The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about it | Katharine Hayhoe

How do you talk to someone who doesn't believe in climate change? Not by rehashing the same data and facts we've been discussing for years, says climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe. In this inspiring, pragmatic talk, Hayhoe shows how the key to having a real discussion is to connect over shared values like family, community and religion -- and to prompt people to realize that they already care about a changing climate. "We can't give in to despair," she says. "We have to go out and look for the hope we need to inspire us to act -- and that hope begins with a conversation, today."
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[@annalisejabor5901]

I know lots of people in the comments believe that “talking” doesn’t provide any solutions but there’s no way to get to a solution if people don’t believe in the problem. She’s trying to get people to believe there’s a problem so that they want to accomplish a solution. The talk is about changing people’s minds and providing evidence to those who may not be aware of environmental issues and debates in the political spectrum. If she listed a bunch of solutions on how to become more sustainable do you think everybody would immediately drop their current lifestyle and change? You have to encourage and promote people to accept these ideologies before they WANT to make a change in their personal life.

[@stauffap]

Exactly. It's actually very simple. Do we fix a problem when nobody talks about it? No, then we wouldn't even know about the problem, we wouldn't know about th science. So obviously the solution can't be not talking about the problem, despite the backfire effect (which isn't as relevant as most people think it is) and all those other issues. You contribute to solving a problem exactly how you think you would: -Talking to people -Spreading information -Leading by example -Getting involved politically

[@daltonnelson94]

So karen has no solution. Lol. Why should we listen to thos partisan hack.

[@jacobharpa]

I absolutely agree, also even people who believe in climate change can benefit from talking about it as they might share a good change they have made like moving to an energy provider who uses exclusively renewable sources or recommend an electric vehicle they have. The more people talk and understand how to help they faster we will see the benefits.

[@theodorehaskins3756]

@@daltonnelson94 So what’s partisan about talking about a problem that you obviously don’t believe is a problem? So if you don’t believe there’s a problem, then there is no problem for you, until it becomes a problem! Moreover, are you likely to be the one to solve a problem that you didn’t believe existed in the 1st place? Yeah! I doubt that you will be the problem solver! So let’s say that this particular person is incorrect, but the vast majority of us overwhelmingly decided to support, not just what she’s talking about, but what everyone who believes there’s a problem, recommends that we all do & so the solution that you claim she doesn’t have, yet we all believe there’s a problem with the exception of a few, that carbon capture as well as eliminating our use of burning fossil fuels as we do today, if we went down that track versus continuing to burn fossil fuels that produces the greenhouse affects scientist have been warning us about & that in 100 years from now, humans wake up to a planet that is greener, cleaner in terms of air quality & water & soil that actually allows us to produce wholesome, healthy, food that we all rely on to sustain life as we know it, not on mars or some distant galaxy, but on the only planet that we actually live on, mother earth! So explain to me how that would be a bad thing?

[@aliendroneservices6621]

​@@theodorehaskins3756Cleaner and greener comes from wealth, and wealth doesn't come from eliminating fossil fuels.

[@scarletreilly2298]

I'm working on a project about climate change right now. I was hoping to find recent material, but I didn't expect to find something from 25 minutes ago.

[@AM-fh7ek]

Marvel Scarlet Spider How about Geo Engineering? Do you think it has any impact on enviroment?

[@scarletreilly2298]

@@AM-fh7ek I didn't think of that.

[@shreyaspadmakiran3235]

I didn't watch the video yet but I hope you will make this works a better place to live

[@mahlina1220]

Guy McPherson Paul Beckwith

[@AhilMohan]

The one true root cause of climate change is overpopulation. People need to stop having so many kids. We can solve so much of the world's issues if couples limited themselves to one child.

[@tamarak.9828]

Uhhh what about the consumption of meat and dairy?

[@GS-xj4st]

I was waiting for her to speak about it for the whole video as well... Going vegan (or mostly) is probably the single biggest step one can do to reduce its negative impact. Funny how nobody speak about it

[@dancenow1337]

"The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: Speak about it*" *but only when it's convenient and doesn't intervene with our food preferences/selfish pleasure

[@zabelzarock4606]

Vegans farts a lot more and they're even more stinky

[@SubhajitM]

@@zabelzarock4606 speak logic and science and not triggered bs

[@legarsdesplantes2223]

ok so i'll skip the entire video then ! Thanks my friend for saving me 15 minutes ahah

[@danamassie]

Hayhoe is clearly an angel sent from heaven to talk calmly and in a kind manner to all of us. Bless her.

