SOLUTIONS

FOR THE CLIMATE CRISIS IN

RECORD TIME.

BUT JUST AS WITH THE VACCINE,

WE'VE GOT TO DEPLOY THEM AND WE

HAVE GOT TO STRAIGHTEN OUT OUR

POLITICAL DYSFUNCTIONS.

IN ORDER TO DEPLOY THEM ALL

AROUND THE WORLD.

WE ARE ONE WORLD, ECOLOGICALLY,

AND IN TERMS OF THE PANDEMIC

THREAT, CERTAINLY IN TERMS OF

THE CLIMATE RISES.

AND WE HAVE TO DEPLOY THESE

SOLUTIONS WORLDWIDE.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US,

FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> A BIG COUNTDOWN, THANK YOU,

TO VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE FOR

STARTING THIS ISSUE OUT FROM

THE ROOFTOPS FOR DECADES.

AND A SMALLER COUNTDOWN THEY

GIVE TO THE PLAZA MALL WHERE A

GRAPH FOR SELLING ME A PUT A

COPY OF HIS GROUNDBREAKING

DOCUMENTARY, LABELED AND

INCONVENIENT TRUTH.

>> THAT IS NOT A JOKE, I SIMPLY

SAY IT IS THE INCONVENIENT

TRUTH.

LET'S GET TO SOME OF THE

PEOPLE'S QUESTIONS FOR YOU, WE

ACTUALLY HAD A LOT OF GREAT

ONES ABOUT ELECTRIC CAR

BATTERIES, OCEANS, THE IMPACT

OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HEALTH.

WE WILL COVER THIS, DON'T

WORRY, IN TALKS COMING UP.

BUT HERE, LET'S JUST START WITH

THE PERSON I HAVE HER HERE FOR

YOU.

1.5 VERSUS TWO DEGREES CELSIUS,

DOES IT REALLY SOUND LIKE A BIG

DEAL?

LIKE I CAN RELATE, MY

THERMOSTAT AT HOME THERE IS NOT

EVEN AN OPTION FOR A HALF

DEGREE.

WHY DOESN'T HAVE TO MATTER?

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION,

THANK YOU.

SO, ONE WAY TO THINK ABOUT THAT

IS TO ROLL IT BACK.

IF YOU WENT ROUGHLY THAT SAME

AMOUNT OF TEMPERATURE DOWN, THE

GLOBAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WE

WOULD BE BACK IN AN ICE AGE.

THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

THE EARTH COVERED IN ICE AND

THE EARTH WE LIVE ON RIGHT NOW.

SO ROLL IT FORWARD, AND WE'VE

ONLY GOT ABOUT A DEGREES CELSIUS

SO FAR.

WE ARE ALREADY SEEING MORE

FIRES, FLOODS, DROUGHTS,

EXTREME WEATHER, LIKE YOU JUST

HEARD ABOUT.

WE HAVE TO STOP.

EVERY 10th OF A DEGREE MATTERS.

AND THAT IS WHY THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN 1.5 AND TWO IS SO

IMPORTANT.

IT IS NOT LIKE WE FALL OFF A

CLIFF AT 2, I WANT TO BE REAL,

BUT 2.1 IS INFINITELY BETTER

THAN 3. AND SO FORTH.

>> IT IS AN AVERAGE, TOO,

RIGHT?

>> YES, EXACTLY.

>> ANOTHER QUESTION, AND THIS

MAKES SENSE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE

TALKING FROM THEIR WALLET,

ENERGY PRICES ARE RISING.

AROUND THE WORLD.

SOME PEOPLE BLAME RENEWABLE

ENERGY SOURCES LIKE SOLAR AND

WIND, IS THAT TRUE?

>> IT IS NOT.

SPOILER ALERT.

SO, THE SHORT ANSWER TO THAT IS

IT IS THE REVERSE.

IT IS ACTUALLY FOSSIL FUELS

THAT ARE CAUSING THE INSTABILITY

IN MANAGING PRICES FOR YOU

DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR CENTER,

YOU DO HAVE TO PAY FOR COAL OIL

AND NATURAL GAS BECAUSE

SOMEBODY DUG IT UP.

AND WHAT IS HAPPENING, LET'S

TAKE THE EXAMPLE OF THE EU

WHERE THEY ARE HAVING AN ENERGY

CRISIS AND WHY?

IT IS NOT BECAUSE THEY BUILT

ALL THOSE WINDMILLS ARE PUT IN

ALL THE SOLAR PANELS AND ALL

THE OTHER THING THEY HAVE DONE,

IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE RELIANT

ON RUSSIAN GAS.

AND YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR RUSSIAN

GAS.

THAT'S IT.

>> ALL RIGHT, IF YOU HAVE MORE

QUESTIONS FOR DAVID, TO IS USING

THE HASHTAG #TEDCOUNTDOWN UP

WITH THEM IN THE CHAT BELOW.

NOW, LET'S WELCOME AN ACTOR,

SINGER, ACTIVIST WHO IS A

MEMBER OF CLIMATE POWERS

CREATIVE COUNSEL ADVISORY

BOARD, TO INTRODUCE MORE

MICHAELA JACRODRIGUEZ.

>> I AM MICHAELA JAC RODRIGUEZ,

FOOD, WATER, AIR, THESE ARE THE

BARE MINIMUM WE NEED TO

SURVIVE.

AND THEY ARE ALL PROVIDED BY

THE AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL PLANET

WE CALL HOME.

BUT WE ARE DESTROYING IT.

ACTUALLY, REMOVER THE FIRST

TIME I SAW MY FIRST NATURAL

DISASTER, AND NOT ONLY WAS I

WORRY, AND SCARED, BUT I WAS

DRIVEN TO ACTION.

WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REVERSE

ALL THE DAMAGE WE HAVE CAUSED,

BUT WE CAN STOP ADDING TO THE

PROBLEM BY PROTECTING THE

INVALUABLE RESOURCES WE HAVE

LEFT.

WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO

TRANSFORM OUR WILD SPACES

WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS,

ALLOWING NATURE TO HELP US

CLEAN UP OUR MESS AND, IN TURN,

SAVE MILLIONS OF LIVES.

WE MUST SAVE THE NATURAL WORLD

TO SAVE OURSELVES.

THESE NEXT 10 COUNTDOWN

SPEAKERS ARE HERE TO TELL US

HOW.

>> TODAY, GLOBALLY, ONLY 7% OF

THE OCEAN AND LESS THAN A FIFTH

OF OUR LAND HAS BEEN PROTECTED.

THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE

CONVERTED MOST OF OUR PLANET

INTO A PAYING ENVIRONMENT.

WHERE 90% OF THE MAMMALS IS US

AND OUR DOMESTICATED LIVESTOCK.

ONLY 4% IS EVERYTHING ELSE.

FROM PANDAS TO TIGERS TO

ELEPHANTS.

AND WE HAVE REMOVED OVER 90% OF

THE LARGE FISH IN THE OCEAN IN

THE LAST CENTURY ALONE.

ON TOP OF THE LAWS OF NATURE,

WE HAVE GLOBAL WARMING.

THE SUMMER OF 2021 HAS SEEN

SOME OF THE HOTTEST

TEMPERATURES IN HUMAN HISTORY.

IN PLACES THAT ONE WOULD EXPECT

TO BE CALLED.

LIKE CANADA, FINLAND, AND

SIBERIA.

HEAT KILLS HUNDREDS OF

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, FUELS

RAGING WILDFIRES TURNING TOWNS,

FORCE, AND GRASSLANDS INTO

ASHES.

ALSO KILLING BILLIONS OF

INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS AND TREES.

AND MANY CORAL REEFS AROUND THE

WORLD.

NO PLACE IS SAFE ANYMORE.

UNLESS WE REALLY WILD OUR PLANET

, IF WE ARE TO PREVENT A GLOBAL

DISASTER, WE NEED TO DO TWO

THINGS, AS WE KNOW, WE NEED TO

REDUCE EMISSIONS OF GREENHOUSE

GASES TO ALMOST 0. BUT, WE ALSO

NEED TO THROW DOWN THE EXCESS

CARBON POLLUTION IN ABBOTSFORD

AND IN THE OCEAN.

THAT IS WHY IN 2018 I PUT

TOGETHER A TEAM OF TOP

SCIENTISTS AND ECONOMISTS TO

ANSWER THE QUESTION OF WHICH IT

IS IN THE OCEAN, WE MUST

PROTECT FIRST WHILE WE NEED TO

KNOW HOW MUCH TO PROTECT, WE

DEVELOPED A NEW FRAMEWORK WITH

MULTIPLE BENEFITS.

THINKING WHICH AREAS TO

PROTECT, DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH WE

VALUE THE DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES.

WE FOUND THAT IF WE GAVE THE

STATE WEIGHT TO EACH BUY FOOD

AND KARMA, WE WOULD WANT TO

PROTECT THE RIGHT 45% OF THE

OCEAN, TO MAXIMIZE THOSE THREE

BENEFITS.

WE ALSO FOUND THAT EVEN IF WE

DIDN'T VALUE BIODIVERSITY, THE

MINIMUM AMOUNT OF OCEAN WE

WOULD PROTECT WOULD BE 30%.

SO, 30% OF THE OCEAN IS THE

FLOOR, THE MINIMUM AREA, THAT

WE NEED TO PROTECT IF WE WANT

TO PRESERVE MARINE LIFE AND ALL

THE BENEFITS IT PROVIDES FOR

PEOPLE.

SIMILAR ANALYSES HAVE BEEN DONE

FOR THE LAND.

ALSO SHOWING 30% AS A MINIMUM.

ARMED WITH THIS RESEARCH WE

HAVE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

PARTNERED WITH THIS CAMPAIGN

FURNITURE, AND MEANING AT LEAST

30% OF THE PLANET, LAND AND

SEA, PROTECTED BY 2030.

WORKING WITH THE GOVERNMENTS OF

COSTA RICA, FRANCE, AND THE

UNITED KINGDOM, WE BUILT A HIGH

AMBITION COALITION FOR NATURE

AND PEOPLE WHICH NOW HAS 66

COUNTRIES IN IT AND GROWING.

ALL SUPPORTING 30 BY 30 BY THE

MAIN TALLY FOR THE GLOBAL DEAL

OF NATURE.

30% OF OUR PLANET BY 2030.

ONLY THAT AMOUNT OF WILD NATURE

TOGETHER WITH A MASSIVE

REDUCTION IN CARBON ISSUES WILL

GET US BACK ON TRACK.

>> WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THE

OCEAN IS A VITAL PART OF OUR

LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM ON THE

PLANET.

IT PRODUCES AT LEAST 50% OF THE

OXYGEN WE BREATHE, SO MORE THAN

ONE IN EVERY TWO BREATHS.

IT ALSO REGULATES TEMPERATURE

FOR THE PLANET SO WITHOUT THE

OCEAN THE POLLS WOULD BE UNDER

THE COLD AND THE EQUATOR WOULD

BE UNDER THE HOT AND IT WOULD

BE A LOT HARDER TO LIVE.

WE THINK ABOUT SAVING THE

OCEAN, FROM PLASTIC OR FROM OIL

AND OIL SPILLS OR FROM

OVERFISHING, BUT, REALLY, WE

SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT HOW

THE OCEAN IS SAVING US.

AND WHAT IS IT SAVING US FROM?

IT IS SAVING US FROM THE

CLIMATE CHANGE THAT WE ARE

CREATING, ESSENTIALLY FORM

OURSELVES.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CLIMATE

ACTION AND CLIMATE STUDIES

USING CLIMATE PLANS, WE OFTEN

OVERLOOK THE OCEAN AND LEAVE IT

OUT BECAUSE SOMEHOW WE THINK

THAT SAVING THE OCEAN IS

SOMETHING ELSE WE HAVE TO DO,

NOT A PART OF THE CLIMATE

STRATEGY.

