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4 years ago 00:10 the climate emergency is the defining 00:12 crisis of our time we are in a race 00:15 against time and we are losing there is 00:18 a growing tide of impatience especially 00:21 among young people with global inaction 00:23 we need more ambition from all 00:25 governments cities businesses investors 00:27 and people everywhere so I'm pleased you 00:31 are launching Ted countdown your 00:33 influence and ideas can help accelerate 00:35 momentum for a carbon-neutral world by 00:38 2050 that is the only way to avert the 00:41 worst impacts of global heating we have 00:44 the tools the science and resources let 00:47 us now get into this race with political 00:50 will and energy to do anything less will 00:53 be a betrayal of our entire human family 00:55 and generations to come thank you and 00:58 now please welcome one of the architects 01:01 of the Paris climate agreement 01:02 Christiana Figueres and the head of Ted 01:05 Chris Anderson 01:14 welcomewelcome something remarkable it's 01:19 going to happen in the next hour the 01:21 world's single most alarming challenge 01:24 which looks something like this is about 01:29 to go head-to-head with some of the 01:31 world's most amazing minds and 01:33 courageous hearts which looks something 01:36 like you the extraordinary audience we 01:39 have here in New York and around the 01:41 world 01:41 Christiana is quite the crowd we get to 01:43 hang out with this morning sure is no 01:45 kidding 01:46 it's a good thing that everyone is here 01:48 together because actually this 01:51 initiative that we're just about to 01:52 watch needs everyone to participate and 01:56 here it is countdown countdown is a 02:01 global initiative to cut greenhouse gas 02:03 emissions it's seeking bold solutions in 02:05 five big areas imagining what could be 02:08 achieved if different groups broke out 02:10 of their silos and acted together 02:13 starting today you can go to countdown 02:16 dead calm and sign up to join the 02:19 countdown early in 2020 will be sharing 02:23 plans on how you can connect with others 02:25 in your company or city or your school 02:27 to engage in this issue it's all leading 02:31 up to global gatherings on 1010 2020 02:34 everyone in the world is invited to 02:37 participate and so that's why although 02:39 I've been part of many initiatives along 02:42 the years I'm really excited about this 02:44 one because countdown is an invitation 02:46 to everyone everyone to play their part 02:50 in saving our planet and creating an 02:53 exciting future politicians and citizens 02:57 CEOs and their customers their employees 03:00 their investors 03:02 old and young north and south I see what 03:08 you did there 03:10 felucca our goal is not to plunge in 03:13 with something new that is competitive 03:15 with the amazing initiatives already out 03:17 there no it's it's to identify the best 03:21 solutions that have already been worked 03:23 on to cross-fertilize them to amplify 03:26 them 03:27 and then activate them by bringing 03:30 together these different groups and if 03:33 that happens we believe there is a way 03:36 out of the climate crisis that's what we 03:38 want to facilitate but now Chris 03:40 question why are you and Ted interested 03:45 in participating and actually activating 03:48 the climate agenda what I thought you 03:50 were all about spreading ideas well 03:53 indeed that has been our focused mission 03:56 for the last 15 years ideas were 03:58 spreading but last summer we concluded 04:02 that the urgency of some issues and 04:04 especially climate demanded that we try 04:07 to do more than just spread ideas that 04:09 we actually try to activate them now 04:12 we're just a relatively small nonprofit 04:15 that would not amount to anything if we 04:18 fail to bring other people on board but 04:20 the amazing thing is that that has 04:22 happened everyone we've spoken to about 04:24 this has got excited about participating 04:27 and one of the key moments frankly was 04:29 when you came on board 04:31 christiana I mean you were key to the 04:34 Paris agreement and the world was 04:37 stunned at the consensus that emerged 04:39 there what was the key to creating that 04:41 consensus I would say it was to really 04:44 challenge and change people's assumption 04:47 about what is possible if we set a 04:51 shared intention and then collectively 04:54 pursue it and achieve it so our mantra 04:58 then and continues to be impossible is 05:02 not a fact it's an attitude in fact only 05:07 an attitude and that is something we can 05:09 change 05:10 well that mantra is something we're 05:12 going to have to hold on to in the 05:13 months ahead because the scientific 05:16 consensus is actually worsening for a 05:20 quick report from the front lines here's 05:22 the head of the thousands of scientists 05:24 who make up the IPCC doctor who Sangli 05:29 we recently released three special 05:32 reports 05:33 they show a damage and risks of past and 05:36 future climate change they also show 05:39 that stabilizing climate would implies a 05:42 drastic reduction of greenhouse gas 05:43 emissions in the near term the Society 05:46 will have to go through unprecedented 05:49 changes to meet this goal even limiting 05:52 warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius will 05:54 bring more extreme weather rising sea 05:59 levels and water shortages in some 06:02 regions and threat to food security and 06:05 biodiversity higher temperature will 06:07 bring more of these damages threatening 06:11 lives and livelihoods of millions of 06:14 people all around the world well I could 06:17 have with us another world leading 06:18 scientist Johan Rock Strom here he was 06:22 responsible for creating the planetary 06:23 boundaries framework Johan how serious 06:28 is our situation last week we released 06:32 in nature the ten year update of the 06:34 risk of crossing tipping points 06:36 irreversible tipping points in the earth 06:38 system we know 15 such tipping points 06:42 including Greenland and West Antarctic 06:44 ice shelf and the permafrost and the 06:46 Siberian tundra for example and we today 06:49 have observational evidence I mean 06:50 empirical evidence that nine of the 15 06:53 have woken up and are on the move they 06:56 haven't crossed the tipping point yet 06:57 the window is still open but they are 07:00 warning us that now is the time to truly 07:02 move because the moment we cross them 07:04 like for example approaching a tipping 07:06 point in the Amazon rainforest we would 07:08 risk losing the battle because the 07:11 planet will be taking over its cell-free 07:13 fourth warming so that is why this 07:15 initiative is so incredibly important 07:17 let's go well said so both are very 07:22 clear there that this agenda of cutting 07:25 emissions is absolutely crucial how has 07:28 that been going 07:29 not very well because despite what we 07:31 know despite everything the science has 07:33 told us despite everything that we have 07:35 done including adopting the Paris 07:37 agreement we've actually been increasing 07:39 greenhouse gases consistently over the 07:43 past few decades to the point where 07:45 we're now at 50 07:46 five Giga tons of carbon dioxide 07:48 equivalent that we are collectively as 07:51 humanity emitting every year and as we 07:55 have heard we have a one path there is 07:58 one path that we have to follow and that 08:00 is start now to decrease emissions 08:03 instead