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"}, "display_name": "What is the climate crisis?", "subtitle-0-2080-1": "Let\u2019s talk about climate change.", "subtitle-2080-5480-2": "People are calling it the crisis of our time, and it is.", "subtitle-5480-6240-3": "\u201cclimate change", "subtitle-6240-6480-4": "\u201cclimate", "subtitle-6480-7040-5": "change\u201d", "subtitle-7040-7400-6": "\u201cclimate", "subtitle-7400-7840-7": "changes\u201d", "subtitle-7840-8160-8": "\u201cclimate", "subtitle-8160-8960-9": "change\u201d", "subtitle-8960-11360-10": "But it\u2019s 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\u2019re 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\u2019re 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\u2019t stopped since.", "subtitle-64239-65359-26": "why?", "subtitle-65360-70920-27": "Well, scientists say there\u2019s a 95% chance that human activity is the cause.", "subtitle-72920-76560-28": "We\u2019ve 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\u2019s 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\u2019re 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\u2019s", "subtitle-98000-102040-35": "atmosphere, some of the heat gets trapped, and the planet gets warmer.", "subtitle-102040-104400-36": "That\u2019s why they call it the \u201cGreenhouse Effect\u201d.", "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": "\u201cIt\u2019s actually the warmest temperature on Earth since the last ice age", "subtitle-114720-116880-40": "since 10 thousand years ago.\u201d", "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\u2019s 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\u2019re already getting a taste.", "subtitle-158600-162600-51": "\u201cClimate change is here. Climate change is happening. We are well into", "subtitle-162600-164360-52": "the 6th mass extinction event.\u201d", "subtitle-166440-169120-53": "\u201dEurope is currently colder than the Artic.\u201d", "subtitle-169120-171400-54": "\u201cMore than a thousand people being rescued just in", "subtitle-171400-173120-55": "the early morning hours of Sunday.\u201d", "subtitle-173120-177280-56": "\u201cMillions of people are likely to suffer worsening food and water shortages.\u201d", "subtitle-177280-181520-57": "\u2018The drought that\u2019s now in its tenth year is a phenomena that\u2019s here to stay.\u2019", "subtitle-181520-186320-58": "\u201cWe\u2019ve never seen a year\u2019s worth of rain in less than seven days.\u201d", "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": "\u201cNatural 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.\u201d", "subtitle-240040-244920-73": "\u201cIf 99% of doctors said to you, \u2018take this medicine, or you will get really sick and", "subtitle-244920-248320-74": "probably die\u2019 you would take it , who wouldn\u2019t take it?", "subtitle-248320-251160-75": "the problem is, at the moment, we don\u2019t have any medicine.\u201d", "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 \u2018Paris Agreement\u2019.", "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\u2019s the thing", "subtitle-272880-278000-82": "Three years after the agreement, global CO2 levels are still going up.", "subtitle-278000-280840-83": "\u201cCO2 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\u2019re 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\u2019s 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\u2019s the sceptics.", "subtitle-319360-322640-95": "It\u2019s a political decision, that it\u2019s 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": "\u201cThe ground base temperature data has been massaged to show", "subtitle-331680-334480-99": "an increase but the satellite data shows no increase.\u201d", "subtitle-334480-338480-100": "On the other hand, there is positive momentum. There\u2019s 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\u2019s 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\u2019t 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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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\u2019t grow it.", "subtitle-399320-404000-119": "So the expert advice? Is that it\u2019s 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."}
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