AND THAT IS WHAT HAS TO CHANGE.

BECAUSE THE OCEAN IS A CORE

PART OF OUR CLIMATE SYSTEM.

AND IT HAS TO BE A CORE PART OF

OUR CLIMATE SOLUTION.

>> THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS A

HEALTH CRISIS.

IT IS WATER, AIR, FOOD,

SHELTER, SECURITY, ALL THE

BASICS ON WHICH HUMAN LIGHT

EXISTS.

BURNING FOSSIL FUELS FOR

ELECTRICITY, HEAT, OR TRANSPORT

IS A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR CLIMATE

CHANGE ENEMY CONTRIBUTOR TOOK

POLLUTION.

GLOBALLY, AIR POLLUTION CAUSES

7 MILLION PREMATURE DEATHS EACH

YEAR.

THAT IS 30 MILLION DEATHS EVERY

MINUTE.

WAY MORE THAN THE DEATH TOLL OF

COVID BY THE END OF SUMMER OF

2021.

AND, THE POOR AND MARGINALIZED

ARE MORE SEVERELY IMPACTED.

TIME HAS COME THAT WE MEASURE

THE ADVANCEMENT OF OUR

CIVILIZATION THROUGH THE METRIC

OF HEALTH.

RATHER THAN THE METRIC OF

WEALTH.

BUT HERE ALSO, LIES ONE OF OUR

BIGGEST ROADBLOCKS.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE

HEALTHY PEOPLE ON A SICK PLANET.

>> IF I STOP BREATHING FOR TWO

MINUTES, I WOULD DIE.

IT IS THE SIMPLEST THING THAT

ALL OF US DO, UNCONSCIOUSLY.

ABOUT 20,000 TIMES A DAY.

SO NORMAL, THAT WE FORGET THAT

BREATHING IS THE ESSENCE OF

LIFE.

MY DAUGHTER, ROBERTA, STOPPED

BREATHING FREQUENTLY, AND WAS

RESUSCITATED NUMEROUS TIMES BY

ME, AT HOME, AND IN HOSPITAL BY

HER DOCTORS.

UNTIL SUDDENLY, ON THE 15th OF

FEBRUARY, THREE WEEKS AFTER HER

NINTH BIRTHDAY, SHE TOOK HER

FINAL BREATH.

A SECOND INQUEST INTO HER DEATH

JUST IN DECEMBER, 2020, THEY

CONCLUDED THAT IT WAS THE

EXCESSIVE ILLEGAL LEVELS OF AIR

POLLUTION NOT ONLY IN

EXACERBATING ASTHMA, BUT ALSO

THE HIGHEST LEVEL ON THE NIGHT

THAT SHE DIED.

AS A RESULT OF THIS, ELLA IS

THE FIRST PERSON IN THE WORLD

TO HAVE AIR POLLUTION LISTED AS

A CAUSE OF DEATH ON HER DEATH

CERTIFICATE.

HER STORY IS UNIQUE, I ADMIT.

BUT HER EXPERIENCE IS SHOCKINGLY

ORDINARY. IN TOO MANY COUNTRIES

AROUND THE WORLD, I POLLUTION

EXCEEDS WHAT THE WHO TELLS US IS

ACCEPTABLE TO BREATHE.

FOSSIL FUELS, EVERYONE, ARE

KILLING US.

ALMOST ONE IN FIVE PREMATURE

DEATHS ARE LINKED TO AIR

POLLUTION.

FROM COMBUSTION ENGINES TO WOOD-

BURNING, AMMONIA, COOKING

STOVES, AND OTHER FOSSIL FUELS.

THAT IS 8.7 MILLION PEOPLE A

YEAR DYING FROM HEART ATTACKS,

CANCER, STROKES, DEMENTIA,

SUICIDE, DEPRESSION, STILLBIRTHS

AND MISCARRIAGES.

AND THAT IS JUST THE START.

CHILDREN ARE THE WORST AFFECTED.

DUE TO THEIR LUNGS IS STILL

DEVELOPING, AIR POLLUTION STARTS

DEVELOPMENT OF LUNGS AND

BRAINS.

SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THEY ARE

FINDING UNBORN BABIES ARE

DIRECTLY EXPOSED TO THE BLACK

CARBON PRODUCED BY MOTOR

TRAFFIC AND FUEL BURNING.

LIKE ELLA, 92% OF CHILDREN

AROUND THE WORLD ARE BREATHING

UNSAFE AIR.

THE REAL TRAGEDY OF THIS IS WE

KNOW HOW TO SOLVE THIS PUBLIC

HEALTH CRISIS, WE NEED TO SHIFT

FROM TOXIC FOSSIL FUELS TO CLEAN

ELECTRIFY AND PUBLIC AND ACTIVE

TRANSPORT.

THE SECOND INQUEST INTO ELLA'S

DEATH MADE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR

THAT ELLA WOULD STILL BE HERE,

ALIVE TODAY, IF AIR POLLUTION

AROUND OUR HOME HAD BEEN WITHIN

THE WHO ACCEPTABLE LIMITS.

EVOLUTION IS AN INVISIBLE,

GLOBAL PANDEMIC.

>> POLLUTED WATERS, CLIMATE

CHANGE, THIS HAS BEEN THE

ENVIRONMENTAL COST OF THE

TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN CHINA OVER

THE PAST 40 YEARS.

AT THE SAME TIME, HUNDREDS OF

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE PUT

THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY, AS

AN ENVIRONMENTALIST IN CHINA, I

WITNESSED THIS ALL FIRST-HAND.

THE CHALLENGE WE ARE FACING IS

CAN WE CLEAN UP AS FAST AND AS

WILD AS A MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT

DEGRADING OUR AIR, WATER, AND

CLIMATE.

ASSESSING THE CLIMATE IS NEEDED

FASTER.

I BELIEVE THERE IS A CHANCE FOR

US TO SUCCEED.

AS I KNOW IT TOO, THAT I HAVE

SEEN WORK TO HELP REDUCE THE

ENORMOUS ENVIRONMENTAL

POLLUTION.

IT IS A POWER OF TRANSPARENCY.

POLLUTION INFORMATION MADE

PUBLIC USING MOBILE INTERNET

AND OTHER IT TECHNOLOGIES.

MANY POWERS, MILLIONS OF

CITIZENS, TO SPEED CHANGE BY

HOLDING CORPORATIONS AND

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ACCOUNTABLE.

MY TEAM AND I HAVE LAUNCHED A

BLUE MAP 40 CARBON, DATABASE

MEANS TO BRING CHINA'S LONG-

TERM NATIONAL COMMITMENT DOWN

TO WHERE THE 10 BILLION TONS OF

CARBON ARE ACTUALLY EMITTED.

THIS IS HOW A ZERO CARBON MAP

LOOKS LIKE, EACH PROVINCE AND

CITY IS COLOR-CODED.

BASED ON ITS LEVEL OF

ADMISSION.

AND IT IS NOT JUST CARBON, TODAY

WE FURTHER EXPAND THE BLUE MAP

TO COVER PLASTICS AND EVEN

BIODIVERSITY, SO AS TO EMPOWER

MORE PEOPLE TO JOIN THIS

UNPRECEDENTED, GLOBAL RACE TO

ZERO.

THE PRICE FOR WINNING THIS

ONGOING RACE IS NOTHING LESS

THAN A BETTER WORLD, FOR THIS

GENERATION, AND FOR THE

GENERATIONS TO COME.

FOR MANKIND AND FOR ALL THE

PLANTS AND ANIMALS THAT CALLED

THIS PLANET THEIR HOME.

>> THANK YOU TO MICHAELA JAC,

AND THOSE TED KOPPEL SPEAKERS

ARE SHOWING AS WE HAVE TO

PROTECT NATURE, AND PROTECT

OURSELVES.

NOW HERE IS ANOTHER POWERFUL

CHAMPION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT,

AND THE UN GOODWILL AMBASSADOR,

SINCE 2005, HE HAD HIS BAND

HAVE ELIMINATED OVER 120

MILLION POUNDS OF CO2 RED AND

HALF 1 MILLION SINGLE-USE

PLASTIC BOTTLES FROM THEIR

SHOWS.

HERE WITH THE PERFORMANCE,

RECORDED ESPECIALLY FOR

COUNSEL, IS DAVE MATTHEWS.

>> HELLO, I AM DAVE MATTHEWS

AND I WAS INVITED TO PLAY A

SONG.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, I WAS

ALSO INVITED TO SAY SOMETHING

ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, ALTHOUGH

I AM CONFIDENT THAT THOSE WHO

ARE QUALIFIED HAVE ALREADY SAID

ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID.

BUT IT DOES SEEM TO BE BY FAR

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM FACING

HUMANITY, FACING THE WORLD.

AND, WE CERTAINLY HAVE TO DO

SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING ABOUT

IT, IT SHOULD BE EVERYTHING.

WE THINK ABOUT.

THEN I ALSO THINK ABOUT THE

FACT THAT IF EVERYTHING IS AND

EVERY BIRD AND EVERY FLOWER AND

EVERY TREE AND EVERY HUMAN AND

EVERY LITTLE CRITTER, IF ALL OF

IT VANISHED AND LEFT A DEAD

PLANET, THAT WAS ONCE BEAUTIFUL

AND BLUE, NOT EVEN THE MOON

WOULD NOTICE.

THE STARS CERTAINLY WOULDN'T

MISS US.

JUST BE A SPECK OF DUST THAT

NEVER WAS.

AND MAYBE THAT IS A COMFORT.

THE SONG IS CALLED DIVE IN AND

I HOPE IT IS APPROPRIATE.

♪

I SAW A MAN ON THE SIDE OF THE

ROAD.

WORTH A SIGN THAT READ I WILL

WORK FOR FOOD.

SO I TRIED TO LOOK BUSY UNTIL

THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN.

AND I SAW A BEAR ON TV BECAUSE

HIS FRIENDS WERE ALL DROWNING.

THEIR HOMES WERE TURNING TO

WATER.

A STRANGE KIND OF SAD BIG OLD

BEAR.

I'M SURE IT WOULD HAPPILY RETURN

IF HE COULD.

WAKE UP SLEEPY HEAD I THINK THE

SUN IS BRIGHTER TODAY, SMILE

ACROSS THE ICICLES, AS THEY

MELT AWAY.

SEE THE WATER RISE AND SUMMERS

SUSTAINED AND THAT SWEET SUMMER

BREEZE WILL FLOAT OR GO DOWN TO

THE SHORE TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES,

DIVE IN THE EMPTY OCEAN.

WILL YOU TELL ME EVERYTHING

WILL BE OKAY.

IF I JUST STAY ON MY KNEES AND

KEEP PRAYING?

BELIEVING IN SOMETHING, TELL ME

EVERYTHING IS ALL TAKEN CARE OF,

BY THOSE QUALIFIED TO TAKE CARE

OF IT ALL.

TAKE CARE OF IT.

WAKE UP, SLEEPYHEAD.

I THINK THE SONS A LITTLE

BRIGHTER TODAY, SMILE ACROSS

THE ICICLES AS THEY MELT AWAY,

SEE THE WATER RISING.

SUMMER IS HERE TO STAY AND ALL

THOSE SUMMER GAMES WILL LAST

FOREVER, GO DOWN TO THE SHORE,

TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES, DIVE IN

THE EMPTY OCEAN.

SOMEDAY I THINK WE WILL WAKE

UP.

AND THE WORLD IS ON ITS WAY TO

GET A BETTER, AND, SO, CAN YOU

TELL ME?

HOW WE'VE BEEN THINKING?

BUT LATELY, BLOOD IS INCREASING,

TORMENT IS NOT KEEPING HOME,

AND SPITE OF OUR TWISTING.

SO WE WOULD LOVE TO BELIEVE

THAT WE ARE NOT IN CONTROL,

THOUGH WE WOULD LOVE TO BELIEVE

WAKE UP, SLEEPYHEAD.

I THINK THE SONS A LITTLE

BRIGHTER TODAY.

SMILE AND WATCH THE ICICLES

MELT AWAY.

SEE THE WATERS RISE AND SUMMER

IS HERE TO STAY, ALL THOSE

SUMMER GIRLS WILL DANCE

FOREVER, GO DOWN TO THE SHORE,

TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES DIVE IN THE

EMPTY OCEAN.

♪

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> WOW, THAT GUY IS PRETTY GOOD.

A NEW UP AND COMER.

>> EARLIER RAINN WILSON ASKED

HIS FRIENDS IF THERE WAS

ANYTHING FUNNY ABOUT CLIMATE

CHANGE, LET'S CHECK BACK IN

WITH THEM.

>> KNOCK KNOCK, KNOCK KNOCK.

WHO'S THERE?

>> NOBODY, YOU ARE ALL DEAD.

BECAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING.

>> WHO'S THERE?

>> DINOSAURS.

>> DINOSAURS WHO?

>> EXACTLY.

THEY GONE.

WE CAN BE GONE LIKE DINOSAURS,

GONE LIKE THAT, RIGHT?

>> COME ON, THAT'S FUNNY.

>> KNOCK KNOCK?

>> WHO'S THERE?

>> CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> CLIMATE CHANGE WHO?

>> CLIMATE CHANGE IS LARGELY A

MAN-MADE PHENOMENON WHICH THE

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY AT LARGE

AGREES WILL RACK IN

CONSIDERABLE DEATH AND

DISRUPTION ON OUR PLANET UNLESS

THERE IS A REALLY SIGNIFICANT

CHANGE.?

>> A POLAR BEAR GHOST WALKS

INTO A BAR AND THE BARTENDER

SAYS HEY, GET OUT OF HERE WE

DON'T SERVE POLAR BEARS IN

HERE.

AND THE POLAR BEAR GHOST SAYS

DON'T WORRY, I'M NOT REAL.

BECAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING WE

ARE ALL EXTINCT.

AND THE BARTENDER IS LIKE, I

APOLOGIZE FOR THE INITIAL

HOSTILITY, BUT YOU GOT TO ADMIT

IT IS KIND OF HARD TO TELL THE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A POLAR BEAR

AND A POLAR BEAR GHOST.

DO YOU GET IT?

BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH WHITE

AND, NEVERMIND.

PENGUINS?

A FLIGHTLESS BIRD, HOW ARE THEY

NOT ALL DEAD, ANYWAY?

>> JUST A SECOND.

SOMETHING FUNNY ABOUT CLIMATE

CHANGE?

>> RAINN WILL KEEP ON WORKING

ON THAT, WE WILL CHECK BACK IN

WITH HIM LATER.

ONE OF THE MOST HEARTENING

THINGS ABOUT THE LAST FEW YEARS

HAS BEEN THE WAY THAT MILLIONS

OF YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BASICALLY

MUSCLED THE CLIMATE CRISIS TO

THE TOP OF THE GLOBAL AGENDA.

HERE WITH CLARITY, PERSISTENCE,

THEIR MORAL AUTHORITY IS

UNIGNORABLE.

TWO OF THEM TOOK THE COUNTDOWN

STAGE IN SCOTLAND A FEW WEEKS

AGO, HERE IS WHAT THEY SAID.

>> HELLO EVERYONE, WE ARE YOUTH

CLIMATE ACTIVISTS WHO HAVE BEEN

ACTIVE THROUGHOUT COUNTDOWN.

YESTERDAY WE CAME TOGETHER TO

PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF DEMANDS

THAT WE HAVE FOR THE LEADERS OF

THE WORLD.

>> WE ARE ASKING LEADERS AROUND

THE WORLD TO TAKE THE FOLLOWING

ACTION.

ONE, THAT THEY STOP ALL FOSSIL

FUEL INVEST AND REINVEST IN

GREEN ENERGY AND ENSURE A JUST

TRANSMISSION LED BY WORKERS AND

IMPACTED COMMUNITIES.

>> TWO, CLIMATE JUSTICE IN ALL

KEY POLICY DECISION, INCLUDING

PROTECTION FOR FRONTLINE

COMMUNITIES FOR POLLUTION AS

WELL AS CLIMATE ADJUSTERS.

>> THREE, STOP ALL OPEN

PIPELINES AND OIL AND FOSSIL

FUEL EXTRACTION, FROM LINE

THROUGH THE UNITED STATES, TO

WRITE HERE IN SCOTLAND, TO

UGANDA, AND ALL OVER THE WORLD.

>> FOUR, HOLD CORPORATIONS

ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE ACTIONS

THAT DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE

CLIMATE CRISIS.

INCLUDING PAYING TAXES, HAVING

YOUTH AT DECISION-MAKING TABLES

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST,

ENSURING A JUST TRANSITION TO

RENEWABLE ENERGY.

>> FIVE, CREATE POLICIES TO

TREAT ACTIVIST RIGHTS, TWO

PEOPLE PROTEST AND SAFEGUARD

DEMOCRACY ALL ACROSS THE WORLD.

SNCC SIX, WE REMOVE THE

ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL

INFLUENCE OF FOSSIL FUEL

COMPANIES FROM KEY

INTERNATIONAL DECISION-MAKING

SPACES.

>> TO BE CLEAR, THESE LIST OF

DEMANDS ARE NOT ALL WE NEED TO

SOLVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS THIS

IS THE BARE MINIMUM.

>> WE FIND OURSELVES IN A

CRITICAL MOMENT WHERE WE DON'T

HAVE THE TIME TO LOSE ON JUST

TALKING AND HAVE CONFERENCES,

WE NEED ACTION.

NEVER BEFORE HAVE WE HAD A

MOMENT THAT IS ROOTED IN

SCIENCE AND EXPERIENCE, FELT SO

DEEPLY AMONG ALL OF US.

JOINED THE YOUTH IN LEADING.

>> JOINT IS TODAY, THANK YOU.

>> SHIV SOIN AND XIYE BASTIDA

ARE HERE WITH ME TODAY, YOU

MADE THIS POINT ABOUT HOW THIS

IS A COMBO OF SCIENCE AND

EXPERIENCE, WHAT DID YOU MEAN

BY THAT?

>> WHAT I MEAN IS THAT WE HAVE

KNOWN ABOUT THE CLIMATE CRISIS

IN SCIENTIFIC TERMS FOR THE

PAST 30 YEARS.

BUT, UNTIL NOW WE HAVEN'T

EXPERIENCED THE CLIMATE CRISIS.

NOW WE HAVE THAT IN OUR MEMORY,

AND MY HOMETOWN IS FLOODING IN

MEXICO, AND MY ROOMMATE IN

COLLEGE TOLD ME SHE HAD TO BE

ON THE PHONE WITH HER PARENTS

TALKING TO THEM ABOUT HOW TO

GET OUT OF NEW ORLEANS.

BECAUSE OF ITEM.

NOW, WE AS A NEW GENERATION ARE

FEELING THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE

CHANGE AND ESPECIALLY IN

MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, SO

NOW THAT IS LIKE IMPORTANT FOR

THE DECISION-MAKING PLACES

BECAUSE WE BRING THOSE STORIES

AND THAT NARRATIVE IS WHAT IS

FROM PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVE.

STORIES TIED TO THE DATA.

>> AND, SHIV, CAN YOU LAY OUT

FOR ME WHAT VISION DO YOU HAVE

OF THE FUTURE, WHAT DO YOU

THINK IS POSSIBLE?

>> YEAH, THAT IS WHAT WE WERE

DOING AT COUNTDOWN.

WE MET WITH A LOT OF THE

ACTIVISTS AROUND THE WORLD AND

WE CAME IN WITH A LIST OF

DEMANDS BECAUSE I SHOW PEOPLE

WE'VE BEEN SEEING EXACTLY WHAT

WE NEED TO DO.

WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS WORLD

LEADERS NEED TO LISTEN, WE NEED

LEADERS OF COMPANIES TO

ACTUALLY TAKE THE ACTION OF

DIVESTMENT, REINVESTMENT.

AND MOVE OUR GLOBAL ECONOMY TO

ZERO FOSSIL FUELS, TO RENEWABLE

ENERGY.

BECAUSE THE WAY THAT WE ARE

GOING RIGHT NOW IS NOT

SUSTAINABLE FOR OUR GENERATION,

FOR THE GENERATION RIGHT HERE

RIGHT NOW, AND FOR GENERATIONS

TO COME.

WE HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO, AND

WE NEED TO GET MOVING, RIGHT

NOW.

>> THERE IS A BIG AUDIENCE OUT

THERE, WHO I THINK A LOT OF

THEM, ARE PROBABLY WONDERING

HOW DO I GET INVOLVED IN THE

MOVEMENT?

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO

THEM?

>> YES, JUST TO START OFF, XIYE

AND I STARTED WORKING A FEW

YEARS AGO IN OUR CITY, AND THE

WAY TO GET INVOLVED IS JUST BY

STARTING WITH YOUR COMMUNITY

AND SEE WHAT ACTUALLY NEEDS TO

BE DONE.

WHETHER THAT IS STARTING

CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FAMILY,

DOING SOMETHING IN YOUR SCHOOL,

YOUR LOCAL CITY COUNCIL, YOUR

LOCAL STATE GOVERNMENT,

ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND A SMALL ACTION WHERE YOU

ARE ACTUALLY MAKING YOUR VOICE

HEARD AND REALLY HOLDING THOSE

WHO HAVE POWER TO . THAT IS

WHAT WILL MAKE THE CHANGE.

>> YEAH, AND FOR GLASCOW, THE

CONFERENCE I'M HEADED TO BED

AFTER THIS, MY BAGS ARE PACKED

RIGHT OVER THERE, WE ARE

ACTUALLY ORGANIZING GLOBAL

CLEMENT STRIKE ON NOVEMBER

FIFTH, SO WHEREVER YOU ARE IN

THE RUG YOU CAN JOIN THIS

GLOBAL CLIMATE STRIKE ON

FRIDAY.

AND THEN, ON NOVEMBER SIX, THE

COALITION IS ORGANIZING

IMMOBILIZATION FOR PEOPLE WHO

CAN'T MAKE IT ON THE FIFTH AND

THEY CAN MAKE IT ON THE SIXTH.

THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING OUT INTO

THE STREET, TO SHOW GOVERNMENTS

AND COMPANIES THAT WE ARE

SERIOUS ABOUT CHANGE BUT ALSO

THAT PEOPLE TOGETHER CANNOT BE

DEFEATED.

AND IT EMPOWERS US TO BE PART

OF THIS MOVIE.

>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> NOW, TO GUIDE US THROUGH

ANOTHER OF TED COUNTDOWN TALKS

ARE TWO ACTORS WHO DESERVE AS

MANY ACCOLADES TO THEIR

ACTIVISM AS THEY DID FOR THEIR

WORK ON SCREEN, JOAQUIN PHOENIX

AND ROONEY MARA.

>> THIS IS WHAT A TRUE PUNDIT

PERSON WAS CITY, ONE OF THE

FACTOR IS THE WAY THAT WE FUEL

OUR PHONES, OUR BUSINESSES, AND

OUR MODES OF TRANSPORTATION,

AND OUR BODIES.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO

TRANSFORM ALL OF THE SYSTEMS IN

A MASSIVE WAY, AND SOON.

>> ALL OF THAT CAN FUEL VERY

OVERWHELMING, BUT FOR US IT IS

A PRIVILEGE FOR US THAT WE GET

TO MAKE EVERY DAY, MULTIPLE

TIMES A DAY, THAT WE KNOW WE

WILL MAKE A HUGE IMPACT.

THERE ARE SO MANY DECISIONS

THAT ARE MADE THAT ARE OUTSIDE

OF OUR CONTROL THAT AFFECT OUR

LIVES AND THE PLANET, BUT THIS

IS ONE THING THAT WE DO HAVE

CONTROL OVER.

THAT WE KNOW WILL MAKE A

DIFFERENCE.

>> IF ANY OF US ARE GOING TO

CLAIM TO TRULY CARE ABOUT THE

PLANET, THAT WE CAN NO LONGER

IGNORE THE WHOLE AGRICULTURAL

THING DESTROYING IT.

>> THIS CHALLENGE ACTUALLY

PRESENTS AN IMMENSE OPPORTUNITY

FOR INNOVATION, AND WE ARE

WITNESSING TRULY INCREDIBLE

LEADERSHIP AND RESPECT FOR OUR

PLANET.

LET'S HEAR FROM THE TED

COUNTDOWN SPEAKERS ABOUT BOTH

THE GIANT SCALE OF CHANGE FOR

THIS AND SOME OF THE WAYS IN

WHICH INDUSTRIES ARE

TRANSFORMING TO MEET OUR PLANET

GOALS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> TODAY THE WORLD GENERATES

ABOUT 25 TRILLION KILOWATTS OF

ELECTRICITY EACH YEAR.

MOST OF THAT IS FROM FOSSIL

FUEL POWERED PLANT.

THE DOMINANT MINDSET IS THAT WE

HAVE TO CHANGE THE CURRENT

ELECTRICITY SYSTEM BY REPLACING

THOSE FOSSIL FUEL PLANTS WITH

CLEAN GENERATION.

SO THIS IS GREAT, WE CAN

REPLACE OUR FOSSIL FUEL PLANTS,

HAVE A CLEAN VERSION OF TODAY'S

WORLD, WALK AWAY WITH CLIMATE

CHANGE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BUT, I DID FORGET ONE TINY

LITTLE DETAIL.

WE ACTUALLY NEED FIVE TIMES

THAT MUCH.

TO BE CLEAR, WE NEED AND ARE ON

TRACK TO HAVE 2 1/2 TIMES

TODAY'S AMOUNT OF CLEAN

GENERATION, TO SWITCH TO A

CLEAN VERSION OF OUR CURRENT

ELECTRICITY SYSTEM.

BY CHANGING THE CURRENT SYSTEM

IS NOT ENOUGH.

WE NEED FIVE TIMES THAT, ALL OF

IT CLEAN, OR 12 TIMES TODAY'S

CLEAN ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION TO

ACTUALLY AVOID THE WORST IMPACT

OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

THE PROJECT IS NOT CHANGING THE

CURRENT GLOBAL ELECTRICITY

SYSTEM, OUR PROJECT IS BUILDING

A NEW GLOBAL ELECTRICITY SYSTEM.

POLITICAL ACTION THAT TINKERS

AROUND WITHIN THE CURRENT

SYSTEM WILL NEVER GET US WHERE

WE NEED TO BE BY 2050.

ARGUMENTS OVER WHICH SOURCES OF

CLEAN ELECTRICITY WE SHOULD USE

ARE UNHELPFUL.

WE NEED ALL OF THEM.

HYDRO, SOLAR, WIND, NUCLEAR,

ADVANCED NUCLEAR, ADVANCED

GEOTHERMAL, MANDATES FOR CARBON

CAPTURE ARE REMAINING FOR

FOSSIL PLANTS, IF YOU LOOK AT

THE RATE OF POTENTIAL FOR EACH

OF THE GC WE NEED EVERYTHING AS

MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND WE MAY

STILL FALL SHORT.

IT IS NOT CHANGING THE

ELECTRICITY SYSTEM IT IS

BUILDING A NEW ELECTRICITY

SYSTEM.

15 TIMES BIGGER THAN TODAY'S

TOTAL SYSTEM, AND 100% CLEAN.

THIS MINDSET GOES BEYOND

ELECTRICITY GENERATION ITSELF.

MANY PEOPLE ARE WARY OF

AMBITIOUS CLIMATE ACTION,

BECAUSE THEY SEE THE PROJECT AS

CHANGING THE FAMILIAR, CURRENT

WORLD.

THAT IS NOT IT.

ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE MEANS

BUILDING A NEW WORLD.

A WORLD IN WHICH ENERGY IS

HEALTHIER, IT DOESN'T POLLUTE

THE AIR WE BREATHE, AND WHERE

IT IS CHEAPER AND EVERYONE

GLOBALLY HAS ACCESS TO IT.

A WORLD WITH HIGHER INCOMES,

LONGER AND BETTER LIVES,

GREATER EQUALITY.

A BETTER WORLD.

>> WHEN YOU THINK OF THE

INDUSTRIES MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR

CLIMATE CHANGE, YOU PROBABLY

SUMMON UP AN IMAGE OF A OIL

RIG, RIGHT?

MAYBE EVEN AN COAL MINE OR A

MEGA FARM.

BUT THERE IS ONE INDUSTRY THAT

HAS NEVER BEEN MENTIONED IN

THAT LIST.

EVERY OTHER INDUSTRY DEPENDS

UPON IT, THOUGH.

I AM TALKING ABOUT A SECTOR

THAT MAKES METHANE.

LIVESTOCK.

NO FACTORIES, NO HOUSES, IT IS

ENTIRELY POWERED BY BRAINS,

SPREADSHEETS AND POWER POINTS.

WHO IS THIS MR. INDUSTRY?

THE PROFESSIONAL SURFACE OF

ADVERTISING NPR FIRMS, THE BIG

MANAGEMENT COMPANIES THE

CORPORATE LAWYERS AND

LOBBYISTS.

TOGETHER, THIS SECTOR IS WORTH

OVER $2 TRILLION A YEAR.

LET'S CALL IT THE X INDUSTRY.

WHILE X IS FOR INFLUENCE, THE

BRAIN PRINT OF THE X INDUSTRY

IS FELT EVERYWHERE.

AND THAT IS THE PROBLEM POLICY

SOLVERS AND STORYTELLERS SEE IN

THE REAL AND OTHER BUSINESSES

ON EARTH.

AND OUTSIDE INFLUENCE ON

REACHING NET ZERO ALL THINGS

WILL BE ONE OF THE PRIME

ARCHITECTS OF CLIMATE

DESTRUCTION.

>> WHERE THE 9% OF CO2

EMISSIONS GLOBALLY COME FROM

TRANSPORTING GOODS AROUND THE

WORLD.

SO, WHAT IS THE DREAM?

IN 2018 THE MANAGEMENT TEAM OF

AP WILL MASK THE GLOBAL

SHIPPING COMPANY I READ AS A

CHAIRMAN, MADE A COMMITMENT TO

MAKE THE COMPANY CARBON NEUTRAL

BY 2015.

FOR SOME PEOPLE 20/50 SOUNDED

LIKE A LONG TIME INTO THE

FUTURE, BUT, IN FACT, THIS WAS

A VERY AMBITIOUS DREAM FOR A

SHIPPING COMPANY.

TO BE CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2050 WE

NEEDED TO INVENT A ZERO CARBON

CONTAINER VESSEL BY 2030.

BECAUSE THEN IT WOULD TAKE

ROUGHLY 20 YEARS TO REPLACE ALL

OF THE 750 VESSELS THAT WE

OPERATE.

SO, THE DREAM WAS TRULY BIG,

AND REALLY INSPIRING.

BUT TO BE HONEST, IN 2018 WE

DID NOT KNOW HOW TO DO THIS.

WE HAD TO WORK HALF ON THE

DETAILS, AND LESS THAN THREE

YEARS AFTER OUR BIG DREAM WE

HAVE FOUND A SOLUTION.

IT IS CALLED POWER TO X THIS IS

NOT A NEW TECHNOLOGY, NOR DID

WE INVENT IT.

IT IS A COMBINATION OF KNOWN

CHEMICAL PROCESSES THAT CONVERT

GREEN ELECTRICITY TO A GREEN

FUEL.

FIRST, TO COMFORT THE GREEN

ELECTRICITY FROM SOLAR OR WIND

TO GREEN HYDROGEN, THAT IS DONE

THROUGH ELECTROLYZER'S AND THEN

THE GREEN HYDROGEN CAN BE

CONVERTED TO VARIOUS TYPES OF

GREEN FUELS THROUGH CHEMICAL

PROCESSES.

THE BENEFIT OF POWER TO X IS

THAT IT PRODUCES A GREEN FUEL

THAT IS LIQUID AT NORMAL

TEMPERATURE, AND CAN BE USED IN

A COMBUSTION ENGINE.

SO, INSTEAD OF SPENDING 20

YEARS TO REPLACE ALL OF OUR 750

VESSELS, AND CREATE A BIG PILE

OF WASTE, WE BELIEVE WE CAN

RETROFIT EXISTING VESSELS BY

ADDING A COMBUSTION ENGINE

DESIGNED FOR GREEN FUEL.

AND WITH THAT, ACHIEVE ZERO

CARBON SHIPPING MUCH, MUCH,

EARLIER.

>> TODAY AMONG INVESTORS THERE

ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT

DECOLONIZING PORTFOLIOS, AND

HOW TO ACHIEVE ZERO, BUT WHEN I

THINK ABOUT THE INTERSECTION OF

CLIMATE AND CAPITAL, I AM

ALWAYS ASKING MYSELF WHAT EFFECT

DOES IS REALLY HAVE ON THE

GROUND?

BECAUSE THERE COULD BE A

PROFOUND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

INVESTING JUST TO PRESET YOUR

ASSETS FROM THE EFFECTS OF

CLIMATE CHANGE AND ACTUALLY

INVESTED TO PREVENT THOSE

EFFECTS FROM COMING ABOUT.

WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS IS ROAD

DECARBONIZATION, WE NEED TO

DECARBONIZE THE OLD ECONOMY

THAT WE HAVE, AND INVEST TO

CREATE THE NEW ECONOMY THAT WE

NEED.

IT IS TO BE AN ECONOMY THAT HAS

NO MORE THAN IT CAN REMOVE, AND

THAT DOES IN A WAY THAT IS NET

POSITIVE FOR THE PLANET AND THE

PEOPLE.

ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT IT WILL

COST 3-$5 TRILLION A YEAR

BETWEEN NOW AND 2050, TO

ACHIEVE ZERO.

JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW

MUCH THAT IS IT WOULD BE LIKE

INVESTING THE ENTIRE DDP OF

GERMANY OR JAPAN EVERY YEAR,

ANNUALLY, FOR 30 YEARS.

SO, FINANCIAL CAPITAL HAS A

HUGE ROLE TO PLAY IN OUR SHARED

SUCCESS.

OR OUR SHARED FAILURE.

>> BY 2100, THE WORLD WILL HAVE

A POPULATION OF ALMOST 11

MILLION PEOPLE.

THAT IS 3 BILLION MORE PEOPLE

THAN THE PLANET HOUSES TODAY.

TO HOUSE ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE,

WE NEED TO BUILD ABOUT 2.4

TRILLION SQUARE FEET OF NEW

BUILT SPACE.

WE ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING

SEVERE IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE

CHANGE.

HOW CAN THE WORLD HOUSE ANOTHER

3 BILLION PEOPLE?

AND HOW CAN THEIR HOUSING NEEDS

BE PART OF THE SOLUTION, RATHER

THAN PART OF THE PROBLEM?

