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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."