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display_name	"What is the climate crisis?"
subtitle-0-2080-1	"Let’s talk about climate change."
subtitle-2080-5480-2	"People are calling it the crisis of our time, and it is."
subtitle-5480-6240-3	"“climate change"
subtitle-6240-6480-4	"“climate"
subtitle-6480-7040-5	"change”"
subtitle-7040-7400-6	"“climate"
subtitle-7400-7840-7	"changes”"
subtitle-7840-8160-8	"“climate"
subtitle-8160-8960-9	"change”"
subtitle-8960-11360-10	"But it’s easy to get lost in this story."
subtitle-11360-14520-11	"The science is dense, and politics get in the way."
subtitle-14520-18080-12	"World leaders are meeting in Madrid to talk about the climate crisis"
subtitle-18080-19520-13	"and how to slow it down."
subtitle-22440-24880-14	"And they’re under pressure from millions of people"
subtitle-24880-28160-15	"around the world calling for concrete action."
subtitle-28160-32560-16	"The empty promises are the same and the inaction is the same."
subtitle-32560-35480-17	"So what exactly are we doing wrong and how do we fix it?"
subtitle-41440-43560-18	"We’re going to kick this off with some basic science."
subtitle-43560-45920-19	"So bear with me, because this is important."
subtitle-45920-47400-20	"Look at this graph."
subtitle-47400-50560-21	"These are the levels of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere"
subtitle-50560-53160-22	"over hundreds of thousands of years."
subtitle-53160-56080-23	"But this spike in carbon dioxide at the very end?"
subtitle-56080-58680-24	"That took off during the industrial revolution."
subtitle-58680-64239-25	"We started breaking CO2 records in 1950, and we haven’t stopped since."
subtitle-64239-65359-26	"why?"
subtitle-65360-70920-27	"Well, scientists say there’s a 95% chance that human activity is the cause."
subtitle-72920-76560-28	"We’ve been burning more and more fossil fuels like oil and coal, which"
subtitle-76560-81000-29	"release CO2, to power our homes, factories, airplanes and cars."
subtitle-81000-84440-30	"There’s also a lot more of us. The global population"
subtitle-84440-87880-31	"has tripled in the past 70 years."
subtitle-87880-90840-32	"And we’re consuming more products from animals"
subtitle-90840-93720-33	"that release another pollutant called Methane."
subtitle-93720-98000-34	"So all those gases are in the air, and when sunlight gets into the earth’s"
subtitle-98000-102040-35	"atmosphere, some of the heat gets trapped, and the planet gets warmer."
subtitle-102040-104400-36	"That’s why they call it the “Greenhouse Effect”."
subtitle-104400-107800-37	"But the concern is not that the earth is getting warmer."
subtitle-107800-110400-38	"But the concern is not that the earth is getting warmer."
subtitle-110400-114720-39	"“It’s actually the warmest temperature on Earth since the last ice age"
subtitle-114720-116880-40	"since 10 thousand years ago.”"
subtitle-116880-120520-41	"The UN says that right now, our world is about 1 degree hotter"
subtitle-120520-124160-42	"than pre-industrial times. That’s around the year 1800."
subtitle-124160-129199-43	"Which is okay. In fact, the UN says if we warm by 1.5 degrees"
subtitle-129199-131880-44	"before the end of the century we should be fine."
subtitle-131880-135920-45	"The UN says even 2 degrees would 'probably' be alright."
subtitle-135920-139840-46	"But again, the problem is speed. Because right now, we are"
subtitle-139840-143720-47	"on track to hit 1.5 degrees in only ten years."
subtitle-143720-148280-48	"And If we don't slow that warming down, it could mean catastrophe"
subtitle-148280-151240-49	"within my lifetime, and maybe yours too."
subtitle-151240-153480-50	"And we’re already getting a taste."
subtitle-158600-162600-51	"“Climate change is here. Climate change is happening. We are well into"
subtitle-162600-164360-52	"the 6th mass extinction event.”"
subtitle-166440-169120-53	"”Europe is currently colder than the Artic.”"
subtitle-169120-171400-54	"“More than a thousand people being rescued just in"
subtitle-171400-173120-55	"the early morning hours of Sunday.”"
subtitle-173120-177280-56	"“Millions of people are likely to suffer worsening food and water shortages.”"
subtitle-177280-181520-57	"‘The drought that’s now in its tenth year is a phenomena that’s here to stay.’"
subtitle-181520-186320-58	"“We’ve never seen a year’s worth of rain in less than seven days.”"
subtitle-186320-190120-59	"Sea levels are rising about 3 millimetres a year"
subtitle-190120-193640-60	"because seawater expands as temperatures get warmer."
subtitle-196280-199440-61	"Melting ice sheets and glaciers also add trillions"
subtitle-199440-202320-62	"of tons of freshwater into our oceans."
subtitle-203200-206520-63	"People around the world are already losing their homes."
subtitle-206520-211680-64	"And if things carry on, millions more of us will have to pack up too."
subtitle-211680-216200-65	"Entire coastal cities could be underwater within 80 years."
subtitle-216200-217880-66	"Like Miami in the US"
subtitle-217880-220160-67	"or Osaka in Japan."
subtitle-220160-224440-68	"Entire island nations in the pacific could completely disappear."
subtitle-224440-227400-69	"“Natural disasters becoming more and more intense, more frequent"
subtitle-227400-230760-70	"with devastating consequences. The dramatic impacts of droughts"
subtitle-230760-234520-71	"in different parts of the world, all of this is creating a situation"
subtitle-234520-239040-72	"that is a real threat to humankind. And we are not doing enough.”"
subtitle-240040-244920-73	"“If 99% of doctors said to you, ‘take this medicine, or you will get really sick and"
subtitle-244920-248320-74	"probably die’ you would take it , who wouldn’t take it?"
subtitle-248320-251160-75	"the problem is, at the moment, we don’t have any medicine.”"
subtitle-251160-254040-76	"Now, there is a plan to slow all this down."
subtitle-254040-258279-77	"Back in 2016, world leaders signed the so-called ‘Paris Agreement’."
subtitle-258279-263000-78	"And the big pledge is to cap temperatures rising by 1.5 degrees"
subtitle-263000-266720-79	"or a maximum of 2, before the year 2100."
subtitle-266720-271680-80	"So countries set their own targets on how much CO2 they emit."
subtitle-271680-272880-81	"But here’s the thing"
subtitle-272880-278000-82	"Three years after the agreement, global CO2 levels are still going up."
subtitle-278000-280840-83	"“CO2 emissions have been going up the last year by two per cent"
subtitle-280840-283680-84	"so that's actually above the average of the last ten years."
subtitle-283680-287920-85	"So it's started to increase again and it doesn't look too good."
subtitle-287920-290560-86	"In some ways, we’re going backwards."
subtitle-290560-294880-87	""The United States will cease all implementation of the nonbinding"
subtitle-294880-299200-88	"Paris accord and the draconian financial and economic burdens"
subtitle-299200-302080-89	"the agreement imposes on our country.""
subtitle-302080-305560-90	"The US, one of the world’s biggest polluters, has pulled out"
subtitle-305560-310080-91	"of the Paris deal. Russia and China are accused of not giving themselves ambitious targets in the first place."
subtitle-310080-312360-92	"ambitious targets in the first place."
subtitle-312360-316880-93	"Turkey and Poland want to build more power plants that use coal."
subtitle-316880-319360-94	"And then there’s the sceptics."
subtitle-319360-322640-95	"It’s a political decision, that it’s man-made global warming."
subtitle-322640-325960-96	"We forced the computer models to say AHA!"
subtitle-325960-329120-97	"Human influence, CO2 and other stuff."
subtitle-329120-331680-98	"“The ground base temperature data has been massaged to show"
subtitle-331680-334480-99	"an increase but the satellite data shows no increase.”"
subtitle-334480-338480-100	"On the other hand, there is positive momentum. There’s more awareness"
subtitle-338480-342840-101	"and some countries are making progress. India, Morocco, and"
subtitle-342840-346440-102	"The Gambia have massive renewable energy projects."
subtitle-346440-348080-103	"There are different countries doing different things really successfully"
subtitle-348080-352440-104	"some countries are, for example, making all public transport free"
subtitle-352440-355760-105	"in the cities. What a great way to encourage people out of their cars."
subtitle-355760-360000-106	"But experts say what’s needed now is an even bigger push"
subtitle-360000-363080-107	"to change everything about the way we run our world."
subtitle-363080-366520-108	"Business as usual has got to change. Politics as usual has got to change"
subtitle-366520-369280-109	"In order to combat that we have to change the system that"
subtitle-369280-372960-110	"has allowed it to happen. You can’t have infinite growth on a finite planet."
subtitle-372960-377760-111	"And everyone can do that by shifting to renewable energy, reducing"
subtitle-377760-382280-112	"the use of cars, use trains more, cycle more, eat less meat"
subtitle-382280-384240-113	"consume a bit more carefully."
subtitle-384240-388440-114	"So where does that leave us? Well there’s only so much bike-riding"
subtitle-388440-391560-115	"and light-bulb replacing you and I can do everyday."
subtitle-391560-394000-116	"But the truth is that it’s those everyday things"
subtitle-394000-395760-117	"that are going to change anyway."
subtitle-395760-399320-118	"Even coffee could run out if farmers can’t grow it."
subtitle-399320-404000-119	"So the expert advice? Is that it’s down to all of us, to change our ways and"
subtitle-404000-407600-120	"shake things up, or climate change is going to do it for us."