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Al Gore's movie
An Inconvenient Truth
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won him an Oscar, and yet,
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much of the movie is nonsense.
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"Sea levels may rise 20 feet"
is absurd!
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But this is Al Gore.
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He always goes down the road
of hyperbole.
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Not only is he losing
the argument
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on climate change,
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but he's losing the science
as well.
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You don't go
see Joseph Goebbels' films
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to see the truth
about Nazi Germany.
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You don't want
to go see Al Gore's film
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to see the truth
about global warming.
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And it's the most severe
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winter storm in years,
which would seem to contradict
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Al Gore's hysterical
global warming theories.
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Donald Trump says
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he's had it up to here
with Al Gore
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and is calling for the
Nobel Peace Prize committee
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to take the prize away.
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Yes or no, do you believe
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that human-caused global warming
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is a moral,
ethical, and spiritual issue
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affecting our survival?
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Yes, I do.
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Yes or no,
do you believe that reducing
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fossil fuel-based energy usage
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will lead to lower
greenhouse gas emissions?
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Basically, yes.
I don't think we...
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That's... That's good.
Senator Gore...
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If I could just, uh, continue...
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Well, you can't.
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Now, it seems
that everything is blamed
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on global warming.
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Last summer, we had a
heat wave, and everyone said,
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"Oh, that's proof
it's global warming."
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Then we had a mild December.
"Oh, that's proof"
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"it's global warming
that's taking place."
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Now, I wonder how come you guys
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never seem to notice it
when it gets cold?
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The National Academy of Sciences
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here in this country
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and in the 16
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largest or most-developed
countries in the world
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agrees with the consensus
that I've stated.
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Senator Gore, my time
is almost expired completely.
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Are you aware of that?
It seems that everybody...
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I would like to respond.
May I respond?
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...global warming in
the media joined the chorus...
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Excuse me, Senator Imhofe.
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How can you ask a question
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and not give the man
a minute to answer?
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Please.
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Senator, thank you. Um...
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I've been sitting here
trying to think
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what I could do or say
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that, uh...
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That might make it possible
to reach out to you.
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And I'm serious about this.
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I'd love to, um,
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talk with you
without the cameras
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and without the lights and...
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And tell you, uh,
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why I feel so strongly
about this.
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And we've got to call the other,
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I think, three or four speakers
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for the Generation Client
Conference, too.
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All right, so now back to
the Paris conference.
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I'd like a briefing on
the must-do meetings in Paris.
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And I'll circle back
to Christiana
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well before then
on how I can best help her.
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I need to talk to
Secretary Kerry
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- about the long-term goal.
- Mmm-hmm.
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I want to schedule
the China climate training
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during the first three months
of the year.
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I think it would be good
to lock that down.
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Yeah, definitely.
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Morning. Morning.
Thank you for your help.
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Since An Inconvenient Truth
came out ten years ago,
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climate-related
extreme weather events
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have gotten so much worse.
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And so I've continued
to give my slideshow
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all around the world.
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Now, I want to add
the latest images
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of the flooding going on
right now in Louisiana.
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Okay, I think both of those'll
fit really well there.
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I mean, every week now
this stuff
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just keeps getting worse
and more of it.
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But...
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Actually, there were times when
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it really looked bleak and dark
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because the forces trying
to stop the change regrouped
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and poured tons of money
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in trying to paralyze
the political system
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in the U.S.
and in other countries.
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I got really discouraged.
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And there came a time for me
when I felt, wow, we could
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lose this struggle.
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We need to recruit more people.
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Thank you. Thank you so much.
Thank you. Thank you.
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I hope you're having
a productive
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and enjoyable, wonderful time
at this training session.
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I've been doing this
a long time.
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And I was reminded recently
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of how long it's been
since I started this.
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I was sitting in a restaurant.
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A woman came walking by
in front of my table,
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just staring at me.
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And I didn't think
anything of it until,
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a few moments later,
I saw the same woman
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coming from
the opposite direction,
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just staring at me.
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So I looked up and I said,
"How do you do?"
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And she took one step forward
and she said,
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"You know,
if you dyed your hair black,"
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"you would look
just like Al Gore."
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And so I said, "Thank you."
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And she said,
"You sound like him, too."
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But anyway...
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One of the comedians on TV
said recently,
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"The way you know
global warming is real"
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"is if the hottest year ever"
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"is the year
you're currently in."
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Fourteen of the 15
hottest years ever measured
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have been since 2001.
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The hottest of all was 2016.
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This graph shows
average temperatures
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from 1951 through 1980.
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The white are the normal days,
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the blue are
the cooler-than-average days,
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and the red are
warmer-than-average days.
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And in the 1980s,
the entire curve
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shifted to the warm side.
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And we saw, for the first time,
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the appearance of
a statistically significant
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number of extremely
hot days in the lower right.
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In the 1990s,
the curve shifted further.
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And in the last ten years,
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the extremely hot days
have become more numerous
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than the
cooler-than-average days.
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We still have cool days.
We still have cold days.
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But these extremely hot days
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are becoming much more numerous.
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In April of this year,
the temperature over Greenland
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was much higher than normal.
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An engineer on one of
the helicopters took a video
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during this temperature spike.
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Those are parts of the glacier
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just exploding
with the high temperatures.
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Hey, Eric. How you doing?
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Good to see you again.
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So, you see the line
on the ridge here?
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Yes.
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That grey line is
where the ice surface was
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back in the '80s.
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- Not so long ago.
- Not long ago at all.
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It's amazing to think
that just 30 years ago,
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where we are right now,
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it was all covered
by the big ice sheet.
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- You ready for me?
- Yeah.
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Yeah, I'll hold the ladder.
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- Thank you, Bianca.
- Yeah, no problem, Al.
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Welcome to Swiss Camp!
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We have 20
automatic weather stations
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measuring the climate.
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Swiss Camp is just one of them.
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This is the cumulative
height change of melt.
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Yes. I see.
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Since 2000 to now,
we lost 12 meters
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- of ice at that elevation.
- Wow.
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That was our former station,
level with the surface.
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- Yes.
- Very deep pillars.
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We came back next season.
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That's where we are now.
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This is okay here?
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- Around there?
- Yes. Yeah.
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That would be a hole you don't
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- want to step in, right?
- Yes.
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So, it's going
straight down there?
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So the water rushes down.
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And since it's heavier than ice,
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it pushes its way
underneath the ice sheet.
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And we can measure
how the ice is lifted up
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a few millimeters
to a centimeter.
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And then the ice moves fast
and you reduce the friction.
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And, in effect, the ice sheet
starts speeding up
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in its flow toward the ocean.
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That's correct.
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So this makes the ice mass
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like Swiss cheese.
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It is frustrating that
for many years,
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I've tried to communicate
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that we've got to act
on the climate crisis.
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But it's not happening
fast enough.
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If I said
there weren't times when
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I felt this was
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a personal failure on my part,
I'd be lying.
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So where
is all that water going?
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I'll tell you
where some of it's going.
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It's going into the streets
of Miami Beach, Florida.
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High tides continue
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to bring a flood of frustration.
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Fort Lauderdale gets the award
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for the "something you don't
see every day" video.
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Fish swimming on Cordova Road.
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Experts say in 30 years or so,
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a drive along Ocean Drive
could be a drive in the ocean.
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Downtown Miami could be awash.
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We're showing you
an area that hasn't been
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actually fixed at all,
as you can tell.
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And then, on Wednesday,
we're gonna show you
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some of the areas
that used to be like this,
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but now we raised the road
and put in pumps.
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We've seen dramatic results.
It's so much better.
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So you raised the road with
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saltwater-resistant materials?
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Yes.
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And what level of sea level rise
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is this designed
to protect against?
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We are building in about
a foot of sea level rise.
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And I'm sure the projections
are gonna continue to move.
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Kinda hard to pump the ocean.
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That's why
we've got to raise above it.
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- Yeah.
- Yeah.
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Yeah, it's not easy.
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It's not easy.
This is not a simple fix.
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- Yeah.
- Yeah.
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You can only raise so much
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before you change
everybody's lives around here.
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Yeah.
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Scott and I grew up here.
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This wasn't the case
40 years ago.
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So if anyone wants to argue
that it's not happening...
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It's happening.
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It's happening.
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It's coming out of the manholes,
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coming out of the drains.
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And this is while the pumps
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are operating at full capacity.
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This is a stopgap measure
at best.
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Look, it's coming out
into the street there.
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Well, I've got to go onstage
in about 15 minutes.
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- So...
- Right.
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Show me where
the new slides are,
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and then try to
fix these videos.
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Put them on a stick,
and I'll try
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to download them to my computer.
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Okay.
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I thought those boots
were gonna be high enough,
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but they weren't.
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All right.
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Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you very much.
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I am so excited to be here
and so excited
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that you are here
for this training.
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I'm a little bit late
getting here
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because I got up early
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and put on some wading boots
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and went over to
a couple of the streets
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that are filled up
with water this morning.
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Miami, in terms of
assets at risk,
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is the number one city at risk
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in the entire world
for sea level rise.
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This is a major crisis.
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Projected sea level rise
in South Florida,
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possibly seven feet
or more in this century.
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By population,
the top ten cities at risk:
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Kolkata, Mumbai, Dhaka,
Guangzhou, China, et cetera.
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West Africa.
A lot of people at risk there.
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And, of course,
the low-lying islands,
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the Maldives have an enormous
amount at risk.
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Kiribati has
already purchased land
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to move its entire population.
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And again, this is from
the city we're in right now.
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I mean, I just wonder
how the governor
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sloshes through this and says,
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"I don't notice anything.
Do you notice anything?"
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So, Florida...
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- Florida.
- ...is a challenge, and so...
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- I can confirm that.
- Okay.
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So, that's the big question
we have.
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I cover the climate,
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environmental stuff
all the time,
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and you have a state
with a governor
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who wouldn't even
meet with scientists
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- to talk about climate change.
- Yeah.
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How do you move forward on it?
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In order to address
the environmental crisis,
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we are gonna have to
spend some time
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fixing the democracy crisis.
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Because big money
has so much influence now,
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our democracy has been hacked.
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Large contributors
call the shots.
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Have you ever thought about
running for office again?
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I've used this line before,
so forgive me,
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but I am
a recovering politician.
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And the longer I go
without a relapse,
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the less likely one becomes.
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So, I just wanted to say,
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we'll probably do, sort of,
three buckets of stuff.
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- All right.
- So, there's...
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- Is one of them climate?
- Yes, climate.
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Yes. One of them is climate,
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one of them is sort of
broadly like how politics
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are different now
than they were,
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- say, 15 years ago.
- Sure.
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Citizens United...
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I'm interested to hear
your thoughts on that.
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- Okay, yeah.
- And then some 2016 stuff.
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Okay. But I'm not gonna...
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You can decline.
I know you're not gonna...
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I'm not gonna commit news.
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Yes, I know.
But I'll try to get you to.
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Okay.
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But we will talk about climate?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah!
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I got to feed the beast,
Mr. Vice President.
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Sometimes it seems to me that
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the climate crisis is simply
not getting the kind of
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coverage in the media
that it should.
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You have a
Republican Party right now...
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Historically large field, right?
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There's no one on climate...
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Yeah, it's odd, isn't it?
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...in the entire lineup.
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Since when did the United States
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abandon its traditional
world leadership role?
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Especially at a time when,
just this past week,
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the President of China says,
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"Okay, we're going to adopt
a cap and trade program,"
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"and we're reducing
our CO2 emissions,"
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"and we want to create jobs"
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"in solar and wind
and efficiency."
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This is the most serious
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global challenge
we've ever faced.
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No other country
can play the role
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that the U.S. can play.
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Do you think that we're reaching
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that tipping point
to the point that
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it's not going to be
any more denial?
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We are at a turning point.
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And we can successfully
reach an agreement
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in this big global negotiation
in Paris
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at the end of November
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to have a real meaningful turn
in the right direction.
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At what moment did you decide
that you wanted to leave
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politics aside and actually
move into this, uh,
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new career that you have?
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Well, to be honest,
that decision was one made
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by the Supreme Court
of the United States.
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I enjoyed politics,
but this is a mission
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that I have dedicated myself to.
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And there's a hunger
for information
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about what's happening,
why it's happening,
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and how we can fix it.
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I usually start
with a black screen.
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And, trust me,
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after only
two or three times through,
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you will associate your own
way of telling each story
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with the picture,
and it'll come so easily.
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The way the memory works...
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Ten years ago,
I made the decision
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to launch a training program,
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so that anyone
who wanted to learn
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the skills to communicate
to thousands of others
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could come and get trained.
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...'cause really,
all we're trying to do
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is get the first stage going,
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which is just waking people up.
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There were only 50
of them in the beginning.
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But I look back
on that first training
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and it makes me smile,
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because they were real pioneers,
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in my way of thinking about it.
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This is the first picture
that any of us ever saw
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of the Earth from space.
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It was taken
on Christmas Eve, 1968,
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during the Apollo 8 mission.
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And this was the first time
that human beings
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left near-Earth orbit
and went far enough into space
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to see the planet whole,
floating in the void.
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And I've always
started my slideshows
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with those pictures.
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When people can see
the Earth from space,
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they naturally find it easier
to feel a connection
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to our shared home.
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And the last image
from the Apollo program,
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The Blue Marble,
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the one picture of the entire
Earth fully illuminated,
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completely changed the way
people think about the planet.
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It energized the modern
environmental movement.
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I put that picture
on my office wall
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in the West Wing
of the White House,
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and I looked at it every day.
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I called up NASA and I said,
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"Hey, I've been looking
at this same picture here,"
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"and I'm just wondering
if there's another one."
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I thought, what if we could
have images on a daily basis?
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Might that help to build
the commitment people have
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for saving the climate balance?
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And that's when I learned
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there's really not another one.
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That's what led to the idea
of the DSCOVR satellite.
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Not only for these pictures,
but because of
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the amazing scientific
data gathering that you can do
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from that special point
in space.
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There was opposition
in the Congress.
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I was about to run
for president,
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and that may have had
something to do with it.
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But once I finally
got it approved,
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other instruments
started being added to it.