of going up go down reverse the 08:06 trend bend the curve reduce emissions 08:09 starting in 2020 to the point where we 08:12 will be one-half the current level of 08:15 emissions by 2030 and then continue 08:18 decreasing them until we are at Net Zero 08:20 by 2050 it's the only part that we can 08:24 accept I mean how do you even begin to 08:26 start tackling that goal as daunting as 08:28 that well we could start by breaking the 08:33 simple yet daunting challenge into its 08:37 constituent pieces five main areas and 08:41 so these these five together are 08:45 actually they're all huge and if you can 08:47 find compelling solutions in each of 08:49 them they would actually add up to an 08:52 action plan that is that matches the 08:55 scale of the problem well here are the 08:58 five power how rapidly can we move to a 09:05 hundred percent clean energy a built 09:08 environment how can we re engineer the 09:11 stuff that surrounds us transport how do 09:16 we transform the ways we move ourselves 09:20 and goods food how can we spark a 09:25 worldwide shift to healthier food 09:27 systems and certainly nature how 09:32 extensively can we regrain the earth now 09:36 it's worth noting that the answers to 09:39 these questions and the measures that we 09:42 would undertake don't just reduce net 09:45 emissions they do that certainly 09:47 together to zero but they also point the 09:50 way to a future that is much better and 09:53 genuinely exciting so think about cool 09:58 new forms of transport 10:00 clean air healthier food beautiful 10:03 forests and oceans bursting with life so 10:08 you know solving the climate crisis 10:10 isn't about sacrificing and settling for 10:14 mediocre future it's about the exact 10:17 opposite 10:18 it's about co-creating a much better 10:20 future for all of us so how do we call 10:24 these questions let's take let's take 10:28 this question here and think about this 10:30 how extensively can we grow in the earth 10:32 I mean they're obviously many responses 10:34 to this question and many proposals is 10:37 fundamentally about how do we increase 10:39 the amount of sustainable photosynthesis 10:42 on planet earth photosynthesis 10:44 sequester's carbon they're going to be 10:46 proposals around giant kelp forests or 10:49 seagrass or about forms of plants that 10:52 have deeper roots and can sequester 10:55 across the planet but suppose a major 10:58 proposal that came out was about 11:01 reforestation a massive global 11:04 reforestation campaign I mean a single 11:08 organization no matter how big cannot 11:11 take that on 11:12 the key is for everyone to join forces 11:16 for governments with Zoning businesses 11:18 to invest investors to do that investing 11:20 environmental groups and philanthropists 11:23 who support them and just a massive 11:25 movement among citizens everywhere 11:28 transforming their lawns their cities 11:30 their neighborhoods going on trips 11:32 together that is where suddenly you can 11:34 dream about something really big so can 11:37 we test that theory because we are 11:40 fortunate to have with us today someone 11:43 who grew up inside a tree planting 11:46 movement probably the most well 11:48 recognized tree planting movement and 11:51 she is the daughter of the Nobel Prize 11:53 winner one Gary Matai and she heads up 11:56 the one Gary Matai foundation today so 11:59 can we invite our very dear friend one 12:02 Jairam Atty 12:04 thank you very much thank you very much 12:07 mr. Chris for doing this trees have been 12:09 indeed a part of my life for as long as 12:12 I can remember but we also know that for 12:14 centuries trees and forests have 12:17 cushioned us against the harsh impacts 12:20 of climate variation for very many years 12:22 in my lifetime my mother through the 12:25 green belt movement as you mentioned 12:27 inspired the planting of 50 million 12:30 trees and Counting through the work of 12:33 the green belt movement one organization 12:35 but the world now needs us to plant a 12:38 hundred times more trees than we did 12:42 then and the only way to do that is for 12:45 all of us to come together cities 12:48 citizens governments companies 12:50 environmental organizations and we must 12:53 believe therefore in the capacity for 12:56 each of us to be potent agents of change 12:59 and that together we are a force and I 13:02 hope you will all join us put together 13:06 we are a force I think we're here when 13:08 it hits it right there on the head 13:10 because it's all about collaborating 13:12 across a pretty broad spectrum of people 13:15 and happily there are representatives 13:19 from all of those groups here today and 13:22 we will be inviting you toward further 13:25 engagement but we wanted today to 13:27 introduce you to a couple of those 13:29 people speaking from their own 13:31 perspective so we would like to start 13:33 with the voice of a politician we are 13:37 incredibly honored to have with us today 13:39 the former prime minister of Bhutan and 13:42 I will have you know the Bhutan is the 13:44 only country in the world that actually 13:46 absorbs more carbon than what it admits 13:49 our good friend sharing top guy 14:01 my country is typical of the global 14:05 South in that we have not caused this 14:10 climate change crisis 14:12 indeed we are blessed with lush forests 14:17 and many bountiful rivers that has 14:19 enabled my country Bhutan to remain 14:21 carbon negative and yet 14:24 climate change threatens to destroy our 14:28 forests and to turn those very rivers 14:32 into terrible dangers for our people as 14:36 the Himalayan glaciers melt and threaten 14:38 both near-term flooding and the 14:42 longer-term loss of a natural water 14:46 reserves so I am proud to join this 14:53 countdown initiative and work with all 14:56 of you and with you and with you 14:59 constructively to find solutions that 15:01 are both powerful and just thank you 15:13 business of course has a crucial role to 15:16 play and so do those who controlled the 15:18 world's vast pools of investment capital 15:21 I was pleased to make the acquaintance 15:22 recently of the chief investment officer 15:25 of Japan's 1.6 trillion dollar 15:28 government pension fund it's actually 15:31 the world's largest pension fund he's 15:33 willing and interested to come with us 15:35 on this journey and to bring others with 15:37 him so somewhere is I believe hero hero 15:43 hero and your life welcome here right 15:47 thanks Chris and Christiana 15:50 and the staff of Ed or making this 15:52 possible as a person in charge of the 15:55 largest pension fund in the world and a 15:58 responsible securing a pension for 16:01 multiple generations this is hugely 16:04 important if you help manage I'm at risk 16:07 we recently analyzed a global portfolio 16:09 how it's aligned with Paris agreement 16:13 it was diagnosed our portfolios on the 16:15 past for more than three degrees far 16:18 away from Paris agreement Rose a 16:21 portfolio is not only sizable but also 16:24 one of the most globally diversified 16:26 portfolio so that means world is on that 16:29 path 16:30 I'm tired of hearing the same comment 16:33 repeatedly from our portfolio companies 16:35 and obviously investment professional we 16:39 are realistic sorry but being realistic 16:43 is no longer an option 16:44 we free our as the world largest asset 16:49 owner to inspire change in a capital 16:52 market will be actively engaging with 16:55 all actors in a capital market to move 16:58 the needle I look forward to 17:00 participating in this crucial dialogue 17:03 with you all thank you I'm sure all of 17:08 you know that throughout the past 12 to 17:11 18 months what has really been new and 17:14 powerful and exciting is the amazing 17:17 voices of so many young people millions 17:20 of young people who are out there on the 17:22 streets with anger with outrage with 17:24 despair and also asking us to do our 17:26 thing 17:27 and they have been inspired by Greta 17:30 Sundberg but by so many other fantastic 17:32 young people in almost every country of 17:35 the world and today we are delighted to 17:37 have four young activists come join us 17:41 today 17:55 this Friday 17:56 I'll have been on climate strike for 52 17:59 weeks that's an entire year during that 18:02 time I found that many people don't know 18:05 about climate change or how serious the 18:07 climate crisis is so I found it earth 18:09 apprising international to teach young 18:12 people about climate change because when 18:14 they know the science and the impacts 18:16 they want to take action being an 18:19 activist means making change happen I 18:22 became a climate activists because my 18:25 life depends on it I'm applying to 18:27 colleges right now trying to plan for my 18:29 future but there will be nothing to look 18:31 forward to if we don't take urgent 18:32 action to stop the climate crisis now I 18:35 started the youth climate justice 18:37 movement called zero hour back in 2017 18:40 because this is zero hour to act on 18:43 climate change we have no more time it 18:45 became clear to me that our leaders were 18:47 not going to take real action unless the 18:49 people stood up and demanded it so 18:51 that's exactly what we did I became a 18:54 climate justice activist because if I 18:56 don't fight for the rights of the people 18:58 today and for the people in the future 19:00 who will I became a climate justice 19:03 activist when I realized that the 19:06 climate crisis impacts marginalized 19:08 communities the most including my town 19:10 in Mexico I strike with Friday's per 19:13 feature every Friday because our 19:15 movement is not about gaining momentum 19:17 but about igniting cultural change but 19:20 the fact that thousands of students 19:22 strike for climate means that we are 19:25 already implementing climate justice 19:27 into every aspects of our lives which is 19:29 already really finding the world over 19:32 the course of our lifetimes we have seen 19:34 the earth deteriorate at a rapid speed 19:36 and groups of people traumatized and 19:39 displaced by an ever increasing number 19:41 of natural disasters in 2030 I'll be 28 19:44 years old I'll be 24 years old I will be 19:48 27 I'll be 26 we want to be able to hand 19:52 the planet over to our children and our 19:55 children's children just like many of 19:56 you have been able to do so unless 19:59 everyone governments 20:02 companies schools scientists and 20:04 citizens make a united commitment to 20:07 reversing the damage that we've caused 20:09 it will be too late we are not only 20:14 asking you to take care of our future 20:16 we're also asking you to take care of 20:18 our past 20:19 indigenous people having taken care of 20:22 the earth for thousands of years 20:24 which is why indigenous philosophy is 20:27 crucial when implementing climate action 20:31 this climate crisis can feel like an 20:34 impossible thing to fix but it's not and 20:36 it can't be because failure is simply 20:39 not an option failure means losing 20:41 everything we love and everything that 20:43 matters so many of us are already 20:45 working to save the future of our world 20:47 but it can't just be on the next 20:49 generation to fix this is too much of a 20:51 burden to just put on young people's 20:53 shoulders it is time for you to go all 20:56 hands on deck and do everything within 20:58 your power to save everything before 21:01 it's too late 21:02 are you with us 21:18 thank you thank you thank you and then 21:21 of course there's a crucial role to be 21:23 played by the world's storytellers and 21:26 those with influence on social media 21:29 platforms each of the following has 21:31 expressed excitement to be part of this 21:33 project they've lent us their names and 21:34 support we have some of them here today 21:36 thank you so much for being here 21:40 and let's hear from one of them actually 21:41 hi I'm Jimmy Kimmel and I was asked to 21:44 explain why I'm passionate about climate 21:47 change 21:47 and the reason I'm passionate about 21:49 climate change is the same reason people 21:51 who are drowning or passionate about 21:54 lifeguards I care about this planet 21:56 because I live on it I don't want to 21:58 move to Mars Mars seems terrible I want 22:01 my kids and their kids to be able to 22:03 live on Earth with air they can breathe 22:05 and water they can drink that's why I 22:08 care about climate change and also I 22:10 have a crush on Leonardo DiCaprio we 22:18 have an opportunity to explore a new 22:20 space of possibility for solutions based 22:24 on working together challenging each 22:26 other and inspiring one another so in 22:30 October next year we will be inviting 22:32 less a thousand people from different 22:36 constituencies to meet in Bergen Norway 22:39 to align on specific answers to our five 22:43 big questions it will certainly be an 22:46 epic event but even more significant 22:49 than what happens in Norway is what 22:51 happens elsewhere in the world because 22:54 on the final day of that conference 22:55 we're planning a major activation of our 22:58 global TEDx community TEDx allows 23:02 initiatives to organize local events and 23:05 there are now four thousand such events 23:07 annually here's what they look like they 23:12 take place in more than 200 different 23:14 countries generate more than a billion 23:16 views annually on YouTube we're 23:18 expecting to see events therefore in 23:19 hundreds of cities we'll be connecting 23:21 our TEDx organizers with city mayors 23:24 committed to a clean future 23:26 for their cities this is the key to this 23:28 it's this connection between the 23:30 powerful who usually own the 23:32 conversation and millions of people 23:34 around the world that because of the 23:36 zeitgeist shift that's happened in the 23:37 last year or two 23:38 suddenly ignition can happen here 23:41 because there's enough critical 23:43 groundswell if we can give people 23:44 visibility of each other connection to 23:46 each other let's dream a little here and 23:49 give each other permission to dream so 23:51 our goal here is to build connections 23:53 with and among all of the other 23:56 organizations that are working on 23:58 climate for example the solutions 24:00 project is a wonderful initiative 24:02 founded by Mark Ruffalo and Don chill 24:05 and let's hear from some of the leaders 24:08 that they have supported welcome your 24:10 life my name is Mihaly John's I'm with 24:17 native renewables and we are working to 24:21 provide solar power for tribes 24:23 throughout the world we have over 15,000 24:28 Native American families that don't have 24:30 access to electricity and we are working 24:33 to provide solar plus battery storage 24:36 for these families in the United States 24:38 that don't have access to electricity 24:39 and they are located on my reservation 24:43 the Navajo Nation and the hi everyone I 24:46 am an Allah pain with real food media 24:49 and we worked new uplift the stories of 24:52 farmers and ranchers