I BELIEVE THAT THE ANSWER IS

HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT.

THAT THERE IS WHAT I CALL A

OLDIE LOCKS SCALE.

THAT FITS BETWEEN SCALE OF

HOUSING AND TOWERS, 2-THREE-

STORY HOUSING THAT ACTUALLY

LOOKS VERY FAMILIAR TO MOST OF

YOU BECAUSE WE BUILT THE MOST

BELOVED PARTS OF OUR CITIES

WITH IT.

THE ROWHOUSES OF BOSTON, THE

DISTRICTS OF AGING, MOST OF THE

FABRIC OF EDINBURGH.

THIS GOLDILOCKS FRAMEWORK HITS

THE SWEET SPOT BETWEEN THE

NUMBER OF PEOPLE IT CAN HOUSE

AND THE AMOUNT OF ROOF AREA WE

NEED TO PROVIDE THEM AND THEIR

COMMUNITIES POWER.

IT CAN BE BUILT OUT OF SIMPLE,

LOCAL, MATERIALS LIKE WOOD.

OR BRICK.

BOTH OF WHICH HAVE RELATIVELY

LOW SOMETHING AND HAVE BATTERY

SYSTEM THAT LEVEL OUT SOLAR

SUPPLY AND USER DEMAND, WE CAN

HAVE ELECTRIC STATE OF THE ART

AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING

SYSTEM, THESE EXIST TODAY.

THIS HOUSING COULD COMPOST FOOD

SCRAPS AND SOLID WASTE AND TURN

IT INTO USABLE SOILS OR PROTEIN

FOR ANIMAL FEED.

AND, I THINK, MOST IMPORTANTLY,

THIS KIND OF HOUSING IS

AFFORDABLE, COMMUNAL, EQUITABLE

HOUSING FOR COMMUNITIES IN DIRE

NEED OF IT.

AND I WORK WITH A LOT OF THESE

COMMUNITIES, I KNOW HOW MUCH

DEMAND THERE IS FOR THIS OUT

THERE.

WANT TO KNOW AND IMAGINE WITH

ME THAT WE DEPLOYED THIS

GOLDILOCKS FRAMEWORK IN TWO

PLACES THAT I LOVE DEARLY, NEW

YORK AND CALCUTTA.

VERY DIFFERENT PLACES BUT THEY

HAVE THE BIG BOOMING DOWNTOWN

BUT ALSO THESE GROWING OUTSKIRTS

THAT EXPERIENCE A LOT OF

SPRAWL.

THEY HAVE FIGHTS LIKE THIS THAT

ARE NEAR MASS TRANSIT BUT

IMAGINE IF ON THESE SITES WE

INSTEAD OF BRILLIANT SPRAWL

BUILT THIS GOLDILOCKS

FRAMEWORK.

THAT WOULD MANIFEST IN TWO VERY

DIFFERENT WAYS.

DIFFERENT MATERIALS, DIFFERENT

CULTURAL EXPRESSION, BUT IT

WOULD GIVE US CARBON NEGATIVE,

TRANSIT RICH, JOYOUS PLACES FOR

PEOPLE TO LIVE AND THEIR

FAMILIES.

SO YES, WE CAN GO TO 11 MILLION

PEOPLE, WE DON'T NEED TO FEAR

OUR NEIGHBORS.

WE DON'T HAVE A LACK OF LAND OR

TECHNOLOGY, WE JUST HAVE A LACK

OF VISION BECAUSE THE ANSWERS

ARE HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> EATING IS LINKED TO CLIMATE

CHANGE, EATING ANIMALS IS THE

LEADING CAUSE OF RAIN FOREST

DEFORESTATION.

MEAT PRODUCTION IS A

SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS TO

EAT PLANT-BASED AND ANY REASON

THAT RESONATES WITH YOU, IS THE

BEST REASON.

I UNDERSTAND IT IS NOT ALWAYS

EASY, BUT EATING EVEN ONE PLANT-

BASED MEAL A DAY MAKES A HUGE

DIFFERENCE.

I USED TO BE A LONG TIME MEAT

EATER, AS A REGULAR STAFF I USED

TO COOK LOTS OF MEAT AND NEVER

MADE THAT CONNECTION.

THAT THEY ARE LIVING BEINGS

JUST LIKE US WITH FEELINGS,

EMOTIONS, AND FAMILIES.

I AM NOW ON A MISSION TO

UNLEASH THE MIGHTY POWER OF

PLANTS TO CREATE FOOD THAT WE

CRAVE.

FULL OF FLAVORS AND TEXTURES

THAT ARE MORE NUTRITIOUS AND

BETTER FOR US AND THE PLANET.

I BELIEVE IN COMPASSION AND

ACTION.

AND THE WAY I EXPRESS THAT IS

THROUGH COOKING AND DEVELOPING

AMAZING RECIPES THAT INSPIRE

AND TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO MAKE

AND EAT DELICIOUS FOODS WITHOUT

ANIMALS.

VEGAN FOOD FOR ME IT IS, AND

VEGANS ALIKE, BECAUSE LIKE MOST

PEOPLE, I WANT TO SAVE THE

ANIMALS AND THE PLANET.

THERE IS NO WAY THAT IS GOING

TO HAPPEN IF I HAVE TO

COMPROMISE ON TASTE.

>> WE ARE LIVING IN A DECISIVE

DECADE.

ONE THAT YEARS FROM NOW YOUR

KIDS, THEIR KIDS, AND JUST

RANDOM KIDS DOWN THE STREET ARE

GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT.

WHAT DID YOU DO?

HOW WERE YOU INVOLVED IN ONE OF

THESE IF NOT THE BIGGEST STORY

ON THE PLANET?

DID IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH

THE LIVE STREAM YOU WATCHED

HOSTED BY A CERTAIN LENGTHY

OVEREAGER PODCAST ARE, YOU'RE

GOING TO WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING

TO TELL THOSE PEOPLE.

GET INVOLVED, TAKE ACTION.

ONE WAY TO DO IT IS HEAD TO

COUNTDOWN.TED.COM AND STILL TO

COME, REGINA HALL PRESENTS MORE

INSPIRING COUNTDOWN TALK PLUS

CONAN O

MARGARET CHO, SHE IS FUNNY.

AND ANOTHER PERFORMANCE BY

CHARLIE PUTH.

UP NOW, ANOTHER COUNTDOWN

SPEAKER IS HERE TO TELL US

ABOUT AN PROJECT CALLED DRIVE

ELECTRIC.

IT HAS RAISED OVER HALF 1

BILLION, DOLLARS, FOR THIS

WORK.

YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT DRIVE

ELECTRIC.ORG ARE LISTENING TO

THIS ROOM MONICA.

>> HELLO MY NAME IS MONICA, I

AM A CAMPAIGNER AT DRIVE

ELECTRIC.

SO, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT RIGHT

NOW, AROUND THE PLANET THERE

ARE AROUND 1 BILLION CARS

CIRCULATING EVERYWHERE, AND

THAT IS NOT EVEN COUNTING

MOTORBIKES, BUSES, AND 1% OF

THAT STOCK IS ZERO MISSION.

ONLY 1% IS ELECTRIC.

OUR CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT MAKING

SURE THAT WE ELECTRIFY

EVERYTHING WE CAN, TRUCKS,

BUSES, CARS, AND OF COURSE IN

ESSENCE, WE ARE TRYING TO GROW

MUCH FASTER IN THE NEXT FIVE

YEARS. IT IS CRITICAL.

OUR CAMPAIGN BASICALLY BRING

TOGETHER 17 GROUPS AROUND THE

PLANET AND THIS COALITION IS

GROWING.

THEIR FACTORIES WORTH $1

MILLION BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE

SURE ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS

HAVE SPENDING, SOME WILL WORK

WITH THAT IS I WILL WORK WITH

POLITICIANS THAT WILL WORK WITH

COMPANIES, WE HAVE TO NORMALIZE

THE IDEA THAT AFTER A CERTAIN

DATE WE CANNOT SELL ANYMORE

PETROL IN THESE CARS.

WE HAVE TO SAY NO MORE SALES OF

THIS AFTER 20 3100% OF ZERO

EMISSIONS, CARS, BY 2035.

FOR PASSENGER CARS AND VANS.

AND THAT WHEN IT COMES TO

TRUCKS WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM A

LITTLE MORE TIME BECAUSE IT IS

EXPENSIVE AND WE ARE SAYING

2040.

THERE ARE MISCONCEPTIONS AS OF

YOU THAT IS NORMAL.

ONE THAT COMES OFTEN IN THE

CONVERSATION, IS THAT IF YOU

SWITCH TO AN ELECTRIC CAR, THAT

IS GOING TO BE WORSE FOR THE

ENVIRONMENT.

BECAUSE OF THE BATTERY.

AND, WE HAVE LOTS OF RESEARCH

THAT SHOWS THAT IF YOU HAVE A

LIFECYCLE ANALYSIS OF THE

BATTERY, IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT

FOR SURE, EVERYTHING WE PRODUCE

AS AN IMPACT.

AND YET, THE IMPACT ON THE

ENVIRONMENT OVER FOSSIL FUEL

CARS IS WAY BIGGER.

I WAS SAY THAT THERE WILL BE A

SEEING THE MOST IS THE

PERCEPTION THAT ELECTRIC

MOBILITY IS A LATE AGENDA FOR

PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF MONEY AND

THAT IS PROBABLY HAPPENING

BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK TESLA, A

PREMIUM CAR.

AND TO SOME DEGREE IT IS

UNDERSTANDING, AND YET, I WOULD

REALLY LIKE US TO THINK ABOUT

THE DRIVERS.

THE DRIVERS OF A PUBLIC BUS,

THE DRIVER OF A TRUCK.

THE DRIVER OF A TAXI THAT HAS

TWO, EVERY DAY, GET ALL THAT

POLLUTION IN THEIR LUNGS, ALL

THAT NOISE IS ALWAYS THERE, AND

WHEN YOU TALK TO THEM THEY WILL

TELL YOU THEY WILL NEVER GO BACK

TO THE POLLUTING TECHNOLOGY.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE KNOW THAT,

FOR EXAMPLE, DIESEL TRUCK

POLLUTION HURTS VULNERABLE

COMMUNITIES, LOW INCOME

NEIGHBORHOODS THE MOST.

IT HURTS EVERYBODY, BUT IT

HURTS THE POOR

DISPROPORTIONATELY.

SO, WORKING ON ELECTRIFICATION

IS ALSO A MATTER OF JUSTICE AND

A MATTER OF INCREASING THEIR

QUALITY, IMPROVING AIR QUALITY

AND TO THE EXTENT WE MEET THOSE

TWO AGENDAS, CLIMATE AND

JUSTICE, WE WILL REALIZE THAT

ELECTRIFICATION IS ACTUALLY

VERY GOOD FOR PEOPLE.

>> HEY EVERYBODY I AM

COMMENTING ON CHANGING CLIMATE

CHANGE, BECAUSE I LOVE OUR

PLANET.

I THINK IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND I

THINK IT IS UNFORTUNATE I

HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF IT, JUST

A TINY, TINY BIT OF IT.

I WANT TO SEE WHAT A BEAUTIFUL

PLACE WE ARE ON BUT I LOVE OUR

PLANET AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING

THAT I CAN, EVERY DAY, TO MAKE

SURE THAT WE CHANGE THIS.

JOIN ME AND TAKE ACTION TODAY.

>> I AM MITCH AND I AM GREAT,

AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO

FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE BECAUSE

WE ARE LITERALLY EXPERIENCING IT

OURSELVES, WE ARE FROM CANADA,

ONTARIO, AND THIS PAST SUMMER

THEY WERE HORRIBLE WILDFIRES

THAT WERE REALLY SURPRISING FOR

US.

WE HAD NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE.

AND IT IS JUST ONTARIO IS OVER

THE, AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PART

OF THE WORLD THAT I HAVE NEVER

THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN IN AND I

AM SCARED.

I THINK, ALSO, WE ARE LITERALLY

AWARE THAT WE ARE PRIVILEGED

PEOPLE FROM A COUNTRY THAT IS

DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTING

THE CLIMATE CRISIS.

IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO

TAKE THAT ON OURSELVES.

>> WE ARE ALSO A SCIENCE

COMMUNITY, WE READ SCIENCE ALL

THE TIME WE ARE SCIENCE

TEACHERS AND SCIENCE AND THE

CLIMATE CRISIS ARE COMPLETELY

LATE BECAUSE WE ARE USING

SCIENTIFIC EVENTS TO UNDERSTAND

WHAT IS GOING ON.

WE ARE ALSO USING SITE TO

FIGURE OUT THE SOLUTION.

>> ONCE AGAIN, PEOPLE OF EARTH,

GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

THANK YOU FOR COMING, I AM

TRYING TO, THIS IS COUNTDOWN.

WELCOME TO YOU WHO ARE JOINING

US FOR WHEREVER IN THE WORLD,

WE ARE COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM

THE TED WORLD THEATER IN NEW

YORK CITY, TALKING ABOUT

SOLUTIONS TO THE CLIMATE

CRISIS.

A LOT OF TODAY'S SPEAKERS HAVE

OUTLINED A REALLY BIG PATHWAY

TOWARD A CLEANER, MORE JUST

FUTURE.

HERE TO INTRODUCE MORE IDEAS

FROM THE HEADCOUNT DOWNSTAIRS,

IS REGINA HALL.

>> HELLO, I AM REGINA HALL.

HUMANS ACROSS THE GROVE HAVE SO

MUCH IN COMMON, WE OFTEN SHARE

THE SAME GOALS.

HEALTH, SECURITY, HAPPINESS,

OPPORTUNITY, PROSPERITY.

IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT

EXPANDING ACCESS TO ALL OF THESE

FOR MORE PEOPLE, WE MIGHT

INTERACT THE CLIMATE PROCESS

IMMEDIATELY.

THE MOST SEVERE IMPACTS OF THIS

CRISIS ARE FELT FIRST AND

HARDEST I THE POOR AND

VULNERABLE.

IRONICALLY, THOSE WHO HAVE

OFTEN DONE THE LEAST TO CAUSE

IT.

WE MUST ACT TOGETHER, NEAR AND

FAR, ACROSS THE OCEAN AND

WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE

ONLY AS STRONG AS THE MOST

EXPOSED AMONG US.

I COME TO THIS TOPIC VIA MY

WORK, ON WOMEN'S HEALTH AND

RIGHTS.

I KNOW THAT THE WAY WE TREAT

OUR PLANET IS EQUALLY

IMPORTANT, FOR THE WAY THAT WE

TREAT OUR BODIES.

AND, SADLY, WOMEN OFTEN GET THE

SHORT END OF THE STICK.

IT IS TIME TO CHANGE THIS, ONCE

AND FOR ALL.

BUT HOW DO WE DO THAT?

WE CAN START BY LISTENING TO

VOICES FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

INCLUDING AND, ESPECIALLY,

THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE LEADING THE

WAY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

LEADERSHIP COMES IN ALL SHAPES

AND SIZES.

AND THE BEST LEADERS INSPIRE

OTHERS TO STEP UP, TOO.

AS WE WITNESSED DURING OUR

CURRENT GLOBAL PANDEMIC, WE ALL

HAVE TO PLANT OUR PART TO

OVERCOME IT.

THE SAME IS TRUE ABOUT THE

CLIMATE CRISIS.

HERE ARE SOME GREAT LEADERS,

WHO AROUND THE GLOBE, MAYBE

THEY WILL BRING OUT THE LEADER

IN ME AND IN ALL OF YOU.

>>

TODAY MANY OF US ARE GETTING

INVOLVED AT A YOUNGER AND

YOUNGER AGE.

16-YEAR-OLD, 15, 14, 10-YEAR-

OLDS ARE OUT ON THE FRONT LINE.

MISSING SCHOOL, DRAFTY

MANIFESTO, ORGANIZING

DEMONSTRATION, BRINGING

GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATIONS TO

COURT.

REFUSING TO WAIT UNTIL WE ARE

OLDER.

TO START MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

BUT BEING A CHANGE MAKER IS NOT

SOMETHING ANYBODY HAS ON THEIR

BUCKET LIST.

IT ISN'T SOMETHING KIDS ASPIRE

TO BECOME WHEN THEY GROW UP.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT JUST

HAPPENS.

SOMETHING ACTIVATES YOU.

AN EXPERIENCE, AN INJUSTICE

THAT TAKES PLACE.

BIG OR SMALL.

LOCAL OR GLOBAL.

AND THEN THERE IS ALMOST NO

CHOICE BUT TO GET INVOLVED.

IN THE LAST 10 YEARS I HAVE

SPENT MORE TIME IN OTHER

STUDENTS CLUSTERS THAT IN MY

OWN.

CERTAIN PRINCIPLES OF

LEADERSHIP, SUSTAINABILITY, AND

CHANGEMAKERS SKILLS, I CAN SAY

WITH CONFIDENCE THAT YOUNG

PEOPLE ARE ACHING FOR SKILLS

AND KNOWLEDGE THAT WILL ALLOW

THEM TO ACT RESPECTFULLY TODAY.

REAL CHANGE CAN START IN THE

CLASSROOM, BUT THE CLASSROOM

HAS AN INCREASINGLY DISTANT

RELATIONSHIP WITH REALITY.

I THINK IT IS HIGH TIME TO

ENSURE THAT WHAT WE LEARN IN

THE CLASSROOM REFLECTS WHAT IS

HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF THEM.

AND TO ENSURE THAT EVERY SINGLE

STUDENT IN EVERY CORNER OF THE

WORLD HAS AT LEAST ONE HOUR A

DAY OF MANDATORY LESSONS ABOUT

THE CLIMATE CRISIS.

ABOUT ANY SUSTAINABLE

INNOVATIONS, ABOUT THE

REALITIES OF TODAY'S WORLD.

FROM KINDERGARTEN TO GRADUATION,

AND I MEAN MANDATORY.

I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT EVERY

YOUNG PERSON CAN BE A CHANGE

MAKER.

THAT OFTEN THEY NEED HELP

KNOWING WHERE AND HOW TO START.

>> AT JUST 12 YEARS OLD, I

WITNESSED THE DEVASTATING

IMPACT OF POLLUTION HAVING ON

MY PARENTS HOME COUNTRY.

ON ONE OF MY SUMMER VISIT, I

WITNESSED SMOG SO HEAVY IT

COMPLETELY BLANKETED THE AIR.

OBSCURING THE STARS I WANTED TO

TRACE OUT OF THE NIGHT SKY.

I DECIDED TO READ MORE ABOUT

CLIMATE CHANGE IN IRAN, AND I

BECAME INCREASINGLY ALARMED.

PARTICULARLY WHEN I LEARNED THE

FACT THAT TEMPERATURES IN THE

MIDDLE EAST WERE RISING MORE

THAN TWICE THE GLOBAL AVERAGE.

ARMED WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE I

DECIDED TO CONFRONT MY

RELATIVES.

BUT I WAS SHOCKED WHEN THEY

INFORMED ME THAT THEY KNEW

ALMOST NOTHING ABOUT CLIMATE

CHANGE.

SO, I BEGAN TO DIG INTO THE

LACK OF CLIMATE EDUCATION IN

IRAN, AND I FOUND A STUDY THAT

READ ONLY 5% OF IRANIAN STUDENTS

CAN PROPERLY EXPLAIN THE

GREENHOUSE GAS EFFECT.

AS I CONTINUE TO SCOUR THE

INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION,

I BEGAN TO CONNECT THE DOTS.

FROM WHAT I COULD SEE, THERE

WAS A SEVERE LACK OF CLAIMANT

RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN FARSI,

THE NATIVE LANGUAGE.

NOW, MY STORY IS ANECDOTAL.

BUT THE FACT IS THE VAST

MAJORITY OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH,

THAT IS A BIG PROBLEM THAT

NEEDS TO CHANGE WHEN IT COMES

TO CLAIM A CHANGE.

BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD

DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH.

IN FACT, 75% OF THEM DO NOT

SPEAK ENGLISH AT ALL.

IN AN EFFORT TO CLOSE THE

CLIMATE TRANSLATION GAP I

DECIDED TO START CLIMATE

CARDINALS.

AN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH LED

NONPROFIT WORKING TO MAKE

CLIMATE EDUCATION MORE

ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE THAT DON'T

SPEAK ENGLISH.

WE WORK WITH OVER 8000

BILINGUAL STUDENT VOLUNTEERS

WHO TRANSLATE CLAIMANT

INFORMATION IN EXCHANGE FOR

COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS.

IN JUST OVER A YEAR WE

TRANSLATED HUNDREDS OF

THOUSANDS OF WORDS OF CLIMATE

INFORMATION INTO OVER 100

LANGUAGES.

INCLUDING DURABLE, SYMBOLIC,

SWAHILI, AND OTHERS.

A RAGTAG GROUP OF TEENAGERS

THAT CONGREGATE THROUGH SOCIAL

MEDIA, DOING THIS WORK, IMAGINE

THE IMPACT THAT A CONCENTRATED

EFFORT BY GOVERNMENT, SCIENTISTS

AND POLICYMAKERS WOULD HAVE.

GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING

DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY

CLIMATE CHANGE DESERVE TO HAVE

ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES THEY

NEED TO MAKE SENSE OF THESE

DISASTERS THAT ARE DESTROYING

THEIR COMMUNITIES.

THE MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE

INFORMED ABOUT THE CLIMATE

CRISIS THE GREATER CHANCE WE

HAVE TWO COORDINATE COLLECTIVE

EFFORTS IN PROTECTION OF THE

FUTURE OF OUR PLANET.

BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN

THE WORLD, EVERY SINGLE PERSON

IN THIS ROOM, HAS THE POWER TO

FURTHER CLIMATE ACTION.

SO WE MUST ENGAGE PEOPLE.

FROM EVERY COUNTRY, YOUNG AND

OLD, TO JOIN THE FIGHT FOR

CLIMATE JUSTICE.

>> ENGLISH CANNOT BE THE

BARRIER TO ENTRY.

>> THIS IS MIMI, THE LEADER OF

I WOMAN I-TEAM, AND A MOTHER.

A CONSERVATIONIST WHOSE ACTION

IS ROOTED IN OUR COMMUNITY ON

THE EDGE OF THE ECOSYSTEM.

IN THE PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY IN

WHICH IT OPERATES, A WOMAN IS

EXPECTED TO BE QUIET AND

SUBSERVIENT.

DURING A VILLAGE MEETING THE

LADIES CONGREGATE IN THE

KITCHEN WHILE THE MEN DISCUSS

POLICIES AND BUDGET.

AND OFTENTIMES EVEN IF SHE IS

PRESENTLY IN THE MEETING ROOM,

SHE IS EXPECTED TO NOT VOICE

HER OPINION.

RATHER, LETTING A MALE RELATIVE

ANSWER QUESTIONS ADDRESSED TO

HER.

WITHOUT CONSULTING HER FIRST.

WHEN I ASKED THE MEETING WHY,

THEY SAID WE ARE MOTHERS AND

GRANDMOTHERS, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE

FOR EVERYTHING.

FROM THE MOMENT WE WAKE UP WE

HAVE TO WASH CLOTHES, COOK, AND

MAKE COFFEE FOR OUR FAMILY.

MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE NEED

WATER AND EVERY ASPECT OF OUR

LIVES.

AND THE ONLY THING THAT

PROTECTS OUR WATER SOURCE IS

THE FOREST UP THE MOUNTAIN.

THIS IS ANYTHING BUT

STRAIGHTFORWARD.

SHE WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE

FOREST WHICH HE BEGAN A COMPANY

IN HER HUSBAND COMPANY.

THE WITNESSED LOGGING AND

ENCROACHING INTO THE FOREST,

AND LOGGING AND ENCOURAGEMENT

SENSE DISASTERS DOWNSTREAM.

HEAVY RAINFALL THAT LASTED FOR

A FEW DAYS TURNED INTO FLASH

FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES.

DESTROYING THE VILLAGE.

AND IT'S ESSENTIAL

INFRASTRUCTURE.

AFTER THE DISASTER, MIMI AND

OTHER VILLAGES HAD TO TAKE

REFUGE IN A SHELTER FOR A

WHILE.

BEING A REFUGEE IS HARD.

YOU DON'T HAVE SECURITY.

YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE THE ACCESS

TO CLEAN, FLOWING WATER.

IT IS HARD TO EVEN KEEP

YOURSELF SAFE AND CLEAN.

I DON'T WANT THAT KIND OF

DISASTER TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

>> WE NEED MORE WOMEN AND

POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP, WOMEN

FROM THE GRASSROOTS, WOMEN LIKE

MIMI.

[ SPEAKING ANOTHER LANGUAGE ]

>> WHY IS IT SO HARD TO CHANGE

THE DIRECTION OF OUR

CIVILIZATION?

I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT

WHAT IS MISSING AT THIS POINT

IS NOT MORE FACTS AND

INFORMATION, OR EVEN TECHNOLOGY.

WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH.

WHAT IS MISSING IS INSIGHT.

MY TEACHER, HAS SAID THAT IF WE

HAVEN'T YET CHANGED OUR WAY OF

LIVING, IT IS BECAUSE THE

AWAKENING ISN'T STRONG ENOUGH.

WE CAN'T HOPE TO CHANGE THE

WORLD IF WE CAN'T CHANGE OUR

OWN WAY OF SEEING THINGS. OUR

CONSCIOUSNESS.

BUT HOW CAN WE DO THIS?

IN THE ZEN TRADITION WE KNOW

THAT AWAKENING DOESN'T HAVE TO

HAPPEN ONLY WITH THE INTERNET,

WE NEED TO ENGAGE OUR WHOLE

BEING RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE

PRESIDENT MOMENT.

AND A VERY SIMPLE WAY TO DO THIS

IS WITH THE PRACTICE OF MINDFUL

WALKING.

A POWERFUL MEDITATION THAT

DOESN'T REQUIRE HARD LABOR OR

EVEN EXTRA TIME.

DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST STEPS

YOU TOOK OUTSIDE THIS MORNING?

THE FEEL OF THE GROUND

UNDERFOOT?

THE FALL OF THE LIGHT, THE

QUALITY OF THE AIR?

DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TREE

ON YOUR WAY?

LIFE IS THERE FOR US, BUT THE

QUESTION IS, ARE WE THERE FOR

LIFE?

PERHAPS THIS MORNING WE HAD

SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT TO DO,

PERHAPS WE WERE IN A HURRY.

MANY OF US HAVE A FEELING THAT

WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

BUT WHEN WE RUSH TO DO SOMETHING

ARE WE SAVING TIME?

OR ARE WE LOSING IT?

THERE IS A LOT THAT IS URGENT.

BUT IN ORDER TO TAKE THE TIME

TO MAKE RADICAL, DECISIVE

ACTION THAT OUR PLANET IS

CALLING FOR, WE NEED TO BE

FULLY PRESIDENT, GROUNDED AND

ALERT.

FEARLESS AND FREE.

THERE ARE NOTABLE, POWERFUL

STORIES OF LEADERSHIP OUT

THERE, AT ALL LEVELS FROM SMALL

COMMUNITIES TO THE GLOBAL STAGE.

AND ONE LESSON I TAKE FROM

THIS, FOR TODAY, IS IT CAN BE

HARD, REALLY, REALLY HARD TO

HAVE HOPE IN THE FACE OF A

CHALLENGE THAT IS BIG.

BUT WE JUST HAVE TO CHOOSE

OPTIMISM AND WE'VE GOT TO SHOW

UP FOR EACH OTHER.

YOU WILL BE SEEING MORE

ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS AT A VERY

IMPORTANT EVENT THAT STARTS

TOMORROW.

IT IS CALLED COP 26 AND WE HAVE

INVITED SOME EXPERTS AND

FRIENDS OF COUNTDOWN TO TELL US

ALL ABOUT IT.

>> COP 26, THE CONFERENCE OF

THE PARTIES, ON THE CLIMATE

TREATY IS WHERE EVERY NATION IN

THE WORLD COMES TOGETHER TO

NEGOTIATE COLLECTIVE ACTION TO

SOLVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS.

>> COP 26, THE ONE COMING UP

NOW, IN GLASGOW, IS THE 26th

TIME THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE

GOTTEN TOGETHER TO DO FOLLOW-UP

TO THE CRISIS.

THEY NEED TO COME TO THE TABLE

TO REPORT TO EACH OTHER WHAT

THEY HAVE DONE SINCE PARIS,

AND, MOST IMPORTANT, COMMIT TO

EACH OTHER WHAT FURTHER EFFORTS

THEY WILL DO OVER THE NEXT 5-10

YEARS.

THE MOST DECISIVE DECADE IN THE

HISTORY OF HUMANITY.

>> FIRST THING, WITH COP 26

THAT THE AVERAGE VIEWER SHOULD

KNOW ABOUT, THERE ARE A LOT OF

ACRONYMS, THERE IS ONE RIGHT

THERE.

BUT IT IS A PANEL ON CLIMATE

CHANGE THAT SAID WE HAD 12

YEARS AND THAT WAS 3 1/2 YEARS

AGO.

>> COP 26 IS ALSO AFFECTED

POSSIBLY THE LAST TWO IBC

REPORTS, SCIENCE BUT VERY

LOUDLY IN 2015 AND JUST A FEW

MONTHS FROM TODAY WE HAVE

RECEIVED THE SIXTH REPORT IN

AUGUST THAT WAS THE RED

COMFORTER HUMANITY, THOSE TWO

REPORTS ALLOW US TO UNDERSTAND

THE IMPORTANCE OF FOLLOWING THE

SCIENCE.

WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, IF

WE DON'T FOLLOW THE SCIENCE AS

COMMUNICATED IN THE REPORTS FOR

>> CONNECTIONS WILL BE MADE AT

COP 26 BECAUSE THEY WILL TELL

US WHETHER WE ARE ON TRACK TO

THE GOAL THAT HAS BE REACHED BY

2030 WHICH IS CUTTING GLOBAL

EMISSIONS FROM WHERE THEY ARE

TODAY TO 50%.

>> THE LANGUAGE IS NOT EVERYDAY

LANGUAGE, AND IT IS A JOB OF

ACTIVISTS TO BE COMMUNICATORS

OF SCIENCE AND OF THE DECISIONS

THAT HAPPEN BEHIND THESE WALLS.

IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS

AN EMERGENCY BUT I THINK THAT

INCLUDING STUDENTS IS CRITICAL,

BECAUSE INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE OF

TAKING CARE OF MOTHER EARTH IS

A RECIPROCAL ACTION THAT IS

PART OF THAT IMPERATIVE WE NEED

TO KEEP.

>> EVERYONE OF US CAN HAVE

ACTION, AT DIFFERENT SCALES,

NOT ONLY POLITICAL BUT

FINANCIAL INSTITUTION,

EVERYBODY THAT HAS A CAPACITY

OF TAKING A DECISION, THE

DECISION-MAKERS, HAVE THE

UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY OF BEING

PART OF THE MOST IMPORTANT

CHALLENGE WE HAVE EVER FACED AS

A SPECIES.

>> I HOPE YOU DON'T LOSE ALL, I

PRAY YOU DON'T LOSE HOPE AND I

SEE SOME OF YOU WANT TO CHECK

OUT, DON'T DO THAT.

DON'T GIVE UP, DON'T GIVE IN.

FIGHT TO THE END, WHATEVER YOU

DO, KEEP FIGHTING FOR THIS

PLANET.

>> IS GOING TO BE A BUSY TWO

WEEKS IN SCOTLAND, A LOT IS ON

THE LINE.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT ANOTHER

QUESTION WE GOT FOR DAVID,

FORGIVE ME IF I AM PRONOUNCING

YOUR NAME ON, BUT WHAT ARE THE

NEW TECHNOLOGIES BEING

INTRODUCED TO REDUCE CARBON

EMISSIONS FROM IMAGES?

>> I LOVE THIS QUESTION IT IS

GREAT BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THE

HOPE COMES IN.

SO, THERE ARE NOW NEW

TECHNOLOGIES THAT ALLOW US TO

PRODUCEUSING ELECTRICITY, OR

HYDROGEN INSTEAD OF CALL.

THERE ARE NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO

TURN CEMENT, YOU KNOW, THE

THING BUILDING THIS BUILDING

RIGHT HERE, FROM A CARBON

SOURCE INTO A CARBON SINK.

SO CHOPPING THAT CO2 IN THE

CEMENT.

AND THEN, WE ARE ALSO STARTING

TO DEVELOP WHAT IS CALLED

MECHANICAL TREES.

TECHNOLOGIES TO PULL CARBON OUT

OF THE AIR, AND IT SORT OF

BLENDS THE NATURAL AND

TECHNOLOGICAL, BECAUSE YOU ARE

HARNESSING GEOLOGY.

TO PULL THAT CO2 BACK OUT.

YOUR SPEEDING UP THE NATURAL

PROCESSES WITH THESE MACHINES.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS

THAT GET ME EXCITED.

>> YOUR SAY CYBORGS?

>> YES, CYBER EXCEL, SOMETHING

LIKE THAT.

>> IS FINALLY TIME TO FIND OUT

IF RAINN WILSON EVER FOUND

ANYTHING FUNNY ABOUT CLIMATE

CHANGE, LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

>> IS THERE ANYTHING FUNNY

ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE?

GIVEN THE EXTREME WEATHER WE'VE

HAD IN RECENT YEARS, THERE ARE

STILL PEOPLE WHO CLAIM IT IS A

HOAX.

YEAH, THAT'S HILARIOUS.

>> WHAT IS FUNNY ABOUT CLIMATE

CHANGE?

NOTHING.

NOTHING IS FUNNY ABOUT CLIMATE

CHANGE.

>> CLIMATE CHANGE IS REALLY NOT

FUNNY, AND --

>> I GET TO SIT AROUND MY HOUSE

IN MY UNDER, I SWEAR TO GOD I

AM IN MY UNDERWEAR, I AM NOT

GOING TO SHOW YOU BUT I AM.

>> I WAS LOOKING FOR AL GORE'S

MOVIE ON ENVIRONMENT AND I WENT

TO A SECTION OF THE STORE THAT

WAS SELLING ALL DVDS, DO YOU

HAVE AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH?

THEY SAID YES, YOU ARE FAT

BECAUSE YOU EAT TOO MUCH.

>> MY MOM SAID TO ME WHEN I WAS

MESSING WITH SOMETHING I

SHOULDN'T BE MESSING WITH, IF

YOU MESS WITH IT TOO MUCH IT

WILL BREAK.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE.

WITH THE ENVIRONMENT.

CAN WE PUT IT BACK TOGETHER?

THE WAY I NEEDED TO PUT THINGS

BACK TOGETHER WHEN I WAS A

LITTLE KID WITH SUPERGLUE AND A

COUPLE HOURS TO REASSEMBLE THIS

PRECIOUS HEIRLOOM VASE YOU HAVE

HAD SINCE YOU WERE A YOUNG

WOMAN THAT I BROKE?

PRETENDING TO BE SOME KIND OF

PERSON I MADE UP IN MY HEAD?

YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

>> CLIMATE CHANGE KIND OF

REMINDS ME OF A GAME OF THRONES

WERE THERE WINNING EVERYONE

WINTER IS COMING.

WINTER IS COMING.

AND EVERYONE IN KING'S LENDING,

IS LIKE OH, I WONDER WHAT IS

HAPPENING WITHIN MINISTERS ON

THE STARKS AND THE TARGET

AREAS.

>> WE JUST CONTINUE AS THOUGH

WE ARE JUST DANCING ON THE

TITANIC AS IT SINKS.

>> I GUESS WHAT, SUMMER IS

COMING AND IT IS COMING HARD,

THAT IS WHAT SHE SAID.

>> ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS ONCE I

AM GONE, NOT MY PROBLEM.

BUT THEN, I HAVE CHILDREN.

THAT'S THE PART THAT MAKES IT

ROUGH.

YEAH, THAT IS THE KILLER FOR

ME.

I THINK.

I GOT THESE KIDS AND I WANT

THEM TO HAVE KIDS AND I WOULD

LIKE THE SPECIES TO CONTINUE, SO

, IF IT WEREN'T FOR THAT GLOBAL

WARMING WOULD BE HILARIOUS.

>> IS THERE ANYTHING FUNNY

ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE?

NO.

IT'S A VERY SERIOUS MATTER, A

VERY SERIOUS MATTER.

IT IS FUNNY THAT PEOPLE DON'T

THINK IT IS A SERIOUS MATTER

BUT THAT IS NOT FUNNY LIKE HA

HA BUT LIKE WHAT THE --

>> THIS IS A ROUGH EXPERIENCE ,

YOU HAVE PROVEN EMPIRICALLY

THAT THERE IS NOTHING FUNNY

ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> OKAY, FINE, MAYBE THERE IS

NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT CLIMATE

CHANGE.

LET'S FIX IT.

>> MAYBE THIS IS THE PROCESS, I

DON'T KNOW, GIVE ME A SECOND.

>> THANKS TO RAINN AND ALL OF

HIS FRIENDS ARE BRINGING THE

FUN TODAY.

NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

ANOTHER VOICE FROM THE

COUNTDOWN SUMMIT EARLIER THIS

MONTH, A POET, ACTIVIST,

ARTIST, NAIM A PENNIMAN.

>> IT IS THE SUN, NOT WANTING

TO RISE OUT OF DAYS. IT IS THE

SKY GRAY TIRED OF BEING EVER

BLUER AT ONCE, -- AS CLOSE JUST

OFF AND HOLD THEMSELVES --

MAKE DEALS WITH GRAVITY --

RAIN IS -- A SNOWFLAKE IS

IMPERFECT, ALL OF THE TIME.

IT IS TRYING TO BE ONE-OF-A-KIND

I WONDER IF STARS WISH UPON

THEMSELVES.

BEFORE THEY DIE.

IF THEY NEED TO TEACH THEIR

YOUNG HOW TO SIGN.

I WONDER, IF SHADOWS LONG TO

JUST, FOR ONCE, FEEL THE SUN.

IF THEY GET LOST IN THE SHUFFLE

ABOUT KNOWING WHERE THEY ARE

FROM, I WONDER IF THE SUNRISE

AND SUNSET RESPECT EACH OTHER,

EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE NEVER

MET.

I HAVE A FEW STORMS REGRET IF

BOTH KIDDOS GET STRESS, IF

COMPOST HALF-LIGHT AFTER DEATH.

I WONDER.

IF BREATH EVER COMMITTED

SUICIDE.

IF THE WIND JUST ONE SAID I

CAN'T FEEL SOMETIMES, I'M

WATCHING THE WORLD PASS THEM BY

AS IF IT WAS BORN KNOWING HOW

TO DIE.

IF RAINBOWS GET SHOCKED

BACKSTAGE NOT SHOWING UP THERE

COLORS MATCH RIGHT.

I WONDER IF LIGHTNING NEEDS AN

ALARM CLOCK TO KNOW WHEN TO

CRACK AND THINK OF TURNING BACK

IF THEY MEET THE WRONG FEET AND

THEIR WHOLE LIVES RUN OFF

TRACK.

I WONDER IF THE SNOW WANTS TO

BE BLACK, AND THE WARRIOR

THINKS SHE IS TOO DARK IF

BUTTERFLIES WANT TO COVER UP

THEIR MARKS AND ROCKS FEEL SELF-

CONSCIOUS OF THEIR WEIGHT IF

MOUNTAINS ARE INSECURE OF THEIR

STRENGTH.

I WONDER IF RAIN GETS

DISCOURAGED, CRAWLING UP THE

SAND ONLY TO BE PULLED BACK

AGAIN TO WHERE THEY BEGAN AND

IF LAND FEELS STUCK.

IF SON FEELS INSIGNIFICANT, IF

PEOPLE QUESTIONED THEIR LOVERS

TO KNOW WHERE THEY STAND, IF

BRANCHES AT THE CROSSROADS OF

WHICH WAY TO GROW.

IF LEAVES UNDERSTAND. WHERE TO

BE WITH THE WIND BLOWS.

I WONDER WHERE THE MOON GOES

WHEN SHE IS IN HOUSE.

AND WATCH THE OCEAN SPIN FROM A

DISTANCE. -- EFFORTS GIVE WAY

TO EXISTENCE.

>> THANK YOU, NAIM A, THAT LAST

LINE WAS AMAZING.

DAVID, BEFORE WE GO WHAT ARE

THE TAKEAWAYS THAT YOU WANT

VIEWERS TO WATCH FROM

EVERYTHING WE'VE SEEN TODAY?

TO THINK ABOUT AS THEY LEAVE?

>> WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY GREAT

TALKS BUT I THINK CLIMATE

CHANGE IS REAL, IT IS HERE, IT

IS HAPPENING NOW.

AND IT IS US.

WE ARE DOING IT.

THAT IS THE HOPE, THOUGH,

BECAUSE WE ARE DOING IT IT IS

NOT HOPELESS BUT WE KNOW WHAT

WE NEED TO DO TO CHANGE IT.

WE GET TO DECIDE WHAT FUTURE WE

WANT.

IS IT GOING TO BE WORSE?

OR HOW MUCH BETTER WILL IT GET?

>> THANK YOU, DAVID, THANKS TO

ALL OF OUR INCREDIBLE SPEAKERS.

WHAT WE NEED NOW, THOUGH, IS NOT

MORE SPEECHES.

IT IS MORE ACTION.

STARTING ON A PERSONAL LEVEL,

SWITCH TO LEDS, RIDE PUBLIC

TRANSPORT, EAT LESS MEAT AND

DAIRY AND THEN GO BIGGER.

BUSINESSES YOU BUY FROM,

POLITICIANS YOU VOTE FOR, YOUR

EMPLOYER, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD,

SPEAK UP SO THEY CAN HEAR YOU.

JOIN FORCES WITH OTHERS WHO ARE

DOING THE SAME.

THIS IS DOABLE.

SO LET'S DO IT.

BEFORE IT DOES US.

THANKS FOR WATCHING, AND NOW

ONCE AGAIN, TO TAKE US HOME,

CHARLIE PUTH.

>> THANKS, I AM HERE TODAY

BECAUSE I MYSELF AM VERY

PASSIONATE ABOUT COUNTDOWNS

MISSION TO CREATE A WORLD THAT

IS SAFER, CLEANER, AND MORE

JUST FOR EVERYONE.

WE CAN ALL HELP THEY COUNT US

IN CAMPAIGN LAYS OUT STEPS

EVERYONE CAN TAKE TO START

MAKING POSITIVE CHANGES FOR OUR

PLANET.

YOU CAN VISIT COUNTDOWN.TED.COM

TO FIND OUT MORE.

FINALLY, BEFORE WE GO I WANT TO

LEAVE YOU ALL WITH ONE MORE

SONG, HERE IS MY SONG,

ATTENTION.

♪

YOU BEEN RUN UNDERGROUND

RUNNIN' 'ROUND RUNNIN' 'ROUND

THROWIN' THAT DIRT ALL ON MY

NAME.

'CAUSE YOU KNEW THAT I KNEW

THAT I KNEW THAT I CALL YOU UP.

YOU BEEN GOING AROUND GOING

AROUND GOING DOWN EVERY PARTY

IN LA 'CAUSE YOU KNEW THAT I

KNEW THAT I KNEW THAT I WOULD

BE AT ONE.

I KNOW THAT ADDRESSES, PERFUME

REGRET.

YOU GOT ME THINKING ABOUT WHEN

YOU WERE MINE OH AND NOW I'M

ALL UP ON YA WHAT YOU EXPECT

BUT YOUR NOT COMING HOME WITH

ME TONIGHT.

BUT YOUR NOT COMING HOME WITH

ME TONIGHT.

YOU JUST WANT ATTENTION, YOU

DON'T WANT MY HEART.

MAYBE YOU JUST HATE THE THOUGHT

OF ME WITH SOMEONE NEW YEAH,

YOU JUST WANT ATTENTION, I KNEW

FROM THE START.

YOU'RE JUST MAKING SURE I'M

NEVER GETTING OVER YOU, OH.

RUNNIN' 'ROUND RUNNIN' 'ROUND

RUNNIN' 'ROUND THROWIN' THAT

ARE ALL ON MY NAME.

'CAUSE YOU KNEW THAT I KNEW

THAT I KNEW THAT I CALL YOU UP

BABY NOW THAT WE'RE NOW THAT WE

ARE NOW THAT WE'RE RIGHT HERE,

STAND AND FACE TO FACE, I KNOW

THAT DRESSES,, PERFUME REGRET.

YEAH YOU GOT ME THINKING ABOUT

WHEN YOU WERE MINE.

YOU GOT ME THINKING ABOUT WHEN

YOU WERE MINE, AND NOW I'M ALL

UP ON YA BUT YOU'RE NOT COMING

HOME WITH ME TONIGHT.

YOU JUST WANT ATTENTION, MAYBE

YOU JUST HATE THE THOUGHT OF ME

WAS SOMEONE NEW YEAH YOU JUST

WANT ATTENTION, I KNEW FROM THE

START YOU'RE JUST MAKING SURE

I'M NEVER GET OVER YOU WHAT ARE

YOU DOING TO ME?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING, HUH?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING, HUH?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME, WHAT

ARE YOU DOING?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING, HUH?

I KNOW THAT DRESS IS KARMA

PERFUME REGRET.

YOU GOT ME THINKING ABOUT WHEN

YOU WERE MINE. AND NOW I'M ALL

UP ON YA WHAT YOU EXPECT?

BUT YOUR NOT COMING HOME WITH

ME TONIGHT.

YOU JUST WANT ATTENTION, YOU

DON'T WANT MY HEART.

MAYBE YOU JUST HATE THE THOUGHT

OF ME WITH SOMEONE NEW.

YEAH, YOU JUST WANT ATTENTION,

I KNEW FROM THE START.

YOU'RE JUST MAKING SURE I'M

NEVER GETTING OVER YOU. WHAT

ARE YOU DOING TO ME?

HEY WHAT ARE YOU DOING, HUH?

YOU JUST WANT ATTENTION, I KNEW

FROM THE START.

YOU'RE JUST MAKING SURE I'M

NEVER GETTIN' OVER YOU.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING, HUH?

♪