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And one was the crucial
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early-warning device
for solar storms
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that threaten electric
utility grids and pipelines.
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And NASA built the satellite,
gave it a launch date.
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And then after
the Supreme Court decision
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and the inauguration
of Bush and Cheney,
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they canceled
the satellite launch.
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Please stand for the invocation.
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Reverend Graham.
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The new administration,
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they didn't really realize
they were also canceling
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this solar storm
early-warning system.
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And the businesses
that depend on it
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started making a lot of noise.
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And they proposed
to resolve that quandary
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by taking all of
the climate instruments
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and the camera
off of the satellite,
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replacing them with
the equivalent of sandbags
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and only leaving
the one instrument
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that these powerful industries
wanted to be put into orbit.
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I thought,
"Wow, that is extremism."
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By the end of it,
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this satellite was
put in storage.
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We had a real opportunity
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to start building
enough public support
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00:27:01,854 --> 00:27:05,055
to really get on track
to solving the climate crisis.
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00:27:06,258 --> 00:27:08,625
But we lost that opportunity.
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And now, we cannot afford
to lose it again.
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Okay, Bo.
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This house was my home
441
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when I was growing up as a boy.
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00:27:43,562 --> 00:27:46,330
My mother and father built it.
443
00:27:48,167 --> 00:27:50,267
LBJ came to this farm.
444
00:27:50,302 --> 00:27:54,104
He fell out with my dad
when my dad became one of
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the leading opponents
of the Vietnam War,
446
00:27:57,375 --> 00:28:02,045
but they served in the Senate
together a long time.
447
00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:05,382
Here's a picture of my dad
doing
Meet the Press, and...
448
00:28:05,417 --> 00:28:08,919
Then, many years later,
me doing
Meet the Press.
449
00:28:10,489 --> 00:28:11,855
Here's a, uh,
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00:28:13,959 --> 00:28:17,594
handwritten note that
my second-oldest daughter,
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00:28:17,629 --> 00:28:21,732
Kristin, wrote back in 1987,
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00:28:21,767 --> 00:28:24,067
when we had
a family meeting to go over
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whether or not
I should run for President.
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It's divided into good parts
and bad parts.
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"Number 1: Wants to do it."
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"Number 2: Has a good chance."
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00:28:36,782 --> 00:28:38,849
"Number 3: A lot of people"
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00:28:38,884 --> 00:28:41,852
"who know the other candidates
don't like them."
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00:28:42,287 --> 00:28:43,420
Um...
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"He might get elected."
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00:28:44,556 --> 00:28:46,123
"It would be a good time
to run things."
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00:28:46,158 --> 00:28:49,125
"He thinks
he could solve problems."
463
00:28:49,161 --> 00:28:53,797
"The bad points. Number 1:
He would not be here a lot."
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00:28:53,833 --> 00:28:55,865
"Number 2: Uh..."
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00:28:55,901 --> 00:28:57,934
"It would be hard to
get more publicity"
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"than some of the others."
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00:29:00,272 --> 00:29:01,504
"Number 3:"
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00:29:01,540 --> 00:29:05,275
"Would not like to have Social
Security around all the time."
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00:29:06,946 --> 00:29:09,146
Meaning the Secret Service,
of course.
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00:29:19,458 --> 00:29:22,659
Just moments ago,
I spoke with George W. Bush
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00:29:22,694 --> 00:29:24,161
and congratulated him
on becoming
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the 43rd President of
the United States.
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Neither he nor I anticipated
this long and difficult road.
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Let there be no doubt
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while I strongly disagree
with the court's decision,
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I accept it.
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I accept the finality of
this outcome,
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which will be ratified
next Monday
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in the Electoral College.
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And tonight, for the sake of
our unity as a people
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and the strength of
our democracy,
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I offer my concession.
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I had a detailed plan
for my life.
484
00:30:03,102 --> 00:30:07,304
But it turned out that life
had a different plan for me.
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You know, anybody
who decides to be a part of
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helping to solve
the climate crisis has
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00:30:17,315 --> 00:30:21,217
a constant struggle
between hope and despair.
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00:30:21,252 --> 00:30:25,888
Uh, and so when you see
these slides about
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00:30:25,924 --> 00:30:28,258
all the damage
that's being done, hang on,
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00:30:28,293 --> 00:30:31,994
because hope is coming.
Don't sink too low!
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00:30:32,030 --> 00:30:35,365
Despair can be paralyzing.
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00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:38,668
But we're building up speed
and we're seeing
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00:30:38,704 --> 00:30:43,340
a tremendous amount of
positive change
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that gives me the optimism
that I feel about this.
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00:30:47,046 --> 00:30:50,280
Let me give you some exciting
examples. Look at wind.
496
00:30:50,316 --> 00:30:52,015
One day this month,
497
00:30:52,050 --> 00:30:55,919
Scotland got 100% of
its electricity from wind.
498
00:30:55,954 --> 00:30:58,855
In Portugal,
they had four days straight
499
00:30:58,890 --> 00:31:01,824
last May on
renewable energy alone.
500
00:31:01,860 --> 00:31:05,128
And on a global basis,
wind alone can supply
501
00:31:05,163 --> 00:31:10,433
40 times the entire
global demand for energy.
502
00:31:10,468 --> 00:31:12,169
But let's look at solar.
503
00:31:12,204 --> 00:31:15,205
This, to me, is the most
exciting new development.
504
00:31:15,241 --> 00:31:19,876
Fourteen years ago
the best projections available
505
00:31:19,911 --> 00:31:23,446
were that we would be able
to install worldwide
506
00:31:23,482 --> 00:31:27,117
one gigawatt of
solar electricity per year.
507
00:31:27,152 --> 00:31:29,286
Well, when 2010 arrived,
508
00:31:29,321 --> 00:31:32,989
we beat that goal by
17 times over.
509
00:31:33,024 --> 00:31:37,226
Last year, we beat that goal
58 times over.
510
00:31:37,262 --> 00:31:42,132
This year, we're on track to
beat that goal 73 times over.
511
00:31:42,167 --> 00:31:46,970
This is an exponential curve,
and it is astonishing!
512
00:31:47,005 --> 00:31:49,840
And it continues to go up
at a steeper rate
513
00:31:49,875 --> 00:31:52,843
because the cost of
silicon solar cells
514
00:31:52,878 --> 00:31:55,312
continues to go down.
515
00:31:55,347 --> 00:31:59,349
I wish that every state
would encourage solar.
516
00:31:59,384 --> 00:32:00,416
Including Florida.
517
00:32:00,452 --> 00:32:03,620
You know, Florida's called
the Sunshine State?
518
00:32:03,655 --> 00:32:07,290
The head of the second-biggest
fossil fuel utility there
519
00:32:07,325 --> 00:32:09,660
was actually quoted as saying,
520
00:32:09,695 --> 00:32:11,061
"Yes, we're the Sunshine State,"
521
00:32:11,096 --> 00:32:13,496
"but, remember, we're also
the partly cloudy state."
522
00:32:13,532 --> 00:32:17,234
And they have lobbied
the state legislature
523
00:32:17,269 --> 00:32:20,503
to basically make it illegal
524
00:32:20,538 --> 00:32:24,074
to lease a solar panel for
your rooftop from anybody
525
00:32:24,109 --> 00:32:27,244
but the
fossil fuel-burning utility!
526
00:32:27,279 --> 00:32:30,246
And they're trying to use
their legacy political power
527
00:32:30,282 --> 00:32:33,450
to bend the politicians
to their will.
528
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,620
What the public wants
doesn't seem to matter.
529
00:32:37,655 --> 00:32:39,089
It's pathetic!
530
00:32:44,730 --> 00:32:46,863
In
Campaign 2016 segment tonight,
531
00:32:46,898 --> 00:32:48,431
an interview with Donald Trump.
532
00:32:48,466 --> 00:32:50,200
Not a believer
in global warming.
533
00:32:50,235 --> 00:32:52,068
Obama thinks it's
the number one problem
534
00:32:52,103 --> 00:32:53,536
of the world today,
535
00:32:53,571 --> 00:32:56,339
and I think
it's very low on the list.
536
00:32:56,374 --> 00:32:57,974
If you were President,
537
00:32:58,010 --> 00:33:00,643
would you invest
a lot of money in
538
00:33:00,679 --> 00:33:03,346
alternative energy
to get away from fossil fuels?
539
00:33:03,381 --> 00:33:05,716
Now solar always
sounds better than it is.
540
00:33:05,751 --> 00:33:08,585
You know, you get
your money back in 36 years.
541
00:33:08,620 --> 00:33:09,986
The problem is the panels
542
00:33:10,022 --> 00:33:12,222
destroy themselves
after ten years.
543
00:33:13,459 --> 00:33:16,226
...you know, one of the top,
top professors at MIT.
544
00:33:16,261 --> 00:33:17,593
Hey!
545
00:33:17,629 --> 00:33:20,096
Hey, Mr. Vice President,
thank you so much for coming.
546
00:33:20,132 --> 00:33:21,564
Thank you.
547
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:23,567
So, we're
in relatively early stages
548
00:33:23,602 --> 00:33:25,101
of the investigation, but
549
00:33:25,136 --> 00:33:28,037
some of these companies
and the denial organizations
550
00:33:28,073 --> 00:33:30,073
and groups like the
American Petroleum Institute
551
00:33:30,109 --> 00:33:32,542
have been actively seeking
to distort the market,
552
00:33:32,577 --> 00:33:34,944
to suppress investment
in renewables
553
00:33:34,980 --> 00:33:37,947
through this relatively
new line of propaganda,
554
00:33:37,982 --> 00:33:39,549
which is,
555
00:33:39,585 --> 00:33:42,585
"Even if everything"
556
00:33:42,620 --> 00:33:45,255
"Al Gore's been saying
since the '80s is true,"
557
00:33:45,290 --> 00:33:46,333
"it's gonna cost so much money,"
558
00:33:46,357 --> 00:33:47,757
"it's gonna
cripple the economy."
559
00:33:47,792 --> 00:33:50,326
It's an insidious theme
that we've seen before,
560
00:33:50,361 --> 00:33:51,961
but it's coming back
with a new force.
561
00:33:51,997 --> 00:33:54,631
And I think that
562
00:33:54,666 --> 00:33:56,544
this is something we're
focusing on very intently.
563
00:33:56,568 --> 00:33:58,446
We want to know who the groups
are who are doing this,
564
00:33:58,470 --> 00:34:00,303
what is their analysis,
what's the science,
565
00:34:00,338 --> 00:34:03,273
and what are the government
actions that are being taken?
566
00:34:03,308 --> 00:34:04,607
Assuming for the moment
567
00:34:04,643 --> 00:34:08,011
that the facts prove
that's what they did,
568
00:34:08,046 --> 00:34:10,080
that's a violation of the law,
isn't it?
569
00:34:10,115 --> 00:34:11,681
That's consumer
and securities fraud.
570
00:34:11,717 --> 00:34:15,385
But it's clear that
what they've done is
571
00:34:15,420 --> 00:34:20,356
essentially tried to cripple
572
00:34:20,392 --> 00:34:22,959
our ability, mankind's ability,
573
00:34:22,995 --> 00:34:25,662
to respond
to this existential threat.
574
00:34:34,238 --> 00:34:35,505
A few days ago,
575
00:34:35,540 --> 00:34:38,141
the Attorney General of
the State of New York
576
00:34:38,176 --> 00:34:42,179
launched an investigation
of ExxonMobil
577
00:34:42,214 --> 00:34:48,284
for fraud and funneling money
to this new form of denial
578
00:34:48,319 --> 00:34:50,953
where people are out there
minimizing solar, saying,
579
00:34:50,989 --> 00:34:52,289
"It's not going anywhere."
580
00:34:52,324 --> 00:34:55,258
"Why are you wasting
your time on this?" Et cetera.
581
00:34:55,293 --> 00:34:59,195
Utility monopolies really,
really fear disruption,
582
00:34:59,230 --> 00:35:01,230
and have woken up and said,
583
00:35:01,265 --> 00:35:03,099
"Wow, this solar thing,"
584
00:35:03,134 --> 00:35:06,569
"I need to crush it
before it kills me."
585
00:35:06,604 --> 00:35:08,838
The last two weeks,
we had 55,000 people
586
00:35:08,874 --> 00:35:11,041
sign up in Nevada to say,
you know,
587
00:35:11,076 --> 00:35:13,342
"I want choice,
I want energy freedom."
588
00:35:13,377 --> 00:35:14,878
What happened in Nevada
589
00:35:14,913 --> 00:35:17,080
will send a massive message
to the rest of the country.
590
00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:18,882
Yeah, I think so. Yeah.
591
00:35:23,488 --> 00:35:24,966
Thank you. Will there
be bumps in the road?
592
00:35:24,990 --> 00:35:27,023
You bet there will be.
593
00:35:27,058 --> 00:35:29,292
But, at the end of the day,
594
00:35:30,161 --> 00:35:33,362
you really are
on the front lines.
595
00:35:33,397 --> 00:35:36,599
On the rooftops, if you will.
596
00:35:36,634 --> 00:35:41,271
And we're seeing this play out
in every part of the world.
597
00:35:45,643 --> 00:35:49,613
We've had 150 years of
burning fossil fuels
598
00:35:49,648 --> 00:35:51,514
with the many blessings,
poverty's gone down,
599
00:35:51,550 --> 00:35:54,417
living standards have increased.
600
00:35:54,452 --> 00:35:57,187
So naturally, there still are
some people that say,
601
00:35:57,222 --> 00:36:00,990
"Well, we just have to keep
relying on oil and gas"
602
00:36:01,026 --> 00:36:02,559
"and even coal."
603
00:36:02,594 --> 00:36:04,961
But it is worth pointing out
that in northern China,
604
00:36:04,996 --> 00:36:08,898
life expectancy has gone down
five and a half years
605
00:36:08,933 --> 00:36:10,533
because of air pollution.
606
00:36:10,569 --> 00:36:13,036
And in Beijing, the mayor said,
607
00:36:13,071 --> 00:36:14,604
"My city is not livable."