[@raykowalchuk3812]

10:28 I especially resonated with Dr. Hayhoe's perspectives on fear - "Fear is designed for us to run away from the bear...or run faster than the person beside us." The joke seems to be that the slowest will be the bear's victim, but I wonder if she realizes what a powerful metaphor that is for the economic and industrial obstacles that she faces when she tries to get people to care about climate change. Economic horizons have been always way too short for authentic concerns -- resulting in a dominance of greenwashed solutions that pander to capitalist fears that only need their greenness to outpace the bear of irrelevancy. There are no silver bullet solutions, but as a spokesperson for the mainstream climate movement, Does Dr. Hayhoe properly acknowledge agricultural solutions in the "silver buckshot?" Talking is important but language is just as critical -- if an environmentalist can speak of the planned obsolescence of fossil fuels, why not the beef industry? Certainly the *fear* of multi-industrial opposition -- BigOil AND BigBeef -- is profound to climate activists, and perhaps defocusing to a scientific base that asks everything about atmosphere and next to nothing about soil. The IPCC actually says a lot about AFOLU -- Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use, including the dangers that climate change represent to these industries, which gets a lot of conversation, and solutions to their emissions, which does not.

[@jagodatomczak6400]

Fully agree that we really do need to talk to others about it and take baby steps each day! Many of the solutions you say i agree with

[@vinceruffolo1887]

I added this speech as my concluding video for my Climate Change Unit (which I teach every year in Social Studies) because it ends with a positive message. Educate.

[@SvetlanaShishkina-yd8qp]

Thank you very much, dear Ms Hayhoe, you've reinforced my conviction that it's crucial and urgent to react to the climate change. Now I need to elaborate a strategy of sustainable lifestyle that I could practice myself and propagate around my acquaintances. Where could I find guidelines on what our most damaging habits are and how we could change them in our day-to-day life? Really, I am desperate to save this planet, by I am sincerely lost among the para-scientific articles. Wo could help me find a trustworthy resource?

[@steveb9713]

We also need to talk about how we're drowning in plastic

[@Bryan-Hensley]

That's a much more serious issue

[@Stwinge44]

@anatoli p both are serious threats. I don't understand why you doubt climate scientists - there have been years of research and background, evidence proving that our greenhouse gas emissions heat up the planet. Let's admit it and act. I hope you help in both areas.

[@gbuz5789]

No. China is drowning in plastic.

[@gbuz5789]

@@Stwinge44 Yes, greenhouse gases may heat of the atmosphere but so what?

[@GordoGambler]

Most of it is deliberate ocean DUMPING in Asia. I kind of remember that 40 years ago they were doing this also from NY and NJ.

[@being.777]

To me, the thing I think about is waste/resources. For instance, solar and wind require finite resources to produce and maintain. And what happens when they need to be replaced? What waste do they create at the end of their lifecycle? Similarly, we are developing new cars. But what are the impacts of mining to get the resources needed to produce those cars and what are the lifecycles of the cars? We need to produce with a circular lifecycle in mind. We need to change our consciousness. Otherwise we are just switching out products with slightly better versions with the same, wasteful linear thinking. We need to become conscious creators, including procreation. We really need to put all of our energy into changing the current system. That's difficult to do while raising children. 💖🙏🦋

[@enoch1680]

She is fabulous! Connecting the dots and showing the alignment of authentic Christianity, Climate Science and taking action to reduce Climate Change

[@Ashish_Sharma239]

In India railway electrification going at huge rate to reduce it's carbon footprint, which carries 25 million people everyday. 65% good transportation and 55% of passenger using electric traction. Also investing in wind and solar energy to power the station.

[@miklmcgaha2770]

To produce electric power, must mostly burn fossil fuel generators...daahhh. Solar and wind power are very expensive and unpredictable.

[@sojournern]

you mentioned dietary choices. one of the most important things we can do is eat less meat. to those who can go vegan, you are doing something meaningful for the climate and all of us, not to mention acting ethically and with compassion.

[@GordoGambler]

MORON

[@bluskies1000]

Vegan will threaten the survival of our domesticated animals. Is that ethical? On the other hand the means to grow real meat in factories is being developed. BTW in 1850 & earlier it was colder, there were summers the snow never melted, famine was common. Starvation & freezing cold drove the colorization of North America..Many reputable scientists speculate the warm inter glacial was ending and only the buildup of GHG's is preventing the return to another ice locked world.

[@raykowalchuk3812]

@@bluskies1000 - prioritizing wild animals over the unnatural breeding of domesticated animals is absolutely ethically sound. 1.5 billion cows outconsume 8 billion people, and 77% of arable land is used for animals to produce only 8% of global protein. You are wildly misinterpreting William F. Ruddiman's Early Anthropocene hypothesis that identifies 10,000 years of poor agricultural practices like slash and burn deforestation and overgrazing/overcropping that desertified land. We ACCIDENTALLY eliminated an ice age that Milankovitch cycles predict would have happened 5000 years ago. This knowledge reveals to us a fantastic insight into climate solutions -- reversing the carbon depletion to regrow forests is a powerful solution once we navigate the intense food politics that limits Dr. Hayhoe to mutterings about consuming local food ("food miles" are an extremely weak proposition, mathematically) and "eat lower on the food chain" (an arbitrary reducitarian non-agenda which could mean anything and is therefore scientifically unmeasurable).

[@terenceiutzi4003]

You do realize that bovine livestock have a rumninant that oxygenated the vegetation that they eat that allows them to digest it arobicly, reducing methain production. We don't! So if we eat more vegetation we will produce far more methane! Do you remember your grade physics? We exposed methane and air to ultraviolet, and in minutes, it became CO2 and water vapor!

[@Jeffeeeeee]

You don’t have to be a hardcore vegan either just cutting down on meat is amazing as the average American consumes 225 lbs of meat a year and it takes over 1500 gallons of water to produce a pound of beef meaning over 415,000 gallons of water are put into it not only that but meat production is horrible for the enviorment.

[@randcontrols]

Lets talk about it. Yes the climate is changing and has always been changing. In the judgement of the IPCC humans are the main cause of the current changing climate and it's dangerous, but what do they really know? According to the IPCC the climate sensitivity (how much the temperature rises for each doubling of CO2) is between 1.5 and 4.5. If it's in the lower range, there's nothing to worry, if it's high then we are in trouble. The empirical evidence (journals.ametsoc.org/doi/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0667.1) shows a probably value of 1.5 and that suggests we have very little to be concerned about. On the value of judgement of experts. Philip E. Tetlock has done studies on how accurate the judgement of experts are. He found that expert opinions are almost worthless. My point is, the IPCC use models and their reports rely very much on expert opinions. But, empirical evidence do not support a very crucial component of the IPCC narrative, the climate sensitivity. My conclusion is - yes the climate is changing and CO2 is increasing and CO2 does contribute to the recent temperature increase (to the tune of 1.5 deg C per doubling of CO2). But, the climate has always changed without humans so there are other factors causing the climate to change. With the empirical evidence not supporting the IPCC narrative, I reject it. Based on the work of Philip Tetlock it's not unreasonable to reject the opinion of experts when empirical evidence do not support the expert's opinion.

[@gbuz5789]

I think the doubling is BS. In fact, there is a better theory that the climate pushes back against changes and suppresses heat increases. They won't talk about CO2 saturation. CO2 only absorbs a narrow band of radiation. When that band is used up, which it may be by now, no more heat can be attributed to CO2.

[@stevenmanders1065]

As I read all the comments below, I am blown away by the sheer ignorance of many, and the hostile attitude to the subject without any proper discussion or consideration of the subject. Ignorance is bliss, and there are obviously a lot of blissful people out there. If they had carefully examined the facts, discussed it in a polite and objective manner, they would have made their point better. Sad. These comments are more about human nature, than climate change.

[@laurier3348]

Climate hoaxers are wrong about the future, higher CO2 greens the planet.

[@kja6336]

The Earth is actually in an ice age right now. Once the Oxone layer has burned away, we will enter the fifth ice age this Earth is yet to take on. Plastic is probably the most dangerous thing in this whole argument

[@rhelferstay]

You lambaste the other posters for not "properly" discussing the subject, yet you call them hostile, ignorant, etc... You are no better, you just believe you have the moral high-ground since you go along with the narrative pushed by climate change activists. Of course the climate is changing, it always is, we can see from ice-core samples from Greenland, the planet's temperature and CO2 levels have fluctuated MUCH more than it currently is now. Of course we should transition to green energy, but this alarmist attitude of the world coming to an end has been perpetrated since the 60's with prediction after prediction being wrong. People like Al Gore and Obama saying coastlines will be underwater within a decade only to spend MILLIONS of dollars on beach front property. People often repeat "97% of climate scientists agree", well actually look into it. Many of those scientists have come forward and said their work was deliberately misinterpreted. I can go on and on. As a biologist/ecologist, I care about the planet and every organism that inhabits it. And I have the same goals as you to stop fossil fuel use and transition to green energy. But giving the government unlimited power and upending the economy in the name of climate change is just a ploy for power. Let's have actual debates instead of one side screaming "the sky is falling" and the other side saying "yeah we've heard this before".

[@stauffap]

@@laurier3348 CO2 can green the plant up to a certain point. I say up to a certain point because CO2 also heats the planet. And once plants lack water or live in an enviroment that is too hot then the positive effects of more CO2 will be counter acted. Look, you won't get far by simply looking at things you think are positive about global warming (cherry picking) and ignoring the whole picture. You also won't get far because you're an amateur and chances are always high that you lack certain pieces of information and certain skills to actually interpret the whole situation correctly. That's why people with a background in natural sciences are working full time on those problems. If you care about truth then you'll look to the scientific community as a whole and listen to them and not cherry pick a few dissenting voices.

[@stauffap]

@@kja6336 There's no science to back up your point. The earth will continue to warm if we continue to burn fossil fuels and therfore release more CO2, which will in turn lead to more backradiation and a higher surface temperature. You may feel that way, but climate science is based on physics and measurements - not feelings. There's no mechanism to make the earth cool if we continue to burn fossil fuels (unless something unpredictable happens like a volcanic erruption, metorite etc.).

[@AV8R_Surge]

I believe teleworking will contribute greatly towards reducing our environmental footprint; and alternative energy sources will compensate for the energy demand spike.

[@limaienlaaier2511]

One of the best on Climate change topic! Thanks Madam 🙏

[@frankciccarelli4000]

Saw her speak in Berkeley recently .. she's logical AND passionate.

[@hdmat101]

I pee in the shower and bathe once a week. I am saving so much water

[@NicholasLittlejohn]

Good for you and kudos!

[@ageofatheism6638]

Or just drink and shower in your own urine just like the president does .The yellow hair is evidence.

[@billblair7273]

Water is eternal there's a thing called a water cycle we Brits know that

[@palebluedot7435]

@@billblair7273 umm fresh water is limited Z

[@deividcleide]

Then, do you pee once a week?

[@mikeybohunicky2696]

She's fantastic! Excellent presenter!

[@ZS00]

I didn't hear an efficient solution.

[@eclipse5393]

She doesn't have anything to say. Her talk boils down to "WhY DonT YoU CaRE MoAR"

[@brianboru175]

She is paid by government to spread fear. Do not listen.

[@Nognamogo]

@@brianboru175 For all we know you're paid by the oil lobby. We shouldn't listen to you.

[@Shahan777B]

there's no problem to begin with

[@NicholasLittlejohn]

#DriveElectric and #GoSolar 😀

[@chappydrums]

Great talk and it offers the simplest solution that is by all means necessary to battle the problem. Spreading the knowledge that scientists have acquired to society is very important, because we need the whole planet to act on this. The disastrous consequences are not beaten in one or few years, it will take couple of decades to put us on the right track. It's ultimately the only way to guarantee a habitable future for this planet.

[@marcussca7015]

One question. If the the weather is getting hotter, in order to have hurricanes you need a stronger difference in temperature between the North Pole and the Ecuator. Does it mean the Equator is not warming or warming much less then the poles? If it is real so where is the problem?!

[@bradleydrawsweirdstuff]

This is one of the dialogs I've listened to on climate change. Katharine is my cousin

[@coacoach9054]

TedTalk is inspirational to many people. I hope we will take climate change seriously. In today's business we need leaders who care about earnings as much as the place we live called Earth. I talked about this on my channel.

[@monp.4903]

They make up this bullshit so they can tax us to death and make us poor, that is the only agenda of the political left. See the yellow vest protests in France, Macron increased gas taxes by 50%, people are taxed to death, and this new tax hike was to battle climate change but people don't have money to buy food.

[@ThekiBoran]

If human produced CO2 was removed from the atmosphere what would CO2 ppm be and by how much would global temperature drop?

[@pyrrho314]

... is to support safe nuclear.

[@gladonos3384]

Agreed! Nuclear is awesome. Anti nuclear snakes are pawns of the fossil fuel industry.

[@sojournern]

Talking is fine, though many people are angry and against the science. It's hard to overcome anger, but we have to find the right forum where we do not engage their defensiveness.

[@tristan9974]

Thank you.. Gives me hope

[@amywalker7515]

Experts have known for decades about climate change, peak oil and diminishing resources, but big business has chosen instead to continue on as usual in the name of profits, further using up what's left of our natural resources. It's mind blowing to me that big manufacturing is not asking to change how they do things or take any responsibility whatsoever for the situation they are in large part responsible for. An example is after we reached peak oil about a decade ago, the oil and car manufacturing industry has brainwashed the men of the United States they aren't real men if they don't drive the largest, most polluting pickup truck they can get their hands on. Go to Europe, Asia or down under and observe practically no pickups on the road at all. How to they manage without them? If you asked the average male to give up his pickup, you'd get rage and declarations of how much they need this pickup which is used just about never. This goes for a whole range of other commodities too, like single serve water bottles, plastic grocery bags, air conditioners, oversized homes and flying all over the world in jets. As long as business supports climate change via their products and advertising, little will change. These people pay little to no taxes in addition to this. We as consumers should change our lifestyles and buying habits and perhaps those who must not be named will at some point get the message.

[@jonasholzer4422]

I am working on a presentation, about the impact of meat consumption on nature. I hope this will change at least some minds.

[@gbuz5789]

Nope.

[@raykowalchuk3812]

@@gbuz5789 - Did your stomach control your fingers and type that response without intervention of your brain? Neat! Michael Pollan said in The Omnivore's Dilemma that our stomach often overrides our cognitive processes...

[@raykowalchuk3812]

@JonasHolzer - Excellent! Where can Dr. Hayhoe and I 😜see your presentation? (I hope you don't use her "local food" arguments as it is well known that food production averages about 96% of energy use, leaving only 4% for "post-farmgate emissions" which includes all transportation to and from stores, storage, cooking, etc. "Local meat" arguments are even worse -- around 0.1% of total emissions are in transportation. Also, "eat lower on the food chain" is accurate enough, when a vegan diet is 1/16 the ecological impact of the Standard American Diet (SAD) the baseline is set...all the rest are weak "comparative sustainability" arguments, magical thinking, and defending indulgent, meaty privileges.

[@marisolmagana9644]

I wish all Christians care for creation as she does!!!

[@lyquynh5437]

hello everyone, I came to this video from the suggestion in an English teacher video. She is Trang.

[@jojojorisjhjosef]

3:07 so we looked at the data..... quoting the most influential ted talk ever I see.

[@Maziwamakuu]

I am from a small village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Because of global warming our crops are dying. Famine is killing my people. Global warming is real.

[@EricBZink]

Important topics and find inspiration for my channel and videos thankful for this channel!

[@dorrymacaulay792]

Brilliant talk!

[@Amuzic_Earth]

Actually India has already replaced millions of incandescent, halogen and fluorescent lights in its streets, offices and houses through the UJALA program. It did it by lending LED bulbs and battens at very cheap price to individual consumers( I am one of them), partnering up with rural and municipal bodies to replace all street lights and partnering up with corporate houses and residential societies to replace their lighting. This venture forced all LED manufacturers to bring their price down and as a result India is now home to the cheapest LED lighting, also this has further brought down the LED lighting price across the world. Also, like China , India too is betting big on Solar and the solar growth rate is already higher than US and second only to china. In terms of total solar too, India is 3rd right after China and US. And guess what the per capita energy consumption of India is one of the lowest in the world, orders of magnitude lower than that of US and other developed countries and China.

[@gbuz5789]

India is a poor country, that is why their energy consumption is low per capita. They will be a leader in overall energy consumption (currently 5th in the world) and in CO2 emissions (currently 3rd). So India and China will be for decades the biggest users of energy and CO2 producers.

[@jessicawoods5799]

Love this. Everyone laughs at me when I say the climate change is causing issues for us. It rained for like a month in Ohio. That id NOT normal for us. Agriculture is failing because farmers can't plant. Something needs to change.

[@gbuz5789]

Anctedals are meaningless. Agriculture is up and increasing all over the world. That is real data, not anctedal.

[@psychosoty8798]

How can survival be a political issue like I can't comprehend this???

[@alphastrength3402]

Progress is the best advantage you can have

[@johnhanson9245]

Talk is cheap. I remember when Harrison Ford flew his private jet to the Middle East for a climate change seminar. Brilliant idea.

[@ninokvintradze3596]

right, everything is changing very fast

[@philwhite4861]

I'm told we had a minii ice age around 1340. We also had one in the early 1800's.We had a warming period in the 13th century when grapes could be grown in Southern England.So how important is human activity in warming the climate?

[@bernhardschmalhofer855]

Pretty important. Regarding the medieval warm period you could check out www.skepticalscience.com/medieval-warm-period.htm.

[@martinjohnson5498]

I hate being patronized.

[@bornyesterday21]

"Talk Talk" ... Music Machine .. 1966.

[@sogghartha]

Just 100 companies are responsible for 71% of ALL pollution. Let's put less of the onus on the average citizen and more on where it belongs. Companies have to change.

[@felipecornejo426]

incredible!!

[@dckwiggler8563]

The worst is, people are silent about the "real" biggest polluter, which is the meat industry (mostly cow and lamb). The meat industry is litterly silencing critics who talk about this problem. Cowspiracy on the other hand explains how the industry pollutes and silences very well. Please look into it and think about your diet.

[@SvetlanaShishkina-yd8qp]

Dear like-minded viewers, I beg you to share with me links to some peer-reviewed scientific articles proving that the human activity DOES exacerbate the climate change. My father is very stubborn; he won't change his lifestyle or let my mom do so unless he's provided with some scientific evidence. He won't even read it, since he doesn't speak English, yet the very existence of such research will be a great tool for convincing him. I've been trying to find something of the kind on my own, yet I'm not a scientist, so I get drowned in the abundance of information and don't know how to proceed in my searches. So I'm turning to those who are more experienced and informed in this field for help.

[@SvetlanaShishkina-yd8qp]

UPD: I've found a link to a UN article in the video description and am already studying it in my mother tongue :) Other resources are still welcome :)

[@thevirtualcockpit5001]

Within walking distance of my front door there are three massive layers of glacier moraine deposited millions of years apart. There is an earthquake fault 400' deep with a clear geological record of the eruption, 1000 times larger than St. Helens, that created the caldera where I live. None of these events had anything to do with anthropomorphic influences. OF COURSE...climate changes, every day, every year and every epoch. If we are going to "talk" we need to talk about sensible conservation and alternative energy, but we need to comprehend the cataclysmic effects of Geo Engineering, Stratospheric Aerosol Injections, Fukushima, Nuclear Testing, Depleted Uranium weapons and an outdated nuclear infrastructure. All of these factors are massively influencing global weather, and they are virtually ignored in every publication of record. Fukushima and Geo Engineering are gigantic influences, yet are the third rail in these "discussions". Of course, following the pedigree of this PHD it becomes quite obvious that the discussion is already a settled matter.

[@dustingoldsworthy7303]

Its like this. Your better of treating it as real. If its NOT real what harm can be done by poluting less? If it IS real then we could avoid global death and famin. Your action could save millions if not billions of lives!

[@gladonos3384]

Honestly, this is literally pascals wager... ...Which as an atheist i find to be a terrible argument... We need to be convincing people with evidence and statistics. There is tons of data that proves climate change, just use that. I mean sure, if it works, fine, but this certainly has never convinced me so i don't see why it would work for climate change deniers.

[@analuizamagalhaes2247]

Amazing talk!

[@detached]

It hasn't been and won't be a catastrophe. People need some Paleoclimatology in their lives for a little perspective.

[@gbuz5789]

What you want people to learn the truth? Then they won't be afraid and cough up money and control.

[@topologyrob]

It is a catastrophe right now - come to Australia to see for yourself.

[@julietquintyne8120]

If everyone who wants climate change will make a tick-tock video or choose a day for us all to post on social media about Global warming and positive changes, I believe it will be effective in bringing attention and positive changes toward saving our planet.

[@foggyblues13]

jail the corrupt politicians

[@emma.stevanoni]

amazing solution, I would say

[@drwmtairync]

Fix is directly related to the number of humans using the earth's resources. One individual has a huge impact on the depletion of earth's resources over a 70-90 year lifetime. With a projected global population expected to reach 10+ billion by 2050, I predict a catastropic outcome.

[@zannez.zixt9771]

She speaks for her own self interest, she is a CEO of ATMOS Research and Consulting and the Government is her largest client, so notice her only "real" solution is Government intervention through Taxation as stated in minute 2.

[@Nognamogo]

She didn't even mention taxation troll.

[@zannez.zixt9771]

@@Nognamogo She says it at 2 minutes, and with the four way test.

[@brianboru175]

@@zannez.zixt9771 He's a troll, ignore.

[@brendarua01]

Ok, Zanne. You can go back to Moscow now.

[@MnyFrNthng]

@Awakened2Truth - Disciple of Jesus the Christ KZbin scientists showed up immediately. :-)

[@zabelzarock4606]

We need to talk about Manbearpig...

[@gbuz5789]

Al Gore fan I see.

[@welcome_2_the_jungle]

Anyone know where I can dump some Carbon Credits? I'm a little low on cash.

[@mikeharrington5593]

It has to be a personal judgement call who you tell or discuss your knowledge with. What is the point of piling this info onto, say, a young mother with 2 children who is enjoying the happiest time of her life? Giving her all the gory details is practically inhumane & probably won't help her situation in any way, because she probably can't change her lifestyle much anyway. The worst thing is she may blame you (openly or secretly) for blighting a period of her life she had expected to enjoy the most. It's a bit like the old medical attitude in an incurable cancer scenario, "do I tell her, or is it more kind & humane to just let her enjoy the life she has left" ?

[@grodperspektiv8946]

Another professional liar. She is a conscious liar and fraudster.

[@Theo-de-Koning]

When religion comes in I am out. *Contradictio in terminis* The creator have creating "things" without asking first if the "things" would like to be created. Therefore the creator is responsible for every thing, what is created by it, is doing.

[@tactics-mnk6084]

Yea, talking will fix it! Businesses and countries need to make economic sacrifices, and the talking ends..

[@gbuz5789]

Businesses and countries are full of people. You mean people need to make sacrifices. You go first, don't wait for though.

[@vikramsrinivasan8176]

TED Church

[@gbuz5789]

Yeah, you have to accept and BELIEVE! And the globalist will save you!

[@topologyrob]

@@gbuz5789 Rubbish - just wake up to reality. Come to Australia and say that and see how far you get, while we are on fire.

[@gbuz5789]

@@topologyrob Reality is statistical data that shows nothing usual is happening. I live in California where wildfires are a yearly issue but still, CO2 is blamed every year, along with Trump for some reason. In reality, in California and probably in Australia, the fires are caused and made worse due to bad forest management and encroaching civilization. Please provide evidence wildfires are caused by an increase in CO2.

[@topologyrob]

@@gbuz5789 The experts disagree with you - the most reliable sources, including all the leading firefighters and fire experts, say our current fires are unprecedented and are undoubtedly worsened massively by the climate crisis. So if you care about truth, accept what the experts and say and don't pretend you know better than them.

[@topologyrob]

@@gbuz5789 But you're right about one thing - "nothing usual is happening" - that's what the experts all say - these fires are anything but usual. And if you're so sure of yourself, I suggest you come and tout what you're selling in some of the towns of Victoria and see how you go with that.

[@larrystartzman8359]

The best thing that we could do would be to be quit eating beef

[@gbuz5789]

You can and I will take your portion.

[@gladonos3384]

@@gbuz5789 He is obviously a vegan and therefore does not have beef. So this makes no sense.

[@kenaidip2504]

Okay, climate is changing. Human innovation has an impact. Doesn't mean you should ruin your financial stability or the nation's to fix a problem with conflicting research. Wouldn't do much good anyway, most countries residing outside the west won't be curbing emissions till 2030.

[@gbuz5789]

Took like five pages of comments to get to a sensible comment. There is no real problem. There is no solution to the non-problem. Get back to work on something important.

[@gladonos3384]

3rd world countries can't afford to do as much. Gee, i wonder why.

[@gbuz5789]

@@gladonos3384 Third world countries can't afford expensive solar, wind, and other renewables. Mandating that they use those energy sources means they will have to do without and so many will suffer.

[@herpmahderpflurpledumunumu7080]

12:25 Yeah okay good luck with stopping climate change.

[@wayneatwell7039]

Didn’t even mention nuclear energy. I doubt she is serious about reducing climate change if she is not supporting increasing energy from nuclear, the greenest of all energy sources

[@biggav7434]

Solar is cheaper than nuclear. And arguably less toxic.

[@aliendroneservices6621]

​@@biggav7434There are 1 million factories on Earth. Name one powered off-grid by its own solar PV, since it's so cheap.

[@nagualdesign]

I'm a staunch environmentalist and I appreciate her efforts, but she lost all credibility at 6:18. Then later she has the temerity to say, "Believe me, I'm a scientist, I know"! As an agnostic myself I respect other people's religious beliefs, but if you think that God created the Earth _and_ gave mankind "responsibility over every living thing on it" (whatever that means) then _you're not a real scientist._

[@alanz4819]

Her advice to talk about the issue is not that it directly removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Climate change needs to be discussed by liberals and conservatives alike to form educated and informed opinions. Democracy only works when we have a set of facts we can all agree on or at least acknowledge. Right now most people in the comments are just using straw man arguments to demonize the other side. If we can learn to discuss climate change in a helpful manner, it will help us vote on better policy and make positive steps for the future.

[@gbuz5789]

Dangerous climate change from CO2 is not a real thing. Why would we talk about it? Seriously?

[@dizzlef3760]

Veganism is the first best way to combat climate change. Hands down

[@prtmanprtGod]

King James Bible While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night ... Here's your climate change right here.

[@gbuz5789]

And the religious chimes in.

[@NobleSpeedmotoworks]

A thermometer tells the temperature, and that’s all. It doesn’t not tell us what is causing climate change.

[@harveytheparaglidingchaser7039]

www.cbc.ca/news/technology/greenland-ice-melt-1.5233597

[@jayb9687]

She's not telling you the whole story. Only her side of the story. She is a propagandist.

[@topologyrob]

No, she's certainly not - but you appear to have swallowed some propaganda from billionaires.

[@nancyreyes5677]

the argument is not about climate change per se, because the real reason people object to the theory is that to agree with it means to accept a one world government run by experts who will tell you how to run your life.

[@gbuz5789]

It is a globalist scam so you are half right.

[@linam4249]

important talk!

[@Tigerous]

Yes talk about it while I eat this delicious piece of steak.

[@BunnyUK]

lol!

[@julianbarazzutti7960]

Bravo!

[@ThekiBoran]

CO2 is not a problem. Rather, in the words of former co-chair of the IPCC, Ottmar Edenhofer, climate policy isn't about the environment, it's about wealth redistribution.

[@shannonsisk]

Less people is the only real solution.

[@gbuz5789]

Yes Shannon, now you get it! That is the real plan. Wait for the apocalypse to decimate world population.

[@Scipio_Americanus]

I met katharine hayhoe at a forum and she got too close to me while we were talking and her old lady breath was awful. Her breath is toe curling bad.

[@idiotburns]

If you care about climate, stop using fossil fuels, if you talk the talk lady, walk the walk, stop using fossil fuels!!!

[@khairulislam213]

Why you don't attached Bengali Language as the subtitle??? It will help Bengali to understand these valuable talk.

[@nathanroberson]

You lost me at the word “faith”. How can you care about the earth that’s only 6000 years old. And you’re on the way to heaven for eternity. There is no evolution in your book that you follow. Your fellow worshipers are the primary problem in the way of analytic thought.