as a key solution 24:55 to the climate crisis the global food 24:57 system right now is a huge contributor 24:59 to this crisis but it doesn't have to be 25:01 farmers and ranchers we really see as on 25:04 the front lines of being part of solving 25:06 the crisis so we try to share the 25:09 stories of the millions of farmers from 25:12 Andhra Pradesh India to the highlands of 25:14 Oaxaca that are using regenerative 25:16 agriculture to build healthy carbon rich 25:19 soil grow good food and foster the kind 25:23 of resilient communities that we need 25:27 hello from push Buffalo my name is rawa 25:30 where every day residents are visioning 25:32 planning and designing an equitable 25:35 holistic and sacred neighborhood like 25:38 where I'm pointing 25:40 from school 77 a renovated vacant school 25:42 building that has the first 100% 25:46 affordable community solar array in New 25:48 York State installed by local residents 25:51 it's also serving 30 affordable senior 25:54 apartments and a mix of intergeneric 25:57 intergenerational spaces that serves as 25:59 a community hub where we're practicing 26:01 new economy strategies towards a livable 26:04 planet thank you so you see this is 26:14 about everyone 26:15 it's about cities it's about grassroots 26:18 organizations but it's also of course 26:19 about business and so we're inviting all 26:23 companies underlying all to join this 26:27 initiative to engage with your employees 26:30 on how you can best protect the planet 26:32 and your future at the same time so 26:36 early next year we'll be sharing a 26:38 toolkit that can guide companies toward 26:41 moving quickly toward science-based 26:44 targets which gets them then to net zero 26:48 emissions by 2050 at the latest so think 26:53 about this because as an individual many 26:56 individuals feel powerless on this issue 26:59 but if you were to team up with others 27:03 in your company you might be amazed at 27:06 how much power you actually have almost 27:08 all emissions come from a company 27:11 somewhere on the planet and the thing is 27:13 many CEOs today are actually eager to 27:17 help solve the problem 27:19 we just heard this morning from Anand 27:22 Mahindra who heads India's biggest 27:25 business group that he is personally 27:27 committed on this issue and wants to be 27:29 part of this journey with us he's a 27:31 supporter of countdown CEOs will be able 27:34 to move much faster if there's a group 27:37 of employees there to brainstorm with to 27:41 support them to keep that sort of sense 27:45 of urgency on the topic so look on our 27:48 website we'll help you connect with 27:49 others in your company and give you 27:52 guidance on smart 27:53 to ask initiatives to suggest because if 27:57 companies can't be persuaded to do the 28:00 right thing suddenly this problem seems 28:03 to become solvable so all of these 28:06 efforts are building toward one 28:09 fantastic day Saturday October 10 2020 28:13 that is 10 10 20 20 easy to remember 28:18 when this fantastic gathering will take 28:21 place around the world and we hope to 28:24 have by that thrilling news of the 28:26 report of the very specific solutions 28:29 that nation's cities companies citizens 28:33 are actually already collaborating on by 28:36 then it's a day when every citizen of 28:39 the planet is invited to participate 28:41 your one ticket of entrance is you are a 28:45 citizen of the planet key to the success 28:48 of the event is to fit for this to 28:50 happen at scale I mean we want to make 28:52 it easy for anyone and everyone to find 28:54 out about the initiative and to play an 28:56 active part in it but how do you do that 28:58 you know the world's a noisy place I 29:00 mean the TED platform can help a bit 29:03 maybe but there's a much bigger content 29:06 platform out there it's called YouTube 29:09 and we're delighted to be working with 29:11 them on this endeavor we'll be inviting 29:14 many of their top creators to be part of 29:17 countdown collectively they could reach 29:20 an audience in the many millions and in 29:22 fact let's meet one of them dr. 29:23 Johansson of hot mess a new web series 29:26 about the impact of climate change on 29:28 all of us my name is Joe Hansen and I am 29:32 a youtube educator and you can count me 29:35 in I work with tomorrow's scientists 29:38 inventors and leaders and they deserve 29:41 to know the truth of what the science 29:43 says so that they can help us invent a 29:45 better future for everyone 29:49 imagine that multiplied by many others 29:51 it's very very exciting honestly and of 29:54 course when it comes to spreading the 29:57 word every one of you in this room can 29:59 actually play your part so if you have 30:02 any way of reaching anyone who is 30:06 turned about building a better future 30:08 and that should be every single one of 30:10 us please invite them to join countdown 30:13 there's one more card up our sleeve 30:15 we're excited to unveil a global media 30:19 campaign this is a campaign with a 30:21 difference 30:22 just as TEDx exploded by being allowed 30:25 to grow as a grassroots phenomenon so 30:28 you know this campaign is designed to be 30:30 co-opted everywhere on the planet if you 30:34 happen to own a billboard company or a 30:37 TV station or a radio station or a 30:39 website or a social media account we 30:44 invite all of you to take the images 30:46 you're about to see and to just spread 30:47 them far and wide our website will make 30:51 this easy we actually plan to translate 30:53 them into many languages courtesy of our 30:55 volunteer army of more than 20,000 30:57 translators worldwide some of them are 31:00 with us here if you're a TED translator 31:01 would you wave please young your work 31:09 carries powerful ideas to every corner 31:11 of the earth we're so proud of you so 31:13 grateful to you 31:14 so this campaigns designed to grab 31:16 attention and to communicate yes urgency 31:20 but also a little smidgen of hope we 31:23 think it might be that combination is 31:24 what is needed to really drive action 31:27 would love you to let us know what you 31:30 think of these right now 31:33 [Applause] 31:41 I see I didn't like the song but my team 32:34 you know now that's really powerful this 32:43 is unfortunately unfortunately truer 32:45 than you know and that's it okay 33:06 to bring this full circle we would like 33:09 to bring someone very special in hi I'm 33:13 Claire O'Neill I am the president 33:15 designate for next year's conference of 33:18 the parties the annual UN climate change 33:20 talks which will be in the UK and we're 33:21 looking forward to welcoming you there 33:23 but right now I'm in Spain in Madrid at 33:26 Kop 25 this annual event where we send 33:30 negotiators and activists more over the 33:32 world to see what we can do to reduce 33:34 co2 emissions but the problem is this 33:36 emissions are going up not down 33:38 and what I am feeling is that 2020 is 33:40 the year of action the year where we 33:42 have to stop talking or we have to start 33:44 acting and not just here in these 33:45 conference centres but everybody and so 33:48 the value of the dead process the value 33:51 of what we're all doing together is that 33:53 we're spreading out the conversations 33:54 and the solutions from inside this space 33:57 out to everybody and I'm really looking 34:00 forward to working with the Tempur over 34:02 the next year 2020 for me will be the 34:04 most important year for climate action 34:14 very first a word from one of the many 34:20 great minds who will be accompanying us 34:23 on this journey a message from the great 34:26 author historian and futurist you all 34:30 Harare climate change is about 34:33 inequality inequality between the rich 34:36 who are mainly responsible for it and 34:38 the poor who will suffer the most 34:41 inequality between us Homo sapiens who 34:44 control this planet and the other 34:46 animals who are our helpless victims 34:50 inequality between the scientists who 34:52 painstakingly search for the truth and 34:55 the professional deceivers who spread 34:58 falsehoods at the click of a button 35:01 climate change is about making a choice 35:03 what kind of planet do we want to 35:06 inhabit and what kind of humans do we 35:09 want to be a choice between greed and 35:13 compassion between carelessness and 35:16 responsibility between clothes 35:18 our eyes to the truth and opening our 35:21 hearts to the world climate change is a 35:25 crisis but for humans a crisis is always 35:29 also an opportunity if we make the right 35:32 choices in the coming years we can not 35:35 only save the ecosystem but we can also 35:38 create a more just world and make 35:42 ourselves better people so isn't that a 35:53 powerful framing of what we have ahead 35:55 of us and honestly I think it is tragic 35:59 that the power of transformation that we 36:02 have ahead of us is so severely 36:04 diminished by those who would want to 36:06 politicize the issue and separated into 36:09 partisan of politics it cannot be a 36:12 partisan issue it cannot be a 36:14 politicized issue happily there are some 36:17 who are working against that today we 36:20 have one of those people and a 36:22 fantastically courageous climate 36:25 scientist who is a committed Christian 36:27 and who has been working on this issue 36:29 with conservatives and with the 36:31 religious and spiritual communities for 36:33 years with incredible courage Katharine 36:37 Hayhoe 36:39 sermon says climate change we often 36:42 think oh that's just an environmental 36:43 issue people who are tree huggers are 36:45 scientists care about it or maybe people 36:47 who are on the left-hand side of the 36:49 political spectrum but the reality is 36:51 whether we know it or not 36:53 we already care about climate change no 36:56 matter who we are why because climate 36:58 change affects everything we already 37:00 care about today it affects our health 37:02 it affects the food we eat the water we 37:05 drink the air that we breathe climate 37:08 change affects the economy and national 37:10 security I care about a changing climate 37:12 because it is as the military calls it a 37:15 threat multiplier it takes issues like 37:18 poverty and hunger disease lack of 37:21 access to clean water even political 37:23 instability and exacerbates or amplifies 37:26 them that's why to care about a changing 37:28 climate we don't have to be a certain 37:29 type of person a thermometer isn't blue 37:32 red liberal or conservative it gives us 37:35 the same number no matter how we vote 37:37 and we are all affected by the impacts 37:40 of a changing climate 37:41 so to care about a changing climate all 37:43 we have to be is one thing a human 37:45 living on planet earth and we're all 37:47 that the man who brought this issue so 37:55 powerfully to everyone's attention years 37:59 ago and has continued tirelessly to work 38:03 on that issue ever since the one and 38:06 very only Al Gore thank you thank you so 38:15 much Christiana and thank you for your 38:17 outstanding leadership and thank you 38:19 Chris Anderson and the entire Ted 38:22 community youtube and all of the others 38:25 who are joining in this fantastic 38:27 initiative I have just three one this 38:32 crisis is incredibly urgent just 38:35 yesterday the scientists gave us the 38:38 report that emissions are still going up 38:41 every single day we're putting a hundred 38:44 million tons of manmade global warming 38:47 pollution into the thin shell of 38:50 atmosphere surrounding our planet the 38:52 accumulated amount now traps as much 38:54 extra energy every day as would be 38:57 released by 500,000 first generation 39:00 atomic bombs exploding every single day 39:03 again the consequences are increasingly 39:06 clear all that mother nature is telling 39:10 us that the fires of the sea level rise 39:12 and the floods and the mudslides and the 39:14 loss of living species but the second 39:17 message that I have is the hope is very 39:20 real we actually do have the solutions 39:24 available to us it is unfortunately true 39:27 at this moment that the crisis is 39:29 getting worse faster than we are 39:32 mobilizing these solutions but renewable 39:35 energy and electric vehicles and 39:36 batteries and regenerative accurate 39:38 circular manufacturing and all of these 39:41 other solutions are gaining momentum the 39:45 late economist root 39:46 Dornan Bush in articulating what's known 39:48 as Dorn Bush's law said things to things 39:51 take longer to happen than you think but 39:54 then they happen much faster than you 39:56 thought they could we can pick up the 39:59 pace we are gaining momentum and soon we 40:02 will be gaining on the crisis but it is 40:05 essential that everyone join of every 40:08 political persuasion every ideological 40:11 persuasion every nationality every 40:14 division has to be obliterated so that 40:16 we humanity can join together and in 40:20 closing I would just say that for anyone 40:23 who doubts that we as human beings have 40:27 the ability to rise to this occasion 40:30 when everything is on the line just 40:33 remember that political will is itself a 40:36 renewable resource 40:49 thank you so much thank you so much our 40:52 for your leadership on this issue for so 40:54 many years none of this would be 40:57 possible without an extraordinary and 40:59 fast growing list of partners I'd like 41:02 to acknowledge them if you're watching 41:09 this you believe your organization 41:11 should be part of this you can help in 41:13 some way join us 41:15 email me Kris at Ted calm this is going 41:18 to take everyone okay before the Q&A; I 41:21 just want to ask you a question 41:23 personally Christiana like what what do 41:26 you really think you've no know you've 41:29 been in so many of these does this 41:32 initiative have a chance well first of 41:36 all we're at the point where everything 41:40 place everything place and I'm really 41:44 excited about this because it has been 41:47 very painful to me to see how over the 41:49 past 12 to 18 months because of the 41:52 tragically insufficient response that we 41:55 have had to climate change how that 41:57 zeitgeist has been changing from where 41:59 we were in Paris which was pretty 42:00 positive and optimistic to now despair 42:03 helplessness anger that's what is out 42:07 there roaming on the streets I don't 42:08 blame them and I have the same feelings 42:10 but the point is we have to be able to 42:13 transform that into making the 42:16 difference and I think what this is this 42:18 initiative is actually potentially ready 42:21 to do which is to give every single 42:24 person who feels helpless give them a 42:27 tool to do something some will 42:30 contribute small efforts some will 42:32 contribute large Ivor's depends on what 42:34 your influence area is and to those who 42:38 feel angry and and and despairing well 42:42 give them also an opportunity to channel 42:46 that energy which is very powerful 42:48 energy into solutions and finally what 42:53 is very exciting about this is the scale 42:55 Chris right I mean just look at those 42:57 are those 42:59 partners that are going to be there we 43:00 have attempted many many things to bring 43:03 to scale but this I think is the most 43:06 promising initiative that I have seen to 43:09 be able to bring people to scale to 43:11 bring efforts and solutions to scale and 43:13 speed because if there's one thing that 43:17 we cannot cannot fail on is addressing 43:21 climate change but not only that to do 43:22 so in a timely way thank you 43:26 that is eloquent and thank you that's it 43:36 okay we have many members of the the 43:41 world's leading media here we're going 43:43 to have a Q&A; they should probably have 43:45 priority on questions if it all goes 43:47 deathly silent someone else can ask the 43:49 question if your if you remember the 43:50 media here please feel free to put your 43:53 hand up we'll throw a mic to you and 43:56 we'll do the best we can hi Rachel crane 43:59 from CNN my question for you is about 44:02 more specific action that will come out 44:05 of countdown we heard a lot today about 44:06 how this is mobilizing the globe on this 44:08 issue breaking people out of their silos 44:10 companies out of their silos but I'm 44:12 curious to know paint a picture for us 44:14 of what that the action that will come 44:16 out of this initiative could potentially 44:19 look like I'm sure you know it's all in 44:20 early phases we won't hold you 44:22 specifically to this there's an intense 44:24 process going on between now and October 44:27 where we're trying to engage all of the 44:29 world's best thinking on climate around 44:33 those five big areas what we're hoping 44:35 to have there is multiple proposals in 44:37 there that collectively take a huge bite 44:40 out of those issues some of them there 44:43 may be one big one that that dominates 44:45 now so transport for example could we 44:49 accelerate the end of the internal 44:52 combustion engine somehow what would 44:53 that take that that would be a classic 44:55 problem made for this approach because 44:57 what governments decide right now 45:00 depends on what they see happening 45:02 elsewhere would the decisions of auto 45:05 executives be shifted if they saw 45:07 millions of people on social media 45:08 saying I will never buy a combustion 45:10 engine would they be shifted by the 45:13 it's signal of a few hundred mares is 45:15 saying we are creating a carbon zero 45:17 zone in our city and we're going to 45:20 expand it and we're doing that soon 45:22 would they be shifted by a visionary 45:24 auto CEO taking the risk in coming 45:26 forward and saying you know when we said 45:28 we were going to continue this till 2050 45:30 no we can see the writing on the wall we 45:32 want to be on the right side of history 45:33 we're doing this in 2030 we think there 45:36 might be a pathway to that but it's so 45:38 on some of these issues is going to 45:39 depend on a massive amount of discussion 45:43 bringing people together showing this is 45:46 what you're so masterful at is showing 45:49 that other people don't have the 45:50 attitudes that you think they have 45:51 they're actually shifting you better 45:53 shift and it's so it's it's mutually 45:55 raising everyone's ambition level and 45:58 that that is that is a cycle that 46:00 happens in we've already seen it 46:02 happening and so on each of these issues 46:04 that's what we're looking for the 46:06 biggest boldest things dream bigger than 46:08 we normally do because there are more 46:11 people at the table than there normally 46:12 are ie millions of citizens engaged in 46:16 this that's the process and while that 46:18 is happening there'll be multiple other 46:19 engagements in companies and cities 46:21 around the world we hope that it all 46:23 comes together in a thrilling manner in 46:26 October and we have something to 46:27 celebrate my name is Dominic Drake Ford 46:30 with Mellon and ass or social media as a 46:33 form of media in understanding the 46:38 inherent correlation between the 46:41 cumulation of carbon in the atmosphere 46:43 and the cumulative exploitation and 46:48 extraction extractivism economy which 46:52 creates sacrifice zones for black and 46:55 indigenous communities how do we plan to 46:58 or how do you guys plan to mitigate 47:01 those systems of oppression as part of 47:05 your strategies within those five 47:06 various components so that we can really 47:10 begin to reduce emissions if the 47:14 transformation in our economy and our 47:16 society does not include inequality 47:18 closing and social justice issues then 47:22 we're doing nothing because all of those 47:24 things will come back to bite us 47:26 we have to put our arms around the 47:28 entire package that is not easy but it 47:31 is entirely possible and that's one of 47:33 the things that I'm so excited about 47:34 climate change because it is it it is at 47:37 the front of this transformation but it 47:40 will bring many of the other issues that 47:43 have been relegated to non attention it 47:50 will bring those issues to the fore as 47:51 well so the transformation has to be an 47:54 integrative transformation hi Chris hi 47:57 Christopher 47:58 my question is are individual efforts 48:00 like King plastic straws are going vegan 48:05 making a difference or ropes in the 48:09 ocean it's a good question 48:12 they are totally important absolutely 48:15 important because it's not just about 48:17 the one straw that I use it's about me 48:21 not using that straw going to a 48:22 restaurant and telling the waitress 48:24 excuse me I don't want a plastic straw 48:26 because and giving her a little us and 48:28 then she goes up to the manager manager 48:30 comes to the table and says excuse me 48:31 could you please explain that to me then 48:33 you go through the lesson and sooner you 48:35 know then you think you have that 48:37 restaurant plus the other one plus the 48:38 other one actually information is 48:41 contagious and wanting to do the right 48:44 thing is also contagious so don't look 48:47 at it as just simply you know what is 48:49 the straw am I using the straw or you 48:52 know am I not using plastic plastic bags 48:55 to do I have my my my plant-based hours 48:59 bags to go shopping etc etc all of that 49:04 counts it counts for you first of all 49:06 because it is a personal reminder of who 49:09 you are and what you stand for but it is 49:12 also a very important tool to educate 49:16 everyone around you right and I think 49:19 the core of our initiative is all that 49:21 stuff matters what you eat how you 49:23 transport yourself etc it matters a lot 49:25 but there is some there is another piece 49:27 of power that individuals have that they 49:30 don't think about as much perhaps and 49:33 that we think that they should we invite 49:35 them to which is what they can do as an 49:37 employee and what they 49:38 can do it as a member of a city there's 49:40 a coming together here where by getting 49:42 organized by connecting with others we 49:45 think there is a direct route to 49:47 changing decisions that will have an 49:49 even bigger impact on the problem so 49:51 it's it's yes all of that and but more 49:54 as well there is a um online promoter 50:01 children what can students do yeah I 50:04 love that question 50:05 totally love that question so first of 50:07 all Friday's 11 o'clock go strike I mean 50:12 honestly 50:12 right let's go let's go and and that 50:17 pressure has to be maintained 50:18 I'm totally delighted that you know 50:20 there are some people here who've been 50:21 here doing it for 52 weeks the problem 50:24 with this is folks this is not a sprint 50:26 it's a marathon so you better get ready 50:29 for many more 52 weeks right and get 50:33 more people involved because this is 50:35 going this is not easy if it were easy 50:37 we would have done it this is going to 50:39 be a long term effort but fantastic to 50:42 be out there in the streets you are 50:43 getting so much more attention from the 50:45 media from a stupid adults who have not 50:47 done our job 50:49 it is fantastic so you know get your 50:51 voices out there also in school you can 50:54 definitely go and improve take the 50:58 question that you just asked to Ted 50:59 that's the question that every student 51:01 should be asking their school where's my 51:02 energy coming from let's get with it 51:04 right students in in colleges how is it 51:07 possible that we still have colleges and 51:09 universities that I have that are not a 51:11 hundred percent clean energy and they 51:13 haven't shifted their all their capital 51:16 in their endowment over to low low 51:19 carbon I mean it's just incredible and 51:22 finally the most important thing that 51:25 young people can do is ask your parents 51:29 what the hell are you doing about my 51:32 future because here is an amazing thing 51:36 I have spoken and I'm I was thinking how 51:39 many I've spoken to at least three if 51:41 not four CEOs from the oil and gas 51:44 industry I've spoken to three or four 51:47 major investors heads of their 51:50 investment firms 51:51 who come up to me usually in private and 51:54 say Christiana the reason why I'm 51:57 changing what I do in my business is 52:00 because my daughter or my son asks me at 52:04 night what the hell are you doing about 52:08 my future that is a very powerful 52:11 question and only young people can ask 52:14 that question use that tool ask your 52:19 parents what are they doing about your 52:21 future sorry about the h-word hi I'm Joe 52:32 convener at the half post Cristiano a 52:34 question for you which is one of the 52:37 things that didn't come out so much in 52:38 this is about the spiritual traditions 52:40 and and the role they play in terms of 52:44 coz what we're seeing is that actually 52:45 old wisdom is coming out in terms of 52:48 interdependence nothing is separate from 52:49 anything else but is the spiritual 52:52 tradition we can bring to this that will 52:53 make also a difference what I think is 52:56 very powerful about understanding 52:58 whether you happen to be a spiritual 53:01 person that pursues meditation and 53:04 mindfulness or whether you're a 53:06 religious person or not what I think is 53:09 very powerful about the spiritual 53:12 understanding of the human presence on 53:14 this earth is to understand that we're 53:18 not separate 53:19 it's not like there's over there is 53:22 planet Earth and then humans are over 53:24 here and we are totally interconnected 53:27 with all other species and with all 53:29 other living beings and doing the 53:31 responsible thing by them does the 53:34 responsible thing by us and vice versa 53:37 and so that interconnectedness is one 53:39 that comes from the spiritual traditions 53:41 but you don't have to be religious or 53:43 spiritual to understand that you know 53:45 the fact is every single drop of water 53:47 that we drink comes from nature every 53:50 single morsel of food that we eat comes 53:52 from nature and we've got to heal that 53:55 connection we would welcome engagement 54:01 hi Kaylee Rosses from Women's Wear Daily 54:04 obviously the fashion industry is 54:06 responsible for a lot of the carbon 54:08 output so I wondered what is your 54:10 perspective on conscious consumption the 54:13 key goal here is to align at the same 54:17 time to change opinion and what 54:18 companies do what employees do what 54:21 consumers do you know it's it's it's the 54:23 pits the shifts all happening at the 54:26 same time that can make change right now 54:27 someone else is always the problem 54:29 our Vestas wouldn't allow us to do that 54:31 there is no market for this better more 54:34 sustainable product and so all the 54:37 pieces need to happen at the same time 54:38 that's our hope and so the lead on this 54:42 is not us its employees and CEOs and 54:45 leadership teams working in those in 54:47 that industry get together make make 54:50 something happen and ride the tide of 54:54 the zeitgeist shift that is happening 54:56 it's going to work out from a business 54:58 point of view as well can I jump on that 55:00 as well because for years for centuries 55:04 we have been on a consumer extract and 55:08 consume mentality right the way the way 55:11 we go about our life and the way that 55:12 businesses are created is extract use 55:15 discard extract use discard it's a 55:18 simplification but honestly it's as 55:20 simple as that and to understand that 55:22 that linear extraction to discard can no 55:26 longer be the case that it needs to be 55:28 circular now we have to go in to a 55:30 circular economy that uses every single 55:33 resource that we extract because we will 55:36 continue to extract that uses it not 55:37 once but two three four five ten times 55:40 around and around and around the circles 55:42 that's the circular economy and we have 55:44 to get to that point because frankly 55:46 we're running out of resources to 55:48 continue to extract hi my name is Jody 55:51 Shu crying I'm with the South China 55:53 Morning Post on Hong Kong publication 55:55 here in the US so we've been reporting 55:58 on trade war for more than a year and 56:01 we're actually living in a in a world 56:03 where countries are decoupling from each 56:05 other how do you overcome that try and 56:09 and bring everyone together 56:11 we don't know these are these are really 56:13 challenging issues what we do know is 56:15 that we have to bring everyone to the 56:16 table and have the discussion there are 56:18 so many people in China including in 56:20 many occasions the Chinese government 56:22 has has made bold steps to tackle this 56:26 issue there's a lot that the West can 56:28 learn from what's happening in China I 56:30 would say in a world in which we're 56:32 seeing a wave of nationalism and 56:35 populism the way we go at this is 56:38 actually to expand the breadth of 56:43 engagement so not to let the 56:46 responsibility of engaging on climate be 56:49 in national government hands only yes 56:51 they have an important role but we can 56:54 bring it down as well to a different 56:56 level of engagement with just every 56:58 single human being and once we 57:01 understand that we're all human beings 57:03 and that we all have a common future 57:04 there's no such thing as all of us being 57:06 in the boat and only the ones we're 57:08 closest to the hole in the boat are 57:10 going to sink No 57:11 well either we all sink or if we all 57:12 float together my name is Justine coma 57:14 I'm with the verge thanks so much for 57:17 this my question is about Ted and 57:20 YouTube's own carbon footprint a 57:24 streaming video eats up a huge amount of 57:26 energy and you know I'm curious what Ted 57:32 and YouTube might be doing to reduce 57:35 their own greenhouse gas emissions 57:37 connected to that I can't speak for 57:41 YouTube obviously I will say that to 57:44 quote a line from George mom Bo all of 57:47 us are hypocrites in this movement if 57:49 you've ever bought something or you're 57:51 wearing clothes or you know you're 57:53 eating food you know you're you're a 57:55 hypocrite you're you're creating 57:56 emissions it's part of life and I think 58:00 perfection is there's a risk that 58:03 perfection that the pursuit there's a 58:05 sort of an over pursuit and focus on 58:08 that and the judging that comes with it 58:10 can slow everyone down we want this to 58:13 be a Coalition of the Willing who accept 58:15 that they're not perfect but are willing 58:17 to act now this whole process has 58:19 sparked a huge conversation in Ted about 58:22 how we act more responsibly 58:25 and that will continue we're certainly 58:26 not going to stop streaming videos we 58:29 think at some point you have to do math 58:31 you know it's like that it's give to the 58:33 planet more than you take from it I 58:34 think is the is the golden rule that I 58:37 personally really believe in and so if 58:39 an idea you know powered by a little bit 58:42 of electricity can ignite in someone's 58:45 brain I would bet on the idea over 58:47 saving the electricity but there's no 58:49 perfection in this and and we definitely 58:51 have a lot that we need to improve on 58:53 let's go here and then back I'm lame 58:55 search I'm from The Wall Street Journal 58:57 magazine and Chris I really liked what 58:59 you were saying about the fashion 59:00 industry and what they can do to change 59:01 and how it requires employees and CEOs 59:04 to meet together because who understands 59:07 an industry better than the people in it 59:09 and their process is an infrastructure 59:10 but I'm wondering what about companies 59:12 with huge footprints and two that come 59:15 to mind first are Amazon and Zara where 59:18 by all accounts the workers the 59:20 employees there don't have very much 59:22 power and the CEOs don't have very much 59:24 incentive to change right now what what 59:27 would you say about those kinds of 59:29 companies so this is going to be such an 59:33 important conversation going forward 59:34 because we're in the ironic position 59:36 where the people who can do the most to 59:39 solve this problem are the people who 59:41 are currently the worst offenders so 59:43 what do we do do we make them part of 59:44 the conversation or not I say we make 59:47 them part of the conversation so long as 59:49 we see serious engagement so take Amazon 59:53 Jeff Bezos has actually listened to what 59:56 many of his employees have said they've 59:58 been very vigorous the employee base 60:00 they're about cover footprint has 60:02 listened has engaged with you and with 60:05 others and they they have announced I 60:08 think it's quite to say announced an 60:10 acceleration of their own commitment to 60:13 go to basically a Net Zero track by 2040 60:17 if I have it right it's the companies 60:20 with the thousands the tens of thousands 60:23 of trucks and the packaging and all the 60:25 rest of it that is how this problem will 60:28 get solved so I say we go we invite 60:31 these CEOs to be part of this and and 60:35 urge them to take it seriously and to go 60:38 far 60:39 maybe even faster than their completely 60:41 comfortable doing but that's I think 60:42 what we have to do not to defame you 60:47 know denounce before we've at least had 60:49 the serious conversation about it's time 60:52 your employees want to do this your 60:55 customers want to do this your investors 60:57 increasingly want to do this let's do 60:59 this that's our hope and and the 61:02 wonderful thing about companies the size 61:03 of Amazon or Walmart when they did it is 61:05 that they have a huge trickle up effect 61:08 because when Jeff Bezos came out and 61:10 said I'm gonna make Amazon climate 61:12 neutral by 2040 Paris agreement says 61:14 2050 of course he wants to do everything 61:16 better than that 61:17 so 2040 is for Amazon well good you know 61:20 we're gonna keep him to it now the 61:22 amazing thing about that is that in 61:24 order for Amazon to be climate neutral 61:26 by 2040 they have to work with all their 61:29 supply chain going up they have to work 61:31 with all of those companies that deliver 61:33 services and goods to them for them to 61:36 also be climate neutral ASAP because 61:38 otherwise they can't meet their own 61:39 commitment so borage companies are 61:42 actually very very key and instrumental 61:45 to this because it's not just about 61:47 their footprint it's about the embedded 61:50 footprint that they inherit in their 61:53 supply chain and the transformation of 61:55 that is really huge last question my 61:59 name is jackie with now this news and 62:01 every day I work with young climate 62:04 activists like the ones we've heard 62:05 today but when we do stories on them you 62:08 know including Greta Thun Berg icy 62:10 fierce criticism that they face and 62:12 largely it's because of a generational 62:14 gap I don't know if you're familiar with 62:16 the phrase ok boomer but it seems it 62:19 seems like there's a lot of guilt or 62:22 accountability that some are looking for 62:24 and on the other end we're looking at a 62:25 lack of education or just ignorance on 62:28 the issue so what is your advice to 62:30 young people to respond to that 62:33 criticism to foster constructive 62:34 conversations we should probably ask 62:37 them 62:37 oh hi thank you for your question come 62:41 come 62:41 [Applause] 62:45 it is true that we increasingly face 62:48 criticism and it's not only when we 62:50 speak to people with climate deniers or 62:52 things like that but also on social 62:54 media is as much as a tool to spread 62:58 information and organize her strikes and 63:00 get the information out there but it's 63:02 also a tool for people who want to 63:04 undermine us to personally attack us and 63:07 the way in which we stay resilient is in 63:11 to where when we build community with 63:13 each other when we organize we mimic the 63:17 world we want to see there is no 63:19 hierarchy in our organizing we are all 63:21 working towards the same goal 63:23 constructively choosing our passions 63:26 towards you know making the strike the 63:29 best it can be we got 300,000 people 63:32 striking in New York we put together a 63:35 whole concert people called it climb 63:37 cella 63:37 I was great but the point is that it's 63:44 not going to stop us the criticism is 63:46 not going to stop us and even though we 63:48 know that we are kids and we are not 63:50 here to tell you all the solutions that 63:53 there already are out there we are going 63:57 to do it because every kid who cares 63:59 about the climate crisis is going to 64:01 grow up to study through an 64:04 environmental lens and through change 64:06 and to change the world through that so 64:08 we are here to tell you personally 64:13 climate activists that I know don't use 64:15 okay boomer because we strive for 64:19 intergenerational cooperation and I 64:22 think that blaming and divided dividing 64:25 each other is not going to get us 64:27 anywhere which is why we don't use it 64:30 and I don't think it should be used and 64:31 I actually want to thank everybody who 64:34 is doing something because action 64:38 inspires action and you inspire us and 64:42 we're glad that we inspire you as well 64:54 Wow there is there is no there is no 65:09 there is no better note on which to end 65:12 this thank you 65:13 [Applause]
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