608
00:36:16,007 --> 00:36:18,641
But in many parts of China
609
00:36:18,676 --> 00:36:21,711
it is already cheaper
to get electricity
610
00:36:21,747 --> 00:36:23,746
from solar and wind.
611
00:36:23,782 --> 00:36:27,583
So this is the time
when your presentations
612
00:36:27,618 --> 00:36:31,221
can provide support for your
government's determination
613
00:36:31,256 --> 00:36:34,591
to do even better
with renewable energy.
614
00:36:39,631 --> 00:36:41,231
Fine. How are you?
615
00:36:41,266 --> 00:36:43,433
There are so many commitments
616
00:36:43,468 --> 00:36:47,469
that governments are thinking
about making right now
617
00:36:47,505 --> 00:36:51,440
for hundreds of new coal plants.
618
00:36:51,476 --> 00:36:56,812
Even as the revolutionary drop
in cost from renewables
619
00:36:56,848 --> 00:36:58,380
is picking up speed.
620
00:36:58,416 --> 00:37:00,216
China's one of these countries.
621
00:37:00,251 --> 00:37:03,552
And there are numbers of
others. India, others.
622
00:37:03,588 --> 00:37:07,090
Unfortunately, they've looked
at the price of coal.
623
00:37:07,125 --> 00:37:08,625
They see the price low,
624
00:37:08,660 --> 00:37:10,627
and they feel they're compelled
625
00:37:10,662 --> 00:37:13,563
therefore to try to provide
for their people.
626
00:37:13,598 --> 00:37:17,200
So if India proceeds
to build the number of plants
627
00:37:17,235 --> 00:37:20,169
it is currently planning,
and they are coal fired,
628
00:37:20,205 --> 00:37:22,639
it can erase everything
everybody else
629
00:37:22,674 --> 00:37:24,674
is trying to do
in terms of reductions.
630
00:37:24,709 --> 00:37:26,876
We've got to figure out
a way to crack that nut.
631
00:37:26,911 --> 00:37:27,911
Absolutely.
632
00:37:32,851 --> 00:37:34,149
Now, climate change is high
633
00:37:34,185 --> 00:37:35,518
on world leaders' agendas.
634
00:37:35,553 --> 00:37:38,388
And that's because the crucial
U.N. talks in Paris
635
00:37:38,423 --> 00:37:40,489
start in less than two months,
636
00:37:40,525 --> 00:37:42,725
when the world gets together
to try to agree
637
00:37:42,761 --> 00:37:43,859
on a global deal.
638
00:37:43,895 --> 00:37:46,596
One of the sticking points
remains financing.
639
00:37:48,599 --> 00:37:51,500
My agenda is dominated right now
640
00:37:51,536 --> 00:37:54,871
by the preparations for the
climate conference in Paris.
641
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:58,975
The world's been preparing
for it a long time.
642
00:38:03,614 --> 00:38:06,449
And the main objective is
to speed up
643
00:38:06,485 --> 00:38:08,517
the transition
to renewable energy,
644
00:38:08,553 --> 00:38:11,320
so that the entire world
645
00:38:11,356 --> 00:38:14,691
can bring down
the pollution levels
646
00:38:14,726 --> 00:38:18,061
while continuing
to reduce poverty.
647
00:38:18,096 --> 00:38:21,330
But there is still a big divide
648
00:38:21,365 --> 00:38:23,867
between rich countries
and poor countries.
649
00:38:25,170 --> 00:38:27,203
So, thank you
for arranging this,
650
00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:30,539
and for the privilege of
talking with you.
651
00:38:30,575 --> 00:38:33,876
As you know,
I have this passion for
652
00:38:33,912 --> 00:38:38,515
solving the climate crisis
that goes back 40 years. And...
653
00:38:38,550 --> 00:38:43,786
Because I have studied it
so closely, I'm hoping that
654
00:38:43,822 --> 00:38:47,389
the United States and India
will accelerate
655
00:38:47,425 --> 00:38:52,494
our transitions to
renewable energy together.
656
00:38:52,530 --> 00:38:54,464
India has always looked
at the United States
657
00:38:54,499 --> 00:38:57,967
as a valuable partner.
658
00:38:58,002 --> 00:39:02,905
But sadly, the Western world,
the developed world
659
00:39:02,941 --> 00:39:06,442
does not seem
to be coming forth with
660
00:39:06,478 --> 00:39:08,878
significant amounts of support.
661
00:39:08,914 --> 00:39:11,847
And seems to be creating
more impediments.
662
00:39:11,883 --> 00:39:15,051
All this talk about supporting
climate change
663
00:39:15,086 --> 00:39:16,252
seems to be only talk,
664
00:39:16,287 --> 00:39:18,421
and there's hardly
any action on that.
665
00:39:18,456 --> 00:39:20,356
- In the U.S.?
- Yeah, from the U.S.
666
00:39:20,391 --> 00:39:21,724
I don't think it's fair,
667
00:39:21,759 --> 00:39:23,359
with all due respect,
if you may?
668
00:39:23,394 --> 00:39:26,296
- Sure, please.
- Well, in the U.S.
669
00:39:26,331 --> 00:39:30,266
in calendar year, uh, 2015,
670
00:39:30,301 --> 00:39:32,835
if you look at the investments
in the U.S.
671
00:39:32,870 --> 00:39:36,939
in the building of new, uh,
electric generating capacity,
672
00:39:36,975 --> 00:39:39,675
three-quarters is
from solar and wind.
673
00:39:39,711 --> 00:39:41,745
- May I respond to that?
- Yes. Please.
674
00:39:42,981 --> 00:39:46,215
I'll do the same thing
after 150 years.
675
00:39:46,250 --> 00:39:48,117
After I've used my coal.
676
00:39:48,153 --> 00:39:49,919
After I've got my people jobs.
677
00:39:49,955 --> 00:39:51,954
After I've created
my infrastructure
678
00:39:51,989 --> 00:39:53,923
and highways and roads.
679
00:39:53,958 --> 00:39:55,524
When I have technology.
680
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:56,860
When my people earn
681
00:39:56,895 --> 00:39:59,829
$50,000-$70,000
per capita income,
682
00:39:59,864 --> 00:40:03,332
using low-cost
fossil fuels-based energy.
683
00:40:03,368 --> 00:40:06,136
The way the United States did
for 150 years.
684
00:40:07,438 --> 00:40:09,305
It's very easy to say now that,
685
00:40:09,340 --> 00:40:11,073
"Oh, we are not using coal!"
686
00:40:11,108 --> 00:40:12,708
What about in the past?
687
00:40:12,744 --> 00:40:15,111
So I'm only asking for
that carbon space
688
00:40:15,147 --> 00:40:18,514
which you utilized
for 150 years.
689
00:40:18,549 --> 00:40:22,017
My point is not
to deny your right
690
00:40:22,053 --> 00:40:25,454
to make your own choices as to
what kind of energy you want.
691
00:40:25,489 --> 00:40:27,390
Obviously you have that right.
692
00:40:27,425 --> 00:40:29,725
But what I am saying,
693
00:40:29,761 --> 00:40:32,061
when is the sun coming up today?
694
00:40:33,030 --> 00:40:35,130
I don't see it anywhere.
695
00:40:35,166 --> 00:40:36,900
I don't see the blue sky.
696
00:40:48,479 --> 00:40:51,046
When any of us walk outside
697
00:40:51,082 --> 00:40:52,782
and look up at the sky,
698
00:40:52,817 --> 00:40:55,318
our natural impression is
699
00:40:55,353 --> 00:41:01,057
that the sky looks like it's
a vast and limitless expanse.
700
00:41:01,092 --> 00:41:03,593
Goes on forever.
701
00:41:03,628 --> 00:41:06,061
Actually, the atmosphere
of the Earth
702
00:41:06,097 --> 00:41:11,034
is a very thin shell
surrounding the planet.
703
00:41:12,170 --> 00:41:14,170
And, of course, right now
704
00:41:14,205 --> 00:41:18,941
we are putting 110 million tons
705
00:41:18,976 --> 00:41:21,844
of heat-trapping
global-warming pollution
706
00:41:21,879 --> 00:41:26,248
into that space
every single day.
707
00:41:26,284 --> 00:41:29,752
We're using this
as an open sewer
708
00:41:29,787 --> 00:41:34,523
for all of the gaseous waste
in our global civilization.
709
00:41:34,559 --> 00:41:37,860
Agriculture is
a big cause of it.
710
00:41:37,895 --> 00:41:41,097
Burning of forests and
burning of cropland.
711
00:41:41,132 --> 00:41:44,900
But still, the main part of
the problem
712
00:41:44,936 --> 00:41:47,570
is the emission of
carbon dioxide
713
00:41:47,605 --> 00:41:50,806
from the burning of
coal, oil, and gas.
714
00:41:50,842 --> 00:41:54,944
And that builds up heat energy
and raises temperatures.
715
00:41:56,614 --> 00:41:59,815
India just set their
all-time high temperature
716
00:41:59,851 --> 00:42:04,787
record in May.
123.8 degrees Fahrenheit.
717
00:42:06,357 --> 00:42:08,591
The streets are melting.
718
00:42:09,527 --> 00:42:12,728
We have built
a civilization for conditions
719
00:42:12,764 --> 00:42:16,633
that we are now in the process
of radically changing.
720
00:42:17,702 --> 00:42:19,802
All-time records have
been broken this year
721
00:42:19,837 --> 00:42:23,272
in Thailand and Cambodia
and Laos.
722
00:42:23,307 --> 00:42:27,910
In Pakistan, over 1,200 people
died in the heat wave there.
723
00:42:27,946 --> 00:42:32,948
This year, they have dug
anticipatory mass graves
724
00:42:32,984 --> 00:42:35,217
for the people
they fear will die
725
00:42:35,252 --> 00:42:37,953
in this year's heat waves.
726
00:42:37,989 --> 00:42:42,425
And we're seeing that
the higher temperatures
727
00:42:42,460 --> 00:42:46,329
are shifting the balance
between microbes
728
00:42:46,364 --> 00:42:48,197
and human beings.
729
00:42:48,232 --> 00:42:51,334
The transportation revolution
has a lot to do with this.
730
00:42:51,369 --> 00:42:52,668
Air travel.
731
00:42:52,703 --> 00:42:56,806
But the climate conditions
have a big impact on that.
732
00:42:56,841 --> 00:42:58,774
Let's look at Zika.
733
00:42:58,809 --> 00:43:01,978
Here is the range of
the one mosquito
734
00:43:02,013 --> 00:43:03,813
that they're most worried about.
735
00:43:03,848 --> 00:43:06,382
And warmer conditions
736
00:43:06,417 --> 00:43:09,985
increase that range
considerably.
737
00:43:10,021 --> 00:43:12,821
But here is the kicker on this.
738
00:43:12,857 --> 00:43:15,624
It's not just the mosquito,
it's the virus.
739
00:43:15,659 --> 00:43:18,795
And the warmer temperatures
speed up
740
00:43:18,830 --> 00:43:22,031
the incubation rate
inside the mosquito.
741
00:43:22,066 --> 00:43:26,736
So we get an explosion
in the number of cases.
742
00:43:26,771 --> 00:43:29,639
And now it's spread
to Miami, Florida.
743
00:43:29,674 --> 00:43:33,008
And for the first time
in history,
744
00:43:33,044 --> 00:43:35,111
pregnant women have been advised
745
00:43:35,146 --> 00:43:38,348
not to go to part of
the United States of America.
746
00:43:39,751 --> 00:43:40,817
In many areas of
747
00:43:40,852 --> 00:43:42,952
Central America
and South America,
748
00:43:42,987 --> 00:43:44,820
the doctors are delivering
a message
749
00:43:44,855 --> 00:43:46,288
that I've never heard
in my life.
750
00:43:46,324 --> 00:43:49,324
They're telling women,
"Don't get pregnant"
751
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:52,729
"for two years, while we try
to get a handle on this."
752
00:43:52,764 --> 00:43:56,432
That's something new in
the history of the human race.
753
00:43:56,468 --> 00:43:58,401
How long can we just
sit back and say,
754
00:43:58,436 --> 00:44:02,405
"Oh, well, maybe some genius
will think up some miracle"?
755
00:44:02,440 --> 00:44:04,841
I'm sorry, I'm getting all, um,
756
00:44:06,578 --> 00:44:08,343
fired up here.
757
00:44:14,886 --> 00:44:18,387
But let's step back
and take a global view
758
00:44:18,422 --> 00:44:22,057
of the increasing temperatures
and the extra heat energy.
759
00:44:22,093 --> 00:44:27,796
93% of all this heat energy
is going into the oceans.
760
00:44:27,832 --> 00:44:29,398
And it has several consequences.
761
00:44:29,433 --> 00:44:31,066
A direct consequence is
762
00:44:31,101 --> 00:44:36,172
that when ocean-based storms
cross much warmer ocean waters
763
00:44:36,207 --> 00:44:39,675
the storms get stronger
and more destructive.
764
00:44:39,711 --> 00:44:40,842
Just a few years ago
765
00:44:40,878 --> 00:44:43,379
Superstorm Sandy in the Atlantic
766
00:44:43,414 --> 00:44:47,516
crossed areas of the ocean
9 degrees Fahrenheit
767
00:44:47,552 --> 00:44:49,752
warmer than normal.
768
00:44:49,787 --> 00:44:52,454
And it caused
tremendous destruction
769
00:44:52,489 --> 00:44:55,291
in New Jersey and in New York.
770
00:44:55,326 --> 00:44:57,760
And, by the way, ten years ago,
771
00:44:57,795 --> 00:44:59,896
when the movie
An Inconvenient Truth
772
00:44:59,931 --> 00:45:04,734
came out, the single most
criticized scene in that movie
773
00:45:04,769 --> 00:45:07,770
was an animated scene showing
774
00:45:07,805 --> 00:45:11,240
that the combination of
sea level rise and storm surge
775
00:45:11,275 --> 00:45:16,812
would put the ocean water
into the 9/11 memorial site,
776
00:45:16,848 --> 00:45:19,148
which was then
under construction.
777
00:45:19,183 --> 00:45:20,349
And people said,
778
00:45:20,385 --> 00:45:24,087
"That's ridiculous.
What a terrible exaggeration!"
779
00:45:25,322 --> 00:45:27,189
Something happened last night
780
00:45:27,224 --> 00:45:29,926
at one of the most iconic
locations in New York
781
00:45:29,961 --> 00:45:32,661
the World Trade Center,
Ground Zero.
782
00:45:32,697 --> 00:45:35,865
A flood of water
with a current so strong
783
00:45:35,900 --> 00:45:38,266
it flooded the reconstruction.
784
00:45:38,302 --> 00:45:40,135
There is a wakeup call here,
785
00:45:40,170 --> 00:45:46,108
and that is climate change
and our vulnerability to it.
786
00:45:46,144 --> 00:45:49,578
It was true ten years ago,
it was true five years ago.
787
00:45:49,614 --> 00:45:52,014
It is undeniable today.
788
00:45:57,422 --> 00:45:58,487
Years before,
789
00:45:58,523 --> 00:46:02,024
the scientists predicted that
this would happen.
790
00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:03,926
One year later,
791
00:46:03,961 --> 00:46:06,495
in the Philippines,
Super Typhoon Haiyan
792
00:46:06,530 --> 00:46:08,330
crossed areas of the Pacific
793
00:46:08,365 --> 00:46:11,467
three degrees Celsius
warmer than normal.
794
00:46:11,503 --> 00:46:12,802
And it became
795
00:46:12,837 --> 00:46:15,838
the strongest and most
destructive ocean-based storm
796
00:46:15,873 --> 00:46:17,773
ever to make landfall.
797
00:46:17,809 --> 00:46:20,910
Uh, in the city of Tacloban
and nearby areas
798
00:46:20,945 --> 00:46:24,981
there were 4.1 million
climate refugees.
799
00:46:26,217 --> 00:46:28,818
Thousands of people were killed.
800
00:46:44,302 --> 00:46:45,834
Even just remembering it now,
801
00:46:45,870 --> 00:46:49,104
after more than two years,
802
00:46:49,140 --> 00:46:52,174
just remembering
the sound of the wind.
803
00:47:01,051 --> 00:47:03,018
And then the water came after.
804
00:47:03,053 --> 00:47:06,222
Like a wall of water
just rushing in.
805
00:47:16,934 --> 00:47:19,635
That's why we had to
climb to the roof.
806
00:47:19,671 --> 00:47:22,171
In fact, I was shouting,
giving them orders
807
00:47:22,206 --> 00:47:23,416
"Break that ceiling, we've gotta"
808
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:25,120
"get out of here
and we've gotta climb up."
809
00:47:39,924 --> 00:47:42,391
If we went to any other place,
we would have died.
810
00:47:42,427 --> 00:47:45,094
Because that had
a concrete structure,
811
00:47:45,129 --> 00:47:47,630
and that's where
we were able to climb up.
812
00:47:56,473 --> 00:47:59,608
People are running, are crying
813
00:47:59,643 --> 00:48:03,145
because they don't know
what happened to their family.
814
00:48:06,149 --> 00:48:08,985
We see a lot of dead people.
815
00:48:09,787 --> 00:48:12,788
I saw Sir Alfred helping...
816
00:48:12,824 --> 00:48:16,492
Helping, uh,
the other people to, to...
817
00:48:16,527 --> 00:48:18,094
What do you call this? To...
818
00:48:18,129 --> 00:48:20,162
- Recover the bodies?
- To recover the bodies.
819
00:48:21,298 --> 00:48:22,531
Then...
820
00:48:22,567 --> 00:48:23,499
Sorry.
821
00:48:23,534 --> 00:48:25,467
No, that's okay. It's okay.
822
00:48:25,502 --> 00:48:27,603
Thank God you're safe.
823
00:48:27,638 --> 00:48:30,940
Actually, sir, I am so scared
824
00:48:30,975 --> 00:48:32,875
when I'm telling this
to my friend...
825
00:48:32,910 --> 00:48:34,021
It brings it back, doesn't it?
826
00:48:34,045 --> 00:48:37,580
Yes, sir. I felt so, so scared.
827
00:49:36,907 --> 00:49:39,341
When Tacloban was hit,
828
00:49:39,376 --> 00:49:43,712
I knew that I wanted
to organize a training here
829
00:49:43,748 --> 00:49:45,214
in the Philippines
830
00:49:47,184 --> 00:49:49,285
to meet face-to-face
with the people
831
00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:53,221
who were on the front lines
of this and empower them
832
00:49:53,257 --> 00:49:58,160
to translate an excruciatingly
painful experience
833
00:49:58,195 --> 00:50:02,565
into a focus on changing policy,
834
00:50:02,600 --> 00:50:04,633
confronting public officials.
835
00:50:06,571 --> 00:50:10,005
I don't know
any other way to do it.
836
00:50:10,041 --> 00:50:14,610
The loss of life
was very tragic.
837
00:50:14,645 --> 00:50:19,849
What a blessing it was that
Pope Francis came to Tacloban
838
00:50:19,884 --> 00:50:22,417
to the ground zero
of that tragedy,
839
00:50:22,452 --> 00:50:24,386
and delivered
a very powerful message that
840
00:50:24,421 --> 00:50:26,888
"the gravest effects of
the climate crisis"
841
00:50:26,924 --> 00:50:31,126
"are visited upon
the poorest people."
842
00:50:31,162 --> 00:50:34,163
This is true
everywhere in the world.
843
00:50:37,101 --> 00:50:39,001
Now, the second order
consequences
844
00:50:39,036 --> 00:50:40,502
of the warming oceans
845
00:50:40,538 --> 00:50:42,905
include some that
we're all experiencing
846
00:50:42,940 --> 00:50:45,040
on a regular basis now.
847
00:50:45,075 --> 00:50:47,342
When the temperature goes up,
848
00:50:47,377 --> 00:50:50,246
the water vapor coming off
the oceans
849
00:50:50,281 --> 00:50:54,416
into the sky
is increasing significantly.
850
00:50:54,452 --> 00:50:59,521
This means that
every storm is different now
851
00:50:59,556 --> 00:51:04,627
because it takes place
in a warmer and wetter world.
852
00:51:07,130 --> 00:51:09,764
Water vapor is often funneled
853
00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:13,702
thousands of kilometers
from the oceans over the land,
854
00:51:13,738 --> 00:51:18,374
and then much more of it
falls at the same time.
855
00:51:19,543 --> 00:51:23,412
Look at this downpour
that hit Tucson, Arizona,
856
00:51:23,447 --> 00:51:26,749
and watch the water splash
off the city.
857
00:51:28,319 --> 00:51:32,121
They're now calling
these things "rain bombs."
858
00:51:33,590 --> 00:51:36,058
Houston's been hit
between May of last year
859
00:51:36,093 --> 00:51:38,227
and May of this year.
860
00:51:38,262 --> 00:51:43,565
Two 1-in-500-year floods and
one 1-in-1,000-year downpour.
861
00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:47,536
Now, that's unusual.
Almost Noah-like.
862
00:51:49,206 --> 00:51:51,507
This was in Spain last fall.
863
00:51:52,877 --> 00:51:56,445
In Chile, last year. Epic event.
864
00:51:57,781 --> 00:52:00,415
And now, today,
865
00:52:00,451 --> 00:52:03,185
there are water rescues underway
866
00:52:03,220 --> 00:52:06,655
in southeast Louisiana.
867
00:52:06,690 --> 00:52:08,691
Give me a knife,
give me a knife.
868
00:52:27,678 --> 00:52:30,512
Now, the same heat
869
00:52:30,547 --> 00:52:33,515
that is bringing all that
water vapor off the oceans
870
00:52:33,550 --> 00:52:36,752
is sucking the soil moisture
out of the ground.
871
00:52:36,787 --> 00:52:40,756
And it's making the droughts
deeper and longer.
872
00:52:41,625 --> 00:52:44,759
In China, in Vietnam,
in Thailand,
873
00:52:44,795 --> 00:52:47,196
and all around the world.
874
00:52:47,231 --> 00:52:49,965
And where there is drought,
875
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:52,067
the vegetation dries out
876
00:52:52,102 --> 00:52:54,570
and the fires increase.
877
00:52:57,474 --> 00:52:59,975
Every night on the evening
news is like a nature hike
878
00:53:00,010 --> 00:53:02,444
through the Book of Revelations.
879
00:53:02,479 --> 00:53:07,183
But the dots are very seldom
connected in the media.
880
00:53:07,952 --> 00:53:10,785
This is global warming.
881
00:53:10,821 --> 00:53:15,357
When we have scientists
tell us the dots connect,
882
00:53:15,392 --> 00:53:19,995
we need to have in
our democracy a conversation
883
00:53:20,030 --> 00:53:21,930
about cause and effect.
884
00:53:21,965 --> 00:53:23,264
Let's look, for example,
885
00:53:23,300 --> 00:53:25,868
at the story of
what has happened in Syria.
886
00:53:27,137 --> 00:53:30,372
From 2006 to 2010,
887
00:53:30,407 --> 00:53:32,740
they had
a record-breaking drought.
888
00:53:32,776 --> 00:53:37,146
This farmer is one of many
who lost his farm.
889
00:53:37,181 --> 00:53:41,449
60% of all the farms in Syria
were destroyed.
890
00:53:41,485 --> 00:53:44,987
80% of all their livestock
were killed.
891
00:53:46,257 --> 00:53:47,956
A climate-exacerbated drought
892
00:53:47,991 --> 00:53:49,725
during that period contributed
893
00:53:49,760 --> 00:53:52,094
to the displacement
of about 2 million people
894
00:53:52,129 --> 00:53:54,529
before the conflict broke out.
895
00:53:54,565 --> 00:53:56,531
Yes, many other causes.
896
00:53:56,566 --> 00:53:58,567
The dictator there is a bad guy,
897
00:53:58,603 --> 00:54:01,603
it's a multi-sided civil war,
and all of the rest.
898
00:54:01,638 --> 00:54:06,374
But this drought is the worst
in at least 900 years.
899
00:54:06,409 --> 00:54:09,044
As far back as the records go.
900
00:54:09,080 --> 00:54:11,046
It is unprecedented!
901
00:54:11,081 --> 00:54:12,447
And, of course,
902
00:54:12,483 --> 00:54:14,315
since then the country
has been plunged
903
00:54:14,351 --> 00:54:16,685
into horrific civil war.
904
00:54:19,556 --> 00:54:21,356
The next generation,
905
00:54:21,392 --> 00:54:23,692
if they live in a world
906
00:54:23,727 --> 00:54:26,828
of floods and storms
and rising seas
907
00:54:26,863 --> 00:54:29,865
and droughts and refugees
by the millions
908
00:54:29,900 --> 00:54:32,267
escaping unlivable conditions,
909
00:54:32,302 --> 00:54:36,504
destabilizing countries
around the world,
910
00:54:36,539 --> 00:54:38,173
they would be well-justified
911
00:54:38,208 --> 00:54:39,975
in looking back at us
and asking,
912
00:54:40,010 --> 00:54:41,677
"What were you thinking?"
913
00:54:43,781 --> 00:54:45,881
"Couldn't you hear what
the scientists were saying?"
914
00:54:45,916 --> 00:54:49,385
"Couldn't you hear what Mother
Nature was screaming at you?"
915
00:55:04,501 --> 00:55:06,435
Um, so, first off, Mr. Gore...
916
00:55:06,470 --> 00:55:09,204
Tell us why you're here.
What's going on today?
917
00:55:09,239 --> 00:55:12,875
This is a 24-hour
global broadcast
918
00:55:12,910 --> 00:55:15,910
that is covered live
in every nation
919
00:55:15,946 --> 00:55:17,479
around the world.
920
00:55:17,514 --> 00:55:21,884
And we are attempting
to further mobilize
921
00:55:21,919 --> 00:55:24,219
people in every nation
922
00:55:24,255 --> 00:55:28,590
to support even more
ambitious outcomes
923
00:55:28,626 --> 00:55:32,194
in the negotiation that
will take place here in Paris
924
00:55:32,229 --> 00:55:33,862
just two weeks from now.
925
00:55:42,806 --> 00:55:45,374
We are on air
in four minutes, please!
926
00:55:46,043 --> 00:55:47,810
Rio, are you there?
927
00:55:50,914 --> 00:55:52,947
Mr. Vice President,
welcome to the stage.
928
00:55:52,983 --> 00:55:54,416
Thank you very much
929
00:55:54,451 --> 00:55:57,452
and welcome, everyone,
to this global broadcast.
930
00:55:57,488 --> 00:55:59,254
So, as I stand here today,
931
00:55:59,290 --> 00:56:01,456
now just two weeks
from the opening of
932
00:56:01,491 --> 00:56:03,191
the United Nations Conference
933
00:56:03,227 --> 00:56:05,026
on Climate Change here in Paris,
934
00:56:05,061 --> 00:56:06,494
what we need now is for people
935
00:56:06,530 --> 00:56:08,831
all over the world to speak out.
936
00:56:08,866 --> 00:56:13,368
And that's what the next
24 hours are all about.
937
00:56:42,565 --> 00:56:44,967
Stand by.
We're gonna come to the toss.
938
00:56:46,269 --> 00:56:47,569
We're on you. Go.
939
00:56:47,605 --> 00:56:49,337
We've got to say to Mr. Gore
940
00:56:49,373 --> 00:56:50,933
we'll cut this short
to get to Pharrell.
941
00:56:51,876 --> 00:56:54,576
I'll get it settled.
Just don't do anything rash.
942
00:57:00,784 --> 00:57:03,419
Can we cut it down?
Can we take it out early?
943
00:57:10,561 --> 00:57:12,427
They've asked us
to bring your car over
944
00:57:12,462 --> 00:57:15,097
by the trailer just in case
945
00:57:15,132 --> 00:57:16,398
we need to get you out of here.
946
00:57:16,433 --> 00:57:17,966
Okay. Is it terrorist related?
947
00:57:18,001 --> 00:57:19,001
They don't know yet.
948
00:57:19,035 --> 00:57:20,547
Probably, because
there's several shootings
949
00:57:20,571 --> 00:57:22,037
around Paris.
950
00:57:22,072 --> 00:57:23,972
There's several dead people.
951
00:57:24,007 --> 00:57:26,575
And, uh, so it's pretty sure
it's terrorism.
952
00:57:28,879 --> 00:57:30,445
"Police officials in France say"
953
00:57:30,481 --> 00:57:31,691
"there's been
an explosion in a bar"
954
00:57:31,715 --> 00:57:33,014
"near a Paris stadium"
955
00:57:33,050 --> 00:57:35,917
"and a shootout
in a Paris restaurant."
956
00:57:35,952 --> 00:57:38,786
"President Hollande evacuated
from Stade de France."
957
00:57:38,822 --> 00:57:40,822
And there are apparently
958
00:57:40,858 --> 00:57:45,928
18 dead, and AFP is reporting
hostages at the concert hall.
959
00:57:45,963 --> 00:57:47,462
- Hostages?
- Yes.
960
00:57:47,497 --> 00:57:49,263
That's all coming from police.
961
00:57:49,299 --> 00:57:50,566
Wow.
962
00:58:05,015 --> 00:58:06,548
Paris terror fear.
963
00:58:06,584 --> 00:58:08,784
Multiple people are reported
killed in a shooting.
964
00:58:08,819 --> 00:58:11,119
There's also word
of possible explosions...
965
00:58:11,154 --> 00:58:14,222
Paris is under
an effective police state.
966
00:58:14,257 --> 00:58:15,957
A curfew is in effect.
967
00:58:15,992 --> 00:58:17,203
Police don't seem
to have a full handle
968
00:58:17,227 --> 00:58:18,994
exactly what's going on.
969
00:58:19,029 --> 00:58:21,496
But this is exactly
the kind of terror scenario
970
00:58:21,531 --> 00:58:23,732
that the U.S. has long feared.
971
00:58:27,104 --> 00:58:28,303
Okay.
972
00:58:28,338 --> 00:58:30,138
Before I go on
to make my statement,
973
00:58:30,173 --> 00:58:31,606
I just want to say something.
974
00:58:31,641 --> 00:58:35,677
Those of us who are Americans
stand with you.
975
00:58:35,713 --> 00:58:40,048
We express
our heartfelt condolences
976
00:58:40,084 --> 00:58:44,052
for the tragedy here in
the city and in your country.
977
00:58:44,088 --> 00:58:48,123
This scourge of terrorism
in our world...
978
00:58:48,158 --> 00:58:49,224
Um...
979
00:58:54,764 --> 00:58:57,232
We have to defeat this.
980
00:58:57,267 --> 00:59:01,002
But we have to defeat it
not only with force of arms,
981
00:59:01,038 --> 00:59:03,738
but with the force
of our values.
982
00:59:03,773 --> 00:59:05,406
Caring about the future
983
00:59:05,442 --> 00:59:08,076
and doing what the world
needs to do.
984
00:59:08,878 --> 00:59:11,980
But, for now, I just wanted to
985
00:59:12,015 --> 00:59:13,415
say to all of you,
986
00:59:13,450 --> 00:59:15,783
especially those of you
from France,
987
00:59:15,819 --> 00:59:17,652
what's in my heart
is in the hearts
988
00:59:17,687 --> 00:59:19,854
of all the Americans here who
989
00:59:19,890 --> 00:59:23,659
love you and care about you
and stand with you.
990
00:59:39,142 --> 00:59:40,541
Ladies and gentlemen,
991
00:59:40,577 --> 00:59:43,945
we are suspending our broadcast
992
00:59:43,980 --> 00:59:48,216
because of the tragedies
that have unfolded here.
993
01:00:13,343 --> 01:00:14,876
The fact that those
994
01:00:14,912 --> 01:00:17,813
terrible attacks
took place in the city
995
01:00:17,848 --> 01:00:21,216
where the climate conference
was about to begin
996
01:00:22,920 --> 01:00:28,456
caused many to connect
these two events
997
01:00:28,492 --> 01:00:31,159
at a deep level
that is difficult
998
01:00:31,195 --> 01:00:34,229
to articulate in words.
999
01:00:36,766 --> 01:00:38,667
There have been
1000
01:00:38,702 --> 01:00:43,405
so many times when
big setbacks have tempted me
1001
01:00:43,440 --> 01:00:45,140
to deep despair.
1002
01:00:47,844 --> 01:00:51,980
But if I can draw
upon my faith tradition,
1003
01:00:53,483 --> 01:00:56,451
God said, "I lay before you"
1004
01:00:56,487 --> 01:01:00,822
"a choice
between life and death."
1005
01:01:02,259 --> 01:01:03,992
"Therefore, choose life."
1006
01:01:33,723 --> 01:01:35,257
We have come to Paris
1007
01:01:35,926 --> 01:01:37,692
to show our resolve.
1008
01:01:37,728 --> 01:01:40,995
We offer our condolences,
and we salute
1009
01:01:41,031 --> 01:01:43,564
the people of Paris
for insisting
1010
01:01:43,599 --> 01:01:45,434
this crucial conference go on.
1011
01:01:46,804 --> 01:01:49,103
To show the world we
are a global family
1012
01:01:49,138 --> 01:01:51,072
in solidarity
with the French people.
1013
01:01:51,107 --> 01:01:52,440
On behalf
of the Romanian people,
1014
01:01:52,476 --> 01:01:53,708
our deepest sympathies.
1015
01:01:53,743 --> 01:01:54,976
We show our sympathy
1016
01:01:55,012 --> 01:01:56,511
and solidarity
with the government
1017
01:01:56,546 --> 01:01:57,913
and people of France.
1018
01:02:02,786 --> 01:02:04,719
Is there a subway stop near here
1019
01:02:04,754 --> 01:02:07,022
where we could take the subway?
1020
01:02:13,363 --> 01:02:14,363
All right, so...
1021
01:02:14,397 --> 01:02:16,197
Okay. And I'll meet you
at Le Bourget?
1022
01:02:16,233 --> 01:02:18,867
Yeah, we'll meet you
at Le Bourget. Let's go.
1023
01:02:28,511 --> 01:02:29,511
Great. Welcome.
1024
01:02:32,749 --> 01:02:33,949
Yeah, yeah.
1025
01:02:36,453 --> 01:02:37,453
No. Not anymore.
1026
01:02:45,228 --> 01:02:47,828
I wish you were
elected president.
1027
01:02:47,864 --> 01:02:49,344
I wish I could call you
Mr. President.
1028
01:02:53,403 --> 01:02:55,302
- Thank you. All right.
- Thank you, thank you.
1029
01:02:55,338 --> 01:02:56,471
Thank you.
1030
01:02:56,506 --> 01:02:57,826
Okay. All right,
nice to meet you.
1031
01:02:59,476 --> 01:03:00,776
Oh, thank you!
1032
01:03:04,914 --> 01:03:06,481
Mr. Vice President.
1033
01:03:06,516 --> 01:03:08,616
- Good to see you again.
- Congratulations in person.
1034
01:03:08,651 --> 01:03:10,085
Thank you very much, sir.
1035
01:03:10,120 --> 01:03:13,788
And thanks for the change
you're bringing about.
1036
01:03:13,824 --> 01:03:14,967
- Good luck to you.
- I appreciate that.
1037
01:03:14,991 --> 01:03:16,591
It's Canadians, not me,
but thank you.
1038
01:03:16,627 --> 01:03:17,959
All right.
1039
01:03:17,995 --> 01:03:21,229
To the development
of a low-carbon economy,
1040
01:03:21,265 --> 01:03:26,668
our government is making
climate change a top priority.
1041
01:03:49,826 --> 01:03:54,963
Never before has
a responsibility so great
1042
01:03:54,998 --> 01:03:57,599
been in the hands of so few.
1043
01:04:00,137 --> 01:04:02,804
One of the secrets
of the human condition
1044
01:04:02,839 --> 01:04:05,873
is that suffering
binds us together.
1045
01:04:05,909 --> 01:04:08,643
Those 150 heads of state
1046
01:04:08,678 --> 01:04:11,612
were moved to speak
1047
01:04:11,648 --> 01:04:15,483
in ways I don't think
they otherwise would have.
1048
01:04:16,586 --> 01:04:19,487
Every one of them began
1049
01:04:19,522 --> 01:04:24,392
with, first, condolences,
and then solidarity.
1050
01:04:26,530 --> 01:04:29,830
And when they turned,
in the next paragraph,
1051
01:04:29,866 --> 01:04:31,966
to their hopes
for the conference,
1052
01:04:32,001 --> 01:04:33,968
they could not help but say
1053
01:04:34,003 --> 01:04:36,204
this is an opportunity
1054
01:04:36,239 --> 01:04:41,009
for us to make that
solidarity tangible and real.
1055
01:04:41,878 --> 01:04:43,978
I now give the floor to
1056
01:04:44,014 --> 01:04:46,681
Mr. Narendra Modi,
1057
01:04:46,716 --> 01:04:48,316
Prime Minister of India.
1058
01:04:49,886 --> 01:04:51,419
Democratic India
1059
01:04:52,622 --> 01:04:54,956
must grow rapidly
1060
01:04:55,658 --> 01:04:57,992
to meet the aspirations
1061
01:04:58,027 --> 01:05:04,131
of 1.25 billion people,
300 million of whom
1062
01:05:04,166 --> 01:05:07,102
are without access to energy.
1063
01:05:08,704 --> 01:05:12,607
Energy is a basic human need.
1064
01:05:12,642 --> 01:05:15,876
And there should be no place
1065
01:05:15,912 --> 01:05:18,279
for unilateral steps
1066
01:05:18,314 --> 01:05:22,417
that become
economic barriers for others.
1067
01:05:23,487 --> 01:05:28,089
So, we still need
conventional energy,
1068
01:05:29,359 --> 01:05:30,692
fossil fuel.
1069
01:05:31,394 --> 01:05:32,560
And anything else
1070
01:05:33,530 --> 01:05:36,097
will be morally wrong.
1071
01:05:36,866 --> 01:05:38,166
Thank you.
1072
01:05:41,771 --> 01:05:43,004
Hmm.
1073
01:05:46,742 --> 01:05:49,410
You know, I've been
to all of these different
1074
01:05:49,445 --> 01:05:52,380
climate conferences since 1992.
1075
01:05:53,583 --> 01:05:57,084
We parliamentarians
have an obligation
1076
01:05:57,120 --> 01:05:59,420
to accelerate the movement
1077
01:05:59,456 --> 01:06:02,890
toward meaningful changes
in policies
1078
01:06:02,925 --> 01:06:05,760
in every nation
on the face of this Earth
1079
01:06:05,795 --> 01:06:10,631
to stop the destruction of
the global ecological system.
1080
01:06:12,068 --> 01:06:15,536
It began with a great deal
of optimism in Rio...
1081
01:06:15,572 --> 01:06:16,804
Hello, Mr. Prime Minister.
1082
01:06:16,839 --> 01:06:19,674
...but it soon bogged down.
1083
01:06:19,709 --> 01:06:21,943
The process
used to bring nations together
1084
01:06:21,979 --> 01:06:25,446
to discuss our joint response
to climate change
1085
01:06:25,482 --> 01:06:27,515
is an important one.
1086
01:06:27,551 --> 01:06:30,151
But a growing population
requires more energy
1087
01:06:30,186 --> 01:06:32,019
to heat and cool our homes.
1088
01:06:32,054 --> 01:06:34,122
More gas to drive our cars.
1089
01:06:35,458 --> 01:06:38,592
For all that time,
the world has struggled
1090
01:06:38,628 --> 01:06:41,629
- to get its act together...
- Oh! Hey!
1091
01:06:41,665 --> 01:06:44,866
...and connect the science
to the policy.
1092
01:06:44,901 --> 01:06:46,701
There's no deal.
It's closed down.
1093
01:06:46,737 --> 01:06:48,069
Good morning.
1094
01:06:48,104 --> 01:06:50,905
But, for me, the last 20 years
1095
01:06:50,940 --> 01:06:53,641
was a very painful experience.
1096
01:06:53,677 --> 01:06:55,142
We're not going to recognize it.
1097
01:06:55,178 --> 01:06:57,412
We don't want to discuss it.
1098
01:06:59,015 --> 01:07:00,247
Painful not only because
1099
01:07:00,283 --> 01:07:03,318
of the lack of
a favorable outcome,
1100
01:07:03,353 --> 01:07:04,786
but also because there was
1101
01:07:05,755 --> 01:07:09,157
no way in to really
1102
01:07:09,192 --> 01:07:11,025
take hold
of the process and say,
1103
01:07:11,060 --> 01:07:13,228
"Okay, let me help you here."
1104
01:07:16,499 --> 01:07:20,235
I was relieved when
I got to Paris because
1105
01:07:20,270 --> 01:07:22,904
there were
influential men and women
1106
01:07:22,939 --> 01:07:25,339
from countries around the world,
1107
01:07:25,374 --> 01:07:28,209
some who'd been through
my training program...
1108
01:07:28,245 --> 01:07:30,878
...and who asked me
to help in the process.
1109
01:07:30,914 --> 01:07:32,113
Thank you.
1110
01:07:35,819 --> 01:07:37,552
- There's the boss.
- Hey!
1111
01:07:37,587 --> 01:07:38,587
How are you, dear?
1112
01:07:39,523 --> 01:07:41,823
- Good to see you.
- Good to see you.
1113
01:07:42,692 --> 01:07:43,825
You ready for me?
1114
01:07:45,295 --> 01:07:49,330
I was in India
earlier this year, and...
1115
01:07:49,365 --> 01:07:51,932
I think that the emergence
of solar electricity
1116
01:07:51,967 --> 01:07:55,136
as a competitive viable option,
1117
01:07:55,171 --> 01:07:58,272
it opens up a pathway
1118
01:07:58,307 --> 01:08:00,942
that justifies realistic hope.
1119
01:08:00,977 --> 01:08:03,077
But, you know,
I do think that India,
1120
01:08:03,113 --> 01:08:04,611
well, Prime Minister Modi,
1121
01:08:04,647 --> 01:08:08,149
has been very, very clear
that their concern is
1122
01:08:08,184 --> 01:08:10,284
not just the existence
of technology,
1123
01:08:10,319 --> 01:08:12,353
but their access
to that technology.
1124
01:08:12,388 --> 01:08:15,656
So... With what trust
do they let go
1125
01:08:15,692 --> 01:08:18,593
of the whole fossil fuel
development model
1126
01:08:18,628 --> 01:08:23,297
that has been paraded in front
of them for 150 years,
1127
01:08:23,332 --> 01:08:24,498
and now we're saying,
1128
01:08:24,534 --> 01:08:26,234
"Excuse me,
this parade, it's done."
1129
01:08:26,269 --> 01:08:28,870
"Now we have to build
a different parade for you."
1130
01:08:28,905 --> 01:08:34,108
It would be most helpful
if that focus on renewables
1131
01:08:34,144 --> 01:08:36,110
can be seen from the developing
1132
01:08:36,146 --> 01:08:37,945
- country's perspective.
- Yeah.
1133
01:08:37,980 --> 01:08:40,548
But is that something
that you could
1134
01:08:40,583 --> 01:08:42,483
devote some time to
while you're here?
1135
01:08:42,519 --> 01:08:43,519
Of course.
1136
01:08:47,857 --> 01:08:49,023
I'm trying to solve
1137
01:08:49,059 --> 01:08:50,825
an Indian problem,
first and foremost.
1138
01:08:51,861 --> 01:08:56,197
Their plan is to build 400
1139
01:08:56,232 --> 01:08:58,466
new dirty coal plants.
1140
01:08:58,501 --> 01:09:00,468
Uh, and that's a disaster.
1141
01:09:01,972 --> 01:09:04,038
When India goes to borrow money
1142
01:09:04,073 --> 01:09:06,507
to build solar farms
or wind farms,
1143
01:09:06,543 --> 01:09:10,678
they have to pay 13%
plus an FX uncertainty.
1144
01:09:11,413 --> 01:09:13,815
And that is manifestly absurd.
1145
01:09:15,584 --> 01:09:16,584
Hey, Ben.
1146
01:09:16,619 --> 01:09:18,886
- Hey, Cory.
- Very good to see you.
1147
01:09:18,921 --> 01:09:21,289
Hey, Ed. How are you?
1148
01:09:21,324 --> 01:09:22,623
The challenge for us
1149
01:09:22,658 --> 01:09:25,759
is to find a way to make
renewables as cheap as coal,
1150
01:09:25,795 --> 01:09:27,095
and then partner with them
1151
01:09:27,130 --> 01:09:29,830
so that we don't build
this huge infrastructure
1152
01:09:29,865 --> 01:09:31,365
that will continue to provide
1153
01:09:31,400 --> 01:09:34,235
more carbon dioxide
decades in the future.
1154
01:09:34,271 --> 01:09:39,974
India has this plan,
200 gigawatts of coal.
1155
01:09:40,009 --> 01:09:41,842
I met with their energy
1156
01:09:41,878 --> 01:09:44,512
and power minister,
Piyush Goyal, in Delhi.
1157
01:09:44,547 --> 01:09:46,648
I asked,
what would it take to shift
1158
01:09:46,683 --> 01:09:48,282
another 100 gigawatts
1159
01:09:48,317 --> 01:09:50,218
from coal to renewables?
1160
01:09:50,253 --> 01:09:52,820
His answer was
incredibly specific.
1161
01:09:53,356 --> 01:09:55,489
Access to credit.
1162
01:09:55,524 --> 01:09:57,536
And, of course, with the
future of human civilization
1163
01:09:57,560 --> 01:09:59,160
in the balance,
we should probably
1164
01:09:59,195 --> 01:10:00,472
- ratchet that up a little bit.
- Wow.
1165
01:10:00,496 --> 01:10:02,229
More than 65%
1166
01:10:02,265 --> 01:10:04,465
of the world's carbon pollution
1167
01:10:04,501 --> 01:10:07,067
comes from the developing world.
1168
01:10:07,103 --> 01:10:08,381
Now, we're not pointing fingers.
1169
01:10:08,405 --> 01:10:10,504
This isn't a question of blame.
1170
01:10:10,539 --> 01:10:12,806
But we're here to change it.
1171
01:10:16,312 --> 01:10:18,379
The reason
that talks are stalled?
1172
01:10:18,414 --> 01:10:20,481
Because the U.S. government
1173
01:10:20,516 --> 01:10:23,317
put countries like India
as culprits,
1174
01:10:23,353 --> 01:10:25,953
as criminals, climate criminals.
1175
01:10:25,988 --> 01:10:27,388
And I don't think the U.S.
1176
01:10:27,423 --> 01:10:29,824
should be allowed
to get away with that.
1177
01:10:32,829 --> 01:10:37,598
Fabius has asked for
an urgent meeting, one on one.
1178
01:10:37,633 --> 01:10:40,000
They're getting frustrated
1179
01:10:40,036 --> 01:10:41,669
at the pace of the negotiations.
1180
01:10:46,342 --> 01:10:47,642
The long-term goal?
1181
01:10:56,886 --> 01:11:00,654
You spend a lot of time
each year in India.
1182
01:11:00,690 --> 01:11:04,826
So my narrow interest
is a way around
1183
01:11:04,861 --> 01:11:06,227
these high interest rates that
1184
01:11:06,262 --> 01:11:08,930
the Indians are
so concerned about
1185
01:11:08,965 --> 01:11:10,364
in deploying solar and wind.
1186
01:11:10,399 --> 01:11:12,200
But we're not gonna
sort that out
1187
01:11:12,235 --> 01:11:13,635
in the next couple of days.
1188
01:11:14,604 --> 01:11:15,604
Yeah.
1189
01:11:20,209 --> 01:11:21,409
The overnight deluge
1190
01:11:21,444 --> 01:11:23,377
of some 300 millimeters of rain
1191
01:11:23,412 --> 01:11:26,614
in a span of 18 hours
has wreaked havoc.
1192
01:11:26,649 --> 01:11:29,150
The news is
that it's only gonna get worse
1193
01:11:29,185 --> 01:11:30,684
and the flood waters are rising.
1194
01:11:30,720 --> 01:11:32,486
India's fourth-largest city
1195
01:11:32,521 --> 01:11:34,055
was paralyzed
by the heaviest rains
1196
01:11:34,090 --> 01:11:35,756
in more than a hundred years,
1197
01:11:35,792 --> 01:11:38,159
which cut off more than
three million people
1198
01:11:38,194 --> 01:11:40,528
from basic services for days.
1199
01:11:49,872 --> 01:11:51,605
It's amazing that
while we're here
1200
01:11:51,641 --> 01:11:54,375
and India is a holdout,
they're having this.
1201
01:12:03,085 --> 01:12:05,452
Part of their thing
is that they need more money
1202
01:12:05,487 --> 01:12:07,020
to deal with it, right?
1203
01:12:07,056 --> 01:12:11,992
So the sticking point is also
on that side in terms of
1204
01:12:12,027 --> 01:12:14,896
developed countries not
wanting to give that money.
1205
01:12:15,898 --> 01:12:17,665
- Yeah, yeah.
- Yes.
1206
01:12:19,435 --> 01:12:21,803
During the days that we are here
1207
01:12:21,838 --> 01:12:24,538
in this conference,
1208
01:12:24,574 --> 01:12:28,909
we have seen a repeat
of the pattern of more floods
1209
01:12:28,944 --> 01:12:30,811
and landslides.
1210
01:12:30,846 --> 01:12:36,550
Indeed today, in Chennai,
these events continue.
1211
01:12:36,586 --> 01:12:40,788
They have had
1,500 millimeters of rain
1212
01:12:40,824 --> 01:12:43,390
in the last several weeks alone.
1213
01:12:43,425 --> 01:12:45,526
Five feet of rain.
1214
01:12:45,561 --> 01:12:47,895
The number of people
who have been killed
1215
01:12:47,931 --> 01:12:49,630
is in the hundreds.
1216
01:12:49,666 --> 01:12:52,567
Tens of thousands
have been relocated.
1217
01:12:53,903 --> 01:12:56,570
This is not the first time
this has happened.
1218
01:12:56,605 --> 01:12:59,406
Every storm is different now
1219
01:12:59,441 --> 01:13:01,909
because of the climate crisis.
1220
01:13:06,649 --> 01:13:12,053
Prime Minister Modi went from
Paris back to Tamil Nadu
1221
01:13:12,088 --> 01:13:15,522
and said, "We are feeling
climate change's"
1222
01:13:15,558 --> 01:13:17,925
"fast-growing impact now."
1223
01:13:29,638 --> 01:13:30,838
No, no, it's all right.
1224
01:13:30,873 --> 01:13:34,108
I'm sorry to call you
on a Saturday evening.
1225
01:13:34,143 --> 01:13:37,011
So, the other sticking point
1226
01:13:37,046 --> 01:13:39,813
is, um, you know, credit
1227
01:13:39,848 --> 01:13:42,650
at a sufficiently
low interest rate
1228
01:13:42,685 --> 01:13:45,019
to allow India to borrow.
1229
01:13:45,722 --> 01:13:47,087
Uh, and...
1230
01:13:47,123 --> 01:13:48,856
But that's a separate issue.
1231
01:13:48,892 --> 01:13:51,959
So, here is the idea that I had.
1232
01:13:53,395 --> 01:13:58,599
Elon has a record
of giving up IP
1233
01:13:58,635 --> 01:14:02,570
on some of the core aspects
in Tesla.
1234
01:14:02,605 --> 01:14:06,540
You know, you take it
and do what you can with it.
1235
01:14:06,576 --> 01:14:09,409
I talked to President Hollande
about it also.
1236
01:14:09,445 --> 01:14:11,278
I didn't mention the company,
1237
01:14:11,314 --> 01:14:13,514
uh, but I mentioned
the general idea.
1238
01:14:13,549 --> 01:14:16,216
Hollande and Ban Ki-moon,
1239
01:14:16,251 --> 01:14:17,451
and I'm sure, at least
1240
01:14:17,486 --> 01:14:19,653
at the ministerial level,
with India,
1241
01:14:19,688 --> 01:14:22,156
we could have, uh, you know,
1242
01:14:22,192 --> 01:14:27,628
halo equity for SolarCity
that would be incredible.
1243
01:14:27,663 --> 01:14:30,263
But before I call
Lyndon or Elon,
1244
01:14:30,299 --> 01:14:32,266
I wanted to run it by you.
1245
01:14:32,301 --> 01:14:33,634
Yeah, would you, please?
1246
01:14:33,670 --> 01:14:36,971
And also send me Lyndon's
cell phone if you have it.
1247
01:14:42,111 --> 01:14:43,444
Lyndon?
1248
01:14:43,479 --> 01:14:45,012
Hi, it's Al Gore.
1249
01:14:45,748 --> 01:14:47,615
I have a big idea for you.
1250
01:14:48,617 --> 01:14:51,685
SolarCity could be
1251
01:14:51,720 --> 01:14:55,590
the corporate hero of Paris
1252
01:14:56,425 --> 01:15:01,696
by announcing that it will give
1253
01:15:02,564 --> 01:15:05,198
the technology
to the new world-champion
1254
01:15:05,234 --> 01:15:06,934
solar cell
1255
01:15:07,369 --> 01:15:08,569
to India.
1256
01:15:12,708 --> 01:15:15,142
Well, here's the logic
for it, Lyndon.
1257
01:15:15,177 --> 01:15:19,680
The big holdout here
in the negotiations is India.
1258
01:15:22,318 --> 01:15:24,285
Yeah, but that's up
to them, okay?
1259
01:15:24,320 --> 01:15:25,586
That's up to them.
1260
01:15:26,555 --> 01:15:28,422
I'm talking about
breaking the impasse
1261
01:15:28,457 --> 01:15:30,024
and getting them over the hump.
1262
01:15:31,394 --> 01:15:33,561
Give it some thought, my friend.
1263
01:15:34,030 --> 01:15:35,096
Bye.
1264
01:15:36,798 --> 01:15:38,532
So he swallowed hard and said,
1265
01:15:38,567 --> 01:15:40,127
"Ugh, I might have
to think about that."
1266
01:15:41,638 --> 01:15:42,837
We'll see.
1267
01:15:49,979 --> 01:15:51,145
It's crunch time
1268
01:15:51,180 --> 01:15:53,380
at the climate change
conference in Paris.
1269
01:15:53,415 --> 01:15:54,781
With a deadline
1270
01:15:54,817 --> 01:15:56,628
for a deal fast approaching,
it's clear that...
1271
01:15:56,652 --> 01:15:57,763
There's still some really tough
1272
01:15:57,787 --> 01:15:59,019
negotiations going on
1273
01:15:59,055 --> 01:16:00,888
among developed
and developing nations.
1274
01:16:00,923 --> 01:16:03,156
There is an argument
about who's responsible
1275
01:16:03,192 --> 01:16:04,425
for climate change,
1276
01:16:04,460 --> 01:16:05,926
who should pay
for the consequences.
1277
01:16:05,961 --> 01:16:07,539
What do you think
of the global warming summit
1278
01:16:07,563 --> 01:16:08,729
in Paris this week?
1279
01:16:08,764 --> 01:16:10,130
I think it's ridiculous.
1280
01:16:10,166 --> 01:16:12,533
We have bigger problems
right now.
1281
01:16:12,568 --> 01:16:14,868
To have the President be there
for an extended
1282
01:16:14,903 --> 01:16:16,503
period of time talking about
1283
01:16:16,539 --> 01:16:18,339
global warming
being the biggest problem
1284
01:16:18,374 --> 01:16:20,941
facing this country is insane.
1285
01:16:20,977 --> 01:16:23,811
He ought to get back to work
and solve the ISIS problem.
1286
01:16:25,548 --> 01:16:28,015
So, Mr. Minister,
1287
01:16:28,050 --> 01:16:31,018
John Kerry asked me
to talk with you
1288
01:16:31,054 --> 01:16:33,888
and explain some of the details
1289
01:16:34,724 --> 01:16:38,692
on this extraordinary gift
1290
01:16:38,727 --> 01:16:40,694
being proposed by, uh,
1291
01:16:40,730 --> 01:16:43,798
the premier solar energy company
1292
01:16:43,833 --> 01:16:45,333
in the United States.
1293
01:16:46,335 --> 01:16:48,235
Give me the, uh, material.
1294
01:16:48,271 --> 01:16:50,071
"It's a hybrid polysilicon..."
1295
01:16:50,672 --> 01:16:52,973
And this is, uh...
1296
01:16:53,009 --> 01:16:58,011
It is a "silicon-based
bifacial PV cell"
1297
01:16:58,047 --> 01:17:01,348
"that combines
n-type substrates,"
1298
01:17:01,384 --> 01:17:03,584
"copper electrodes,"
1299
01:17:03,619 --> 01:17:06,754
"thin-film passivation layers"
1300
01:17:06,789 --> 01:17:09,022
"and a tunneling oxide layer"
1301
01:17:09,057 --> 01:17:12,393
"that yields
high conversion efficiencies."
1302
01:17:13,495 --> 01:17:16,297
And if, in return for this,
1303
01:17:16,933 --> 01:17:19,400
India remove its potential
1304
01:17:19,435 --> 01:17:22,637
objections to
the climate treaty,
1305
01:17:22,672 --> 01:17:27,308
then he said SolarCity
would be willing to do this.
1306
01:17:30,380 --> 01:17:32,813
Is there any precedent
for a technology
1307
01:17:32,848 --> 01:17:35,549
transfer to happen so quickly?
1308
01:17:35,584 --> 01:17:37,250
Well, you all know
about computer chips,
1309
01:17:37,286 --> 01:17:39,753
but let's take
a more mundane example.
1310
01:17:39,788 --> 01:17:41,354
Uh, cell phones.
1311
01:17:41,390 --> 01:17:42,656
Back around 1980,
1312
01:17:42,692 --> 01:17:44,725
I was in
the House of Representatives,
1313
01:17:44,760 --> 01:17:46,059
and I was so excited to buy
1314
01:17:46,094 --> 01:17:49,096
one of the very first
mobile phones.
1315
01:17:49,131 --> 01:17:52,233
Honestly, I felt that thing
was so cool.
1316
01:17:53,535 --> 01:17:55,069
And now there are
more mobile phones
1317
01:17:55,104 --> 01:17:58,072
than there are
people in the world.
1318
01:17:58,107 --> 01:18:00,674
Most of it in
developing countries
1319
01:18:00,709 --> 01:18:03,977
that had no landline
telephone grid.
1320
01:18:04,013 --> 01:18:05,712
And so they could leapfrog
1321
01:18:05,747 --> 01:18:08,349
and get telephone service
for the first time.
1322
01:18:09,285 --> 01:18:10,751
Well, guess what?
1323
01:18:10,786 --> 01:18:12,453
There are a lot of countries
1324
01:18:12,488 --> 01:18:14,588
where the landline
electricity grids
1325
01:18:14,623 --> 01:18:16,523
are not so great.
1326
01:18:16,559 --> 01:18:19,827
In Africa.
In the Indian subcontinent.
1327
01:18:20,596 --> 01:18:22,529
Now we're seeing this instead:
1328
01:18:22,565 --> 01:18:23,864
Solar panels.
1329
01:18:23,899 --> 01:18:26,934
This one in Africa's
on the roof of a grass hut.
1330
01:18:26,969 --> 01:18:29,602
Parents want their children
to have access
1331
01:18:29,638 --> 01:18:31,972
to the universe of information.
1332
01:18:32,007 --> 01:18:35,408
Chile. A developing country,
but it has great policy.
1333
01:18:35,444 --> 01:18:38,479
You talk about excitement,
this story gets me excited.
1334
01:18:38,514 --> 01:18:42,249
At the end of 2013, they had
11 megawatts of solar.
1335
01:18:42,284 --> 01:18:46,219
By the end of 2014,
more than 400 megawatts.
1336
01:18:46,255 --> 01:18:49,022
By the end of last year,
more than 800 megawatts.
1337
01:18:49,058 --> 01:18:52,859
So look at what they have
under construction this year
1338
01:18:52,894 --> 01:18:56,063
and under contract to
soon begin construction.
1339
01:19:08,611 --> 01:19:10,478
Isn't that great? I love this.
1340
01:19:12,348 --> 01:19:15,048
13.3 gigawatts!
1341
01:19:15,084 --> 01:19:18,986
And there are other countries
and many regions in the world
1342
01:19:19,021 --> 01:19:23,123
that are poised
for this kind of breakout.
1343
01:19:23,159 --> 01:19:26,426
We are seeing
a real turning here.
1344
01:19:26,462 --> 01:19:27,928
On a global basis,
1345
01:19:27,964 --> 01:19:32,899
the world gets more energy
from the sun each hour
1346
01:19:32,934 --> 01:19:35,369
than the entire global economy
1347
01:19:35,404 --> 01:19:37,872
uses for an entire year.
1348
01:19:37,907 --> 01:19:40,574
If we increase
the fraction of that
1349
01:19:40,610 --> 01:19:43,477
that we harvest
and use productively,
1350
01:19:43,512 --> 01:19:47,448
then we can solve that part
of the climate crisis.
1351
01:19:51,888 --> 01:19:53,320
There's been a lot of discussion
1352
01:19:53,355 --> 01:19:54,755
between India and U.S.
1353
01:19:54,790 --> 01:19:56,322
We know that President Obama
1354
01:19:56,358 --> 01:19:59,660
did make a call
to Prime Minister Modi.
1355
01:19:59,695 --> 01:20:01,695
What the outcomes
were of those talks,
1356
01:20:01,730 --> 01:20:03,430
we don't know yet.
1357
01:20:03,465 --> 01:20:04,798
What we do know is John Kerry
1358
01:20:04,833 --> 01:20:06,233
has been having
repeated discussion.
1359
01:20:06,268 --> 01:20:07,934
There was
a one-hour meeting today
1360
01:20:07,969 --> 01:20:10,137
with the environment minister.
1361
01:20:10,172 --> 01:20:12,840
How all this translates
into India's concerns
1362
01:20:12,875 --> 01:20:15,176
being met
still remains to be seen.
1363
01:20:16,144 --> 01:20:17,444
Do we have a deal,
Mr. President?
1364
01:20:17,479 --> 01:20:18,546
Do we have a deal?
1365
01:20:43,105 --> 01:20:45,072
Today is a historic day.
1366
01:20:46,008 --> 01:20:48,675
We have,
in the spirit of compromise,
1367
01:20:48,710 --> 01:20:51,045
agreed on a number of phrases.
1368
01:20:51,580 --> 01:20:54,715
And we have not only
1369
01:20:54,750 --> 01:20:57,384
an agreement,
but we have written
1370
01:20:57,419 --> 01:20:59,286
a new chapter of hope
1371
01:20:59,321 --> 01:21:02,256
in the lives of seven billion
people on the planet.
1372
01:21:02,825 --> 01:21:04,891
We hope
1373
01:21:04,926 --> 01:21:08,762
that Paris will reassure
this future generation
1374
01:21:08,797 --> 01:21:11,999
that we all together
will mitigate
1375
01:21:12,034 --> 01:21:14,668
the challenge
posed by climate change,
1376
01:21:14,704 --> 01:21:18,038
and we will give them
a better Earth.
1377
01:21:18,807 --> 01:21:20,975
Thank you.
Merci beaucoup.
1378
01:21:22,110 --> 01:21:24,844
L'accord de Paris pour
le climat est accepté.
1379
01:21:38,828 --> 01:21:41,161
We started
this COP commemorating
1380
01:21:41,196 --> 01:21:44,064
those fallen in tragic deaths.
1381
01:21:44,099 --> 01:21:47,167
We end this COP celebrating
1382
01:21:47,202 --> 01:21:49,970
a new chapter of hope
for the world.
1383
01:21:58,213 --> 01:22:00,080
This is exciting.
It's very exciting.
1384
01:22:02,551 --> 01:22:04,751
Yes, thank you, sir.
1385
01:22:04,787 --> 01:22:06,153
Thank you. I'm glad it helped.
1386
01:22:26,308 --> 01:22:28,041
The Paris Agreement
would not have happened
1387
01:22:28,077 --> 01:22:30,244
without President Obama,
1388
01:22:30,279 --> 01:22:32,579
Secretary of State John Kerry,
1389
01:22:32,614 --> 01:22:35,215
President Hollande of France.
1390
01:22:35,250 --> 01:22:37,952
Without a lot of people
who worked hard on that.
1391
01:22:39,288 --> 01:22:43,289
Virtually every nation
in the entire world agreed
1392
01:22:43,325 --> 01:22:46,760
to get to net-zero
greenhouse gas emissions
1393
01:22:46,795 --> 01:22:50,631
as early in the second half
of this century as possible.
1394
01:22:50,666 --> 01:22:52,766
This sends a signal to markets,
1395
01:22:52,801 --> 01:22:54,668
sends a signal to investors.
1396
01:22:54,703 --> 01:22:56,036
And it resulted
1397
01:22:56,072 --> 01:23:00,140
in the largest solar loan
in the history of the world
1398
01:23:00,176 --> 01:23:02,943
to help India move forward
more quickly
1399
01:23:02,978 --> 01:23:05,312
in its installation of solar.
1400
01:23:06,014 --> 01:23:07,580
It needs continuing work.
1401
01:23:07,616 --> 01:23:10,917
And one of the reasons
your role is so important
1402
01:23:10,952 --> 01:23:13,620
is to hold them to
what they've agreed to
1403
01:23:13,655 --> 01:23:15,522
and to keep the pressure on.
1404
01:23:15,557 --> 01:23:17,858
Because even with
all the agreements
1405
01:23:17,893 --> 01:23:20,226
put together,
it's still not enough.
1406
01:23:20,262 --> 01:23:23,029
But the basis is there
to ramp up
1407
01:23:23,064 --> 01:23:25,432
and make more progress.
1408
01:23:25,467 --> 01:23:28,635
There are cities in the U.S.
that have already
1409
01:23:28,670 --> 01:23:32,539
reached the goal of
100% renewable energy.
1410
01:23:32,574 --> 01:23:35,975
Rock Port, Missouri.
Greensburg, Kansas.
1411
01:23:36,011 --> 01:23:38,178
They were destroyed
by an F5 tornado,
1412
01:23:38,214 --> 01:23:40,513
and when they built back,
they say, "Hey",
1413
01:23:40,549 --> 01:23:43,450
"let's go 100% renewable,"
and they have.
1414
01:23:46,522 --> 01:23:47,487
Right here in Houston,
1415
01:23:47,523 --> 01:23:52,058
the home of the global
oil and gas industry,
1416
01:23:52,094 --> 01:23:53,961
you'll hear a lot of people say,
1417
01:23:53,996 --> 01:23:55,128
"Wind and solar's nice,"
1418
01:23:55,163 --> 01:23:57,865
"but it won't really
lead anywhere."
1419
01:23:57,900 --> 01:23:59,332
And a lot of people
are now saying
1420
01:23:59,367 --> 01:24:04,504
that is a strange new form
of denial.
1421
01:24:04,539 --> 01:24:09,043
But look at what's happening
in Georgetown, Texas.
1422
01:24:26,795 --> 01:24:27,994
Howdy!
1423
01:24:28,030 --> 01:24:29,173
Howdy, Mr. Vice President Gore.
1424
01:24:29,197 --> 01:24:30,363
How are you, Mr. Mayor?
1425
01:24:30,399 --> 01:24:33,066
Welcome to the greatest city
on Planet Earth.
1426
01:24:33,101 --> 01:24:35,235
Spoken like a good mayor.
1427
01:24:37,006 --> 01:24:38,638
- Can I have one?
- Oh, sure.
1428
01:24:38,673 --> 01:24:40,107
I know they're for kids.
1429
01:24:40,142 --> 01:24:41,419
So, how long have you
been mayor?
1430
01:24:41,443 --> 01:24:43,176
I have been mayor for two years.
1431
01:24:43,211 --> 01:24:45,712
This green energy
initiative started
1432
01:24:45,747 --> 01:24:47,881
when I was on council in 2008.
1433
01:24:47,916 --> 01:24:48,982
I remember that. Mmm-hmm.
1434
01:24:49,018 --> 01:24:50,917
And the direction that
we gave to Chris
1435
01:24:50,952 --> 01:24:53,486
and crew was, in 2008, we said
1436
01:24:53,521 --> 01:24:56,456
by 2030 we want
our energy portfolio
1437
01:24:56,491 --> 01:24:59,092
- to be 30% renewable energy.
- Yeah.
1438
01:24:59,128 --> 01:25:01,028
Well, they've sort of
blown by that.
1439
01:25:01,063 --> 01:25:02,662
That was ambitious
at that time, anyway.
1440
01:25:02,698 --> 01:25:04,197
It was! Absolutely.
1441
01:25:04,232 --> 01:25:06,099
Currently we're
90% renewable energy.
1442
01:25:06,134 --> 01:25:08,101
We're getting our wind
out of Amarillo.
1443
01:25:08,136 --> 01:25:10,437
Our solar farm's being
built out in west Texas.
1444
01:25:10,472 --> 01:25:12,872
It should be up and running
next spring.
1445
01:25:12,907 --> 01:25:14,107
Oh.
1446
01:25:14,142 --> 01:25:17,210
And currently, we will be
the first city in Texas
1447
01:25:17,245 --> 01:25:18,945
to be 100% renewable.
1448
01:25:18,980 --> 01:25:20,714
And when we go 100% renewable,
1449
01:25:20,749 --> 01:25:23,150
we will be the largest city
in the country
1450
01:25:23,185 --> 01:25:25,518
that's renewable energy at 100%.
1451
01:25:25,553 --> 01:25:29,356
So, I assume that
the reason you did this
1452
01:25:29,391 --> 01:25:32,693
is that the two of you are
just rabid environmentalists.
1453
01:25:32,728 --> 01:25:34,127
Well, not exactly, because,
1454
01:25:34,163 --> 01:25:36,363
um, you're in Georgetown,
1455
01:25:36,398 --> 01:25:38,264
which is the reddest city
1456
01:25:38,300 --> 01:25:40,400
in the reddest county in Texas,
1457
01:25:40,435 --> 01:25:42,368
and I'm a conservative
Republican.
1458
01:25:42,404 --> 01:25:43,636
- Yeah.
- Okay.
1459
01:25:43,672 --> 01:25:47,174
But our duty to our ratepayers
is to provide them
1460
01:25:47,209 --> 01:25:49,642
with the lowest possible
utility cost.
1461
01:25:49,678 --> 01:25:51,111
And money talks.
1462
01:25:51,146 --> 01:25:52,490
But then, wouldn't it
just make sense
1463
01:25:52,514 --> 01:25:53,914
from a common-sense standpoint,
1464
01:25:53,949 --> 01:25:57,150
the less stuff you put
in the air, the better it is?
1465
01:25:57,186 --> 01:25:59,052
- Yeah.
- I mean, common sense.
1466
01:25:59,087 --> 01:26:00,754
You don't need scientists
to debate that.
1467
01:26:00,789 --> 01:26:02,589
- Can I use that line?
- You absolutely can.
1468
01:26:09,431 --> 01:26:10,597
Hey, let me tell you what.
1469
01:26:10,632 --> 01:26:13,533
You would be
the sport of all sports
1470
01:26:13,569 --> 01:26:16,302
if somebody could get
a picture of me
1471
01:26:16,338 --> 01:26:18,471
and Mr. Vice President?
1472
01:26:18,507 --> 01:26:19,884
That's just for
personal use, right?
1473
01:26:19,908 --> 01:26:21,275
Oh, yeah.
1474
01:26:22,644 --> 01:26:25,379
- All right, here we go.
- Come on.
1475
01:26:25,414 --> 01:26:27,247
Here's your camera right there.
1476
01:26:28,617 --> 01:26:30,283
Now, this is not an endorsement,
1477
01:26:30,318 --> 01:26:31,852
as you can well imagine.
1478
01:26:37,325 --> 01:26:38,758
Hi, how are you?
1479
01:26:38,794 --> 01:26:40,860
Hi, Beth Wade,
Community Impact newspaper.
1480
01:26:40,896 --> 01:26:42,129
Pleasure. Pleasure.
1481
01:26:42,164 --> 01:26:43,897
You think this city
can be a trailblazer
1482
01:26:43,932 --> 01:26:46,066
for other cities of like size?
1483
01:26:46,101 --> 01:26:47,267
Definitely.
1484
01:26:47,302 --> 01:26:49,669
Now, not every city has
a CPA as a mayor,
1485
01:26:49,705 --> 01:26:51,704
so that's another
advantage for you.
1486
01:26:52,741 --> 01:26:56,142
But when other cities
really look at the facts,
1487
01:26:56,177 --> 01:26:59,212
I think you're gonna see
a massive wave
1488
01:26:59,247 --> 01:27:00,913
switching over to
1489
01:27:00,949 --> 01:27:03,116
pollution-free renewable energy.
1490
01:27:03,151 --> 01:27:04,851
Well, what we always say is,
1491
01:27:04,886 --> 01:27:06,720
don't we have a moral
and ethical obligation
1492
01:27:06,755 --> 01:27:09,356
to leave the planet
better than we found it?
1493
01:27:09,391 --> 01:27:11,324
You better be careful
talking like that.
1494
01:27:17,566 --> 01:27:20,534
T-minus 10, 9, 8,
1495
01:27:20,903 --> 01:27:23,736
7, 6, 5,
1496
01:27:23,772 --> 01:27:27,007
4, 3, 2, 1,
1497
01:27:27,543 --> 01:27:28,842
0.
1498
01:27:28,877 --> 01:27:30,877
Liftoff of the Falcon 9.
1499
01:27:37,185 --> 01:27:39,286
Falcon 9 has cleared the towers.
1500
01:27:43,158 --> 01:27:45,559
The Falcon takes flight,
1501
01:27:45,594 --> 01:27:49,129
propelling the Deep Space
Climate Observatory DSCOVR
1502
01:27:49,164 --> 01:27:53,500
on a million-mile journey
to protect our Planet Earth.
1503
01:28:03,411 --> 01:28:05,145
When President Obama
was elected,
1504
01:28:05,180 --> 01:28:07,447
I went to see him and
1505
01:28:07,482 --> 01:28:11,017
told him the story of
the DSCOVR satellite and
1506
01:28:11,052 --> 01:28:13,320
how it was cancelled.
1507
01:28:15,657 --> 01:28:20,327
And he allocated the money,
and it finally got launched.
1508
01:28:21,296 --> 01:28:22,863
Second stage engine
1509
01:28:23,932 --> 01:28:25,332
ignition
1510
01:28:26,668 --> 01:28:28,335
has occurred on time.
1511
01:28:34,509 --> 01:28:37,577
Remember, when I
mentioned the Blue Marble,
1512
01:28:37,612 --> 01:28:41,615
it was the only photograph
of its kind.
1513
01:28:42,550 --> 01:28:44,751
But here's one
from the first week
1514
01:28:44,787 --> 01:28:46,820
of last December.
1515
01:28:48,056 --> 01:28:50,390
This was taken by a brand-new
1516
01:28:50,425 --> 01:28:55,261
NASA and NOAA satellite
called DSCOVR
1517
01:28:55,297 --> 01:28:58,665
that orbits the sun
along with the Earth
1518
01:28:58,700 --> 01:29:01,468
and the scientists
are learning so much.
1519
01:29:01,503 --> 01:29:03,035
For example, for the first time
1520
01:29:03,071 --> 01:29:04,270
they're learning about
1521
01:29:04,306 --> 01:29:07,207
the real energy balance
of the Earth.
1522
01:29:07,242 --> 01:29:10,343
Energy in and energy out.
1523
01:29:10,378 --> 01:29:11,945
Don't let anybody tell you
1524
01:29:11,980 --> 01:29:14,580
that we're gonna get on
rocket ships and go to
1525
01:29:14,616 --> 01:29:17,517
Mars and live in hermetically
sealed buildings.
1526
01:29:17,552 --> 01:29:19,586
We couldn't even evacuate
the city of New Orleans
1527
01:29:19,621 --> 01:29:22,288
when the hurricane hit there.
1528
01:29:22,324 --> 01:29:23,990
This is our home.
1529
01:29:38,640 --> 01:29:40,406
Delegates at the United Nations
1530
01:29:40,442 --> 01:29:42,242
Climate Summit
are expressing panic
1531
01:29:42,277 --> 01:29:44,377
over Tuesday's election results,
1532
01:29:44,412 --> 01:29:45,946
saying President-elect
Donald Trump
1533
01:29:45,981 --> 01:29:49,549
may threaten the future
of any international agreement
1534
01:29:49,584 --> 01:29:51,818
to slow catastrophic
climate change.
1535
01:29:51,854 --> 01:29:55,822
Trump has said he will "cancel
the Paris Climate Agreement"
1536
01:29:55,857 --> 01:29:59,392
and also promised to promote
coal power and fracking,
1537
01:29:59,427 --> 01:30:00,593
and says he will allow
1538
01:30:00,629 --> 01:30:02,429
for oil and gas drilling
on federal land.
1539
01:30:02,464 --> 01:30:03,864
A famous boxer once said,
1540
01:30:03,899 --> 01:30:05,732
"Everybody has a plan"
1541
01:30:05,767 --> 01:30:07,968
"until he gets
punched in the face."
1542
01:30:10,038 --> 01:30:11,671
Days into his presidency,
1543
01:30:11,706 --> 01:30:14,574
Donald Trump is sending
chills down the spines
1544
01:30:14,610 --> 01:30:17,877
of environmentalists
and some EPA employees.
1545
01:30:17,912 --> 01:30:20,280
This trifecta
of cabinet appointments,
1546
01:30:20,315 --> 01:30:23,149
all staunch
fossil fuel supporters
1547
01:30:23,184 --> 01:30:24,417
who've expressed doubts
1548
01:30:24,452 --> 01:30:27,887
about the urgency
of climate change.
1549
01:30:27,922 --> 01:30:29,722
For all the years
I've been involved
1550
01:30:29,758 --> 01:30:32,893
in this struggle, there have
been lots of setbacks.
1551
01:30:34,729 --> 01:30:36,496
So now we have another one.
1552
01:30:44,172 --> 01:30:45,738
With all these new threats,
1553
01:30:45,773 --> 01:30:49,108
there's never been
a more important time
1554
01:30:49,144 --> 01:30:51,711
to speak truth to power.
1555
01:30:58,853 --> 01:31:00,153
I do my best
1556
01:31:02,023 --> 01:31:03,990
to speak for
1557
01:31:05,093 --> 01:31:10,796
the public interest in solving
the climate crisis.
1558
01:31:10,832 --> 01:31:14,567
Even though it sounds
a little highfalutin,
1559
01:31:14,603 --> 01:31:19,873
I try to answer to the truth
of what needs to be done.
1560
01:31:20,575 --> 01:31:24,010
And each of us, in our own ways,
1561
01:31:25,981 --> 01:31:30,583
has the obligation
and some ability
1562
01:31:30,619 --> 01:31:34,687
to feel what is more likely
to be true than not.
1563
01:31:34,722 --> 01:31:35,955
And if you work hard enough
1564
01:31:35,990 --> 01:31:38,925
to get the best
available evidence,
1565
01:31:38,961 --> 01:31:43,997
you can feel if you're onto
what the right thing is.
1566
01:31:44,032 --> 01:31:48,401
And that's not arrogance,
that's just a feeling that
1567
01:31:48,437 --> 01:31:51,470
I think everybody
is familiar with.
1568
01:31:51,506 --> 01:31:53,239
And I've been
working on this issue
1569
01:31:53,274 --> 01:31:55,474
long enough that I feel very,
1570
01:31:55,510 --> 01:31:58,511
very deeply about
what the right thing is.
1571
01:31:58,546 --> 01:32:00,514
I'm not confused about it.
1572
01:32:08,256 --> 01:32:10,023
I remember vividly
1573
01:32:10,058 --> 01:32:14,093
when the Civil Rights
Movement first began to
1574
01:32:14,129 --> 01:32:15,896
pick up steam.
1575
01:32:17,499 --> 01:32:20,333
We saw Bull Connor
turning fire hoses
1576
01:32:20,368 --> 01:32:23,503
on young African-American kids,
1577
01:32:23,538 --> 01:32:25,471
and we asked
the older generation
1578
01:32:25,507 --> 01:32:28,108
why it's just and fair
to have laws
1579
01:32:28,143 --> 01:32:30,076
that discriminate
on the basis of skin color.
1580
01:32:30,112 --> 01:32:31,722
And when they couldn't
answer that question,
1581
01:32:31,746 --> 01:32:33,813
the laws began to change.
1582
01:32:35,517 --> 01:32:39,819
This movement
to solve the climate crisis
1583
01:32:39,855 --> 01:32:44,724
is in the tradition of every
great moral movement
1584
01:32:44,759 --> 01:32:47,594
that has advanced
the cause of humankind.
1585
01:32:47,629 --> 01:32:50,396
And every single one of them
1586
01:32:50,431 --> 01:32:53,633
has met with resistance
to the point
1587
01:32:53,668 --> 01:32:56,936
where many of the advocates
felt despair
1588
01:32:56,972 --> 01:33:00,139
and wondered, "How long
is this gonna take?"
1589
01:33:00,175 --> 01:33:02,909
Martin Luther King famously
answered a question during
1590
01:33:02,944 --> 01:33:05,178
some of the bleakest hours
of the Civil Rights Movement,
1591
01:33:05,213 --> 01:33:08,247
when someone asked,
"How long is this gonna take?"
1592
01:33:08,282 --> 01:33:10,450
He said, "How long? Not long."
1593
01:33:10,485 --> 01:33:12,385
"Because no lie
can live forever."
1594
01:33:12,421 --> 01:33:14,487
"How long? Not long."
1595
01:33:14,522 --> 01:33:16,889
"Because the moral arc
of the universe is long,"
1596
01:33:16,924 --> 01:33:18,558
"but it bends toward justice."
1597
01:33:18,593 --> 01:33:19,859
"How long? Not long."
1598
01:33:19,894 --> 01:33:22,628
We are close in this movement.
1599
01:33:22,664 --> 01:33:26,099
We are very close
to the tipping point
1600
01:33:26,134 --> 01:33:29,802
beyond which this movement,
like the abolition movement,
1601
01:33:29,838 --> 01:33:31,637
like the women's
suffrage movement,
1602
01:33:31,673 --> 01:33:33,440
like the Civil Rights Movement,
1603
01:33:33,475 --> 01:33:35,308
like the anti-apartheid
movement,
1604
01:33:35,343 --> 01:33:37,010
like the movement
for gay rights,
1605
01:33:37,045 --> 01:33:41,046
is resolved into a choice
between right and wrong.
1606
01:33:41,082 --> 01:33:43,550
And because of who we are
as human beings,
1607
01:33:43,585 --> 01:33:46,151
the outcome is foreordained.
1608
01:33:46,187 --> 01:33:49,689
And it is right to save
the future for humanity!
1609
01:33:49,724 --> 01:33:52,024
It is wrong
to pollute this Earth
1610
01:33:52,060 --> 01:33:54,694
and destroy the climate balance!
1611
01:33:54,729 --> 01:33:57,764
It is right to give hope
to the future generation!
1612
01:34:00,902 --> 01:34:03,069
It will not be easy.
1613
01:34:03,838 --> 01:34:06,172
And we, too, in this movement
1614
01:34:06,208 --> 01:34:10,876
will encounter a series of no's.
1615
01:34:10,912 --> 01:34:12,879
The great American poet
Wallace Stevens,
1616
01:34:12,914 --> 01:34:15,215
in the last century,
1617
01:34:15,250 --> 01:34:16,849
one of his lines was this,
1618
01:34:16,884 --> 01:34:21,254
"After the last no comes a yes."
1619
01:34:21,289 --> 01:34:25,125
"And on that yes
the future world depends."
1620
01:34:25,760 --> 01:34:27,794
Bye-bye, guys. Thank you!
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