A Moment of Truth on Climate Change

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A Moment of Truth on Climate Change

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Climate Emergency Forum discusses the content of the recent UN Secretary General António Guterres’ speech given at the American Museum of Natural History where the need for urgent action is reiterated, saying "we are flirting with climate disaster.”
This video was recorded on June 12th, 2024, and published on June 23rd, 2024, and represents the opinions of the discussion participants.
The severe and disproportionate impacts of climate change on the world's most vulnerable populations, is highlighted emphasizing that those least responsible for the crisis are the hardest hit. It underscores the plight of the poorest people, particularly in regions like Latin America, Southeast Asia, and India, as well as indigenous communities, women, and girls.
The discussion also points out the staggering inequality in carbon emissions, noting that the richest 1% of humanity emits as much carbon dioxide as the poorest two-thirds. This disparity highlights the urgent need for climate justice, where those who contribute most to the problem should bear the greatest responsibility for addressing it. The dialogue calls for immediate and significant reductions in fossil fuel subsidies and emissions to prevent catastrophic global warming, emphasizing that the current trajectory is unsustainable and dangerous.
Furthermore, the dialogue touches on the broader implications of climate change, including its impact on global health, food security, and the ability to maintain peace and security. The increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events are causing widespread displacement and destruction, making it difficult for communities to recover. The dialogue stresses the importance of collective action and the need for systemic changes to the global economy to address these challenges effectively.
Finally, the dialogue reflects on the role of youth and grassroots movements in driving climate action. It acknowledges the critical contributions of young people and marginalized communities in advocating for climate justice and calls for their inclusion in decision-making processes. The dialogue concludes with a call to action, urging viewers to support climate initiatives and engage in efforts to create a more equitable and sustainable future.
Links:
- A Moment of Truth: Special Address on Climate Action by UN Chief with Bloomberg & others
• A Moment of Truth: Spe...
- Surface Air Temperature for May 2024
climate.copern...
- It's so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees
apnews.com/art...
- UN chief wants a tax on profits of fossil fuel companies, calling them ‘godfathers of climate chaos’
www.aptnnews.c...
- Birds fall from the sky as heatwave scorches India
indianexpress....
- Indicators of Global Climate Change 2023: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence
essd.copernicu...
- During a year of extremes, carbon dioxide levels surge faster than ever
www.noaa.gov/n...
- AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023
www.ipcc.ch/re...
- No 1.5 Without Intervention (CEF Video)
• No 1.5 Without Interve...
- Unprecedented Crime (Book)
www.amazon.ca/...
- Microplastics found in human breast milk for the first time
www.theguardia...
- Chaos in the Climate Casino (CEF Video)
• Chaos in the Climate C...
Regular Panelists:
Dr. Peter Carter - MD, Expert IPCC Reviewer and the director of the Climate Emergency Institute
Regina Valdez - Program Director, Climate Reality Project, NYC. GreenFaith Fellow and LEED Green Associate
Video Production:
Charles Gregoire - Electrical Engineer, Webmaster and IT prime for FacingFuture.Earth & the Climate Emergency Forum; Climate Reality Leader
Heidi Brault - Video production and website assistant, Organizer and convener, Metadata technician, COP team lead for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum; BA (Psychology); Climate Reality Leader
Our Website:
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Attributions:
Background Music:
- Title: Through the City II
- Author: Crowander
- Source: crowander.com
Image and Video: climateemergen...

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@martiusyamamoto1578 Ай бұрын

Brazil here. I have to give my testimony. I'm 57 and all my life I have lived in Rio. This time of the year should be the coolest. Right now temps should be hovering around 23/26C since it's high winter in the tropics after all. It's 15:00 and the thermometers all around me are reading astounding 34C in the shade! I'm concerned about this coming summer. With every season, temps appear to be escalating at a non-linear almost exponential rate.

@giancarlopellizzari1751 Ай бұрын

What about Curitiba? 26C today.... never before, absolute record.

@Mike80528 Ай бұрын

It feels like we've gone over the cliff and are in for a really rough ride. The extent of suffering to come is very hard to deal with mentally, and I know how damned lucky I am to only have mental stress over this at this time.

@edtremblay6694 Ай бұрын

It is accelerating at an exponential rate.

@genxerfool9797 Ай бұрын

Correct

@cyberfunk3793 Ай бұрын

There have been crocodile type reptiles living in north parts of Canada before so obviously the climate has been much warmer before any human impact.

@ikoiko1day531 Ай бұрын

The magnitude of unnecessary suffering we inflict has determined our unworthiness to exist.

@mrrecluse7002 Ай бұрын

As profound as it gets.

@Michael0663-qo4wx Ай бұрын

Damn that hits hard, tough truth.

@coweatsman Ай бұрын

I don't know about unavoidable. We have too many delusions which we will not overcome. Humanity's collective footprint is simply too large but everyone, including environmentalists want to preserve, and expand, BAU and that means expanding BAU and to want to include more people as beneficiaries of that BAU, and that means the calls on energy and resources. No one is talking about downsizing the entire human project, reducing energy use, population and economic activity. Far from it, many blue pilled environmentalists are touting the "economic benefits" of an "energy transition" which just means overshoot by other means, or overshoot by not increasing CO2 (if that is even possible and it may not be). EVs, hybrids, clean electricity are all beside the point and offer too little too late and are loaded with contradictions. Instead of degrading the environment with coal mining we degrade the environment through mining cobalt, nickel, copper and lithium instead. Why not less energy and raw materials for a smaller economy for a shrinking population? The is no car as green as the car which never has to be built in the first place and no suburb as green as the suburb which never has to be built in the first place. In my country there are all sorts of subsidies for "clean energy" and EVs and I think "great way to go into denial and bargaining" instead of addressing the real issues, the elephant in the living room, namely overshoot. The priority is at all times the economy. Always! I have noticed the intrusion of identity politics into climate change. This tells me that nothing is going to be done, not even the luke warm half measures which pass for actual action. I have observed that whenever identity politics comes into an issue the issue dies and is buried. Identity politics is divisive by definition and because of that it is destructive. I look at identity politics in global warming as like an arguement within the mafia about fairness of sharing the loot from menacing the community and shaking the community up for every justice and fairness within the mafia. Makes no difference to the other species.

@treefrog3349 Ай бұрын

I have long maintained that the brief historical behavior of homo sapiens resembles that of a pernicious invasive species.

@jerrylyns7331 Ай бұрын

This isn’t fair you don’t get to decide that for the billions who didn’t benefit from fossil fuels

@tinoyb9294 Ай бұрын

Millions of years of stored carbon dioxide released in 150 years. What could go wrong?

@Lywik270 Ай бұрын

Only 600x faster than the Permian Extinction, should be fine!

@jamespazera3038 Ай бұрын

Sad

@bobdooly3706 Ай бұрын

The biosphere remains deficient of Carbon Dioxide .

@TruthAndFreedom. Ай бұрын

@@Lywik270😂😂😂😂😂😂

@TruthAndFreedom. Ай бұрын

@@Lywik270 yeah mate 😂 You never herd of the milankovitch cycle I take it ?? Btw bro - politicians lie to make money......

@anthonydavies6021 Ай бұрын

Thank you for your dedication in producing your invaluable videos. We have an imminent general election in UK on July 4th. and will likely see a rout of the deeply corrupt Consevatives who have trashed our country for the last dozen or so years, including the disaster of Brexit. However, what is the first priority for the incoming Labour governmet? Why, (unsustainable) economic growth!!!! So we are doomed to catastrophe before we even get started. Its hard not to despair and I'm afraid I don't have much faith in humanity as a whole to fix the problem, as the ones in charge (unlike Mr Gutierrez) are almost always fixated on power, not compassion.

@TruthAndFreedom. Ай бұрын

Yeah mate 😂 You never herd of the milankovitch cycle I take it ?? Btw bro - politicians lie to make money......

@meetomar861 Ай бұрын

How is this possible that the 99percent is unable to hold accountable or get rid of the one percent!!

@Nola50 Ай бұрын

Money! The root of all evil!!!

@JCurcio Ай бұрын

Try to hold them accountable and find out I guess.

@literalghost929 18 күн бұрын

@@Nola50 yep, greed...

@StarLakeFarm Ай бұрын

If we use 1850 - 1900 as the baseline, then we are at 1.5C. Last week Michael Mann attempted to use 1900 - 2000 as a baseline and attempted to argue that we are below 1.5C

@ReesCatOphuls Ай бұрын

It was super confusing, but zeke H kept saying it wasn't the right graph for that discussion. Haven't heard a solid explanation, but possibly related to whether the "mean of models" line included the "hot models"... E.g. line was running higher than the general consensus. Having the trend around 1.28 ... 1.43 is more consistent with other publications. We'll be over 1.5 trend soon enough. 2025 -> 2035

@nsbd90now Ай бұрын

They also get by on a technicality as the "global average" is a 10 year measurement. So, technically, we're not at 1.5C yet.

@mrrecluse7002 Ай бұрын

Yeah, I saw the show. They didn't fall for it.

@anabolicamaranth7140 Ай бұрын

Using the 100 year average (1915- 2024), we are still comfortably below the preindustrial avg.

@anahome3696 Ай бұрын

Past 1.5 already. Recommend watching Paul Beckwiths channel.

@benbashore8561 Ай бұрын

Everyone on the planet must develop sitting,resting the mind, meditation practice. This must become the hearth of culture. We must have peace . We must have degrowth..

@wmanad8479 Ай бұрын

You are correct, and we must all grow a real moral and ethical conscience and act on it. Maybe it will happen. If enough people understood where we are headed it could happen.

@angelsplace Ай бұрын

Fukushima has 4 fully blown out spent fuel pools and china syndