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why is it so important to stay below 1.5
degrees because even a one degree people
are dying from the climate crisis
because that's what the united science
calls for to avoid destabilizing the
climates so that we have the best
possible chance to avoid setting of
irreversible chain reactions such as
melting glaciers polarize and throwing
bockting permafrost every fraction of a
degree matters so there it is again this
is my message this is what I want you to
focus on so please tell me how do you
react to these numbers without feeling
at least some level of panic how do you
respond to the facts that basically
nothing is being done about this without
feeling the slightest bits of anger and
how do you communicate this without
I would really like to know since the
Paris agreement global banks have
invested one point nine trillion u.s.
100 companies are responsible for 71
percent of global emissions the g20
countries account for almost 80 percent
of total emissions the richest 10% of
the world's population to produce half
of our co2 emissions while the poorest
50 percent account for just 1/10 we
indeed have some work to do but some of
more than others recently a handful of
rich countries pledged to reduce their
emissions of greenhouse gases by so on
so many percent by this or that date or
to become climate neutral or Net Zero
and so on so many years this may sound
impressive at first glance but even
though the intentions may be good this
is not leadership this is not leading
this is misleading because most of these
pledges do not include aviation shipping
and imported and exported goods in
consumption they do however include the
possibility of countries to offset their
emissions elsewhere these pledges don't
include the immediate yearly reduction
rates needed for wealthy countries which
is necessary to stay within the
remaining tiny budget zero in 2050 means
nothing if high emission continues even
for a few years then the remaining
budget will be gone without seeing the
full picture we will not solve this
crisis finding holistic solutions is
what the cop should be all about but
instead it seems to have turned into
some kind of opportunity for countries
to negotiate loopholes and to avoid
countries are finding clever ways around
having to take real action like double
counting emissions reductions and moving
their emissions overseas and working
back on their promises to increase
ambition refusing to pay for solutions
or loss and damage this has to stop
what we need is real drastic emission
cuts at the source but of course just
reducing emissions is not enough our
greenhouse gas emissions has to stop to
stay below 1.5 degrees we need to keep
the carbon in the ground only setting up
distant dates and saying things which
give the impression of that action is
underway will most likely do more harm
because the changes required are still
the politics needed that does not exist
today despite what you might hear from
world leaders and I still believe that
the biggest danger is not inaction the
real danger is when politicians and CEOs
are making it look like real action is
happening when in fact almost nothing is
apart from clever accounting and
I have been fortunate enough to be able
to travel around the world and my
experience is that the lack of awareness
is the same everywhere not the least
amongst those elected to lead us there
is no sense of urgency whatsoever our
leaders are not behaving as if we were
in an emergency in an emergency you
change your behavior if there's a child
standing in the middle of the road and
you don't look away because it's too
uncomfortable you immediately run out
and rescue that child and without that
sense of urgency how can we the people
understand that we are facing a real
crisis and if the people are not fully
aware of what is going on then they will
not put pressure on the people in power
to do to act and without pressure from
the people our leaders can get away with
basically not doing anything well which
is where we are now and around and
around it goes in just three weeks we
will enter a new decade a decade they
will define our future right now we are
desperate for any sign of hope well I'm
telling you there is hope I have seen it
governments or corporations it comes
from the people the people who have been
unaware but are now starting to wake up
and once we become aware we change
people can change people are ready for
change and that is the hope because we
have democracy and democracy is happen
all the time not just on Election Day
but every second and every hour it is
public opinion that runs the free world
in fact every great change throughout
history has come from the people we do
not have to wait we can start the change