[@Sprinkles218]

do you think Earth is 6000 years old?

[@gladonos3384]

Does it really matter what she believes? Shes an ally.

[@topologyrob]

you realise literalists are a tiny minority of Christians right? And why would you balk at faith? Do you prefer cheating on your partner? (Religious faith is exactly the same - nothing to do with believing things)

[@dancenow1337]

The two biggeest things you can do in your personal life to fight climate change: 1) adopt a plantbased diet 2) don't bring more humans into the world

[@bluecornmoon3665]

Exactly

[@richardhelger858]

Im fed up with conversations, we talk about it almost a century and yet failing to resolve it. The most important thing you can do to fight climate change is going VEGAN!!!! Believe me, conversation will start right away.

[@norai.9188]

I'm not sure that our planet is big enough for everything to be vegan...

[@wayalternative1160]

Nora I. We can actually feed people a vegan diet and use less land than an omnivorous diet requires

[@norai.9188]

@@wayalternative1160 But I'm mostly talking about having our clothes, shoes, cushions, etc (every things of the life) becoming vegan Ps : sorry for my english😅

[@gbuz5789]

LOL, and the Vegan chimes in. Nothing wrong with eating some meat. We probably eat too much but Veganism is stupid. I mean do it if you want but I will never. Climate change from CO@ is bogus and so is Vegan.

[@gladonos3384]

@@wayalternative1160 Land that is suitable for animals isn't always suitable for crops and cows actually eat inedible crops. While what you are saying may be true on some level it is no where near as cut and dry as you think.

[@applebanana6149]

Talking in KZbin comments certainly isn't helping 😕

[@TaymaShine]

would’ve generated more views if you didn’t give away the answer in the title

[@evenhussain5274]

great video 👍👍

[@asheswillfa11]

Asking if you're a democrat is a 'baptism by fire'?

[@mmcguire3909]

Ever had a crowd turn on you?

[@asheswillfa11]

@@mmcguire3909 Democrat is the popular, safe bet.

[@tesscrelli783]

@@asheswillfa11 Apparently it wasn't where she presented.

[@asheswillfa11]

@@tesscrelli783 Would the people who find such ideas unpopular be the majority of those who attend such a speech?

[@frankyu7608]

Climate change also has upside benefits, which have been severely under-researched. Canada, Russia and northern EU will likely profit from it. I would be more convinced if both upside and downside implications are examined. But to tackle climate change, I think the most important solutions are technology and population control, especially on developing countries, yet the latter is too controversial to even start the discussion yet it is potentially the most effective solution. When the world has more people, of course they have more demand and consumption.

[@acebone2]

did she pronounce "tax the sheez out of oil-companies" right?

[@gbuz5789]

Taxing the oil companies means taxing the consumers. Thinks we are stupid.

[@wgw808]

Here’s a thought: If the world were a extremely obese person who gains average of 10 pounds a year our global agreements/new year resolutions are to only gain 7 pounds a year for the next decade. Global warming is already affecting our planet then what will it take to lower the global temperature 1 degree C? According to one scientist 20 years of zero global emissions which honestly sounds optimistic. In other words stopping global warming or losing weight is really impossible all we can hope to do is gain less weight each year.

[@ravagetime]

What's the opposite of climate change?

[@bernhardschmalhofer855]

A stable climate?

[@ravagetime]

@@bernhardschmalhofer855 When was the latest time the climate was stable?

[@bernhardschmalhofer855]

@@ravagetime, I consider the climate between 8000 year before present and up to industrialisation as stable, see commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holocene_Temperature_Variations.png. I could happily do without the slow cooling trend, but I worry about the current sudden rise of temperature.

[@ravagetime]

@@bernhardschmalhofer855 temperatures have been calm as a sheep since 1998. It's the nature of glacial periods to end, And a good thing at that. Why do so many more people live in USA than Canada?

[@bernhardschmalhofer855]

@@ravagetime , I'm not a weather geek, but it looks like extreme weather events are on the rise. Just like you, I'm glad that the last glaciaton period is over. But that doesn't mean that we should melt Greenland and shift climate zones.

[@microwave497]

Can I do one?

[@wgsmit02]

Never once did a woman have a better last name

[@steverivinius5686]

Admitting its b.s. would be a good start.

[@ShankarSivarajan]

"You're a Democrat, aren't you?" "No, I'm Canadian." That's worse.

[@NoTaboos]

...and she's covered in makeup. Women will never give up their makeup. Cosmetics is one of the most CO2-intensive industries in the world; both the chemical products and the blatant over-packaging. Such hypocrisy.

[@sami-yc3xj]

Actually, the most important thing you can do is EAT LESS MEAT. Simple as that.

[@gbuz5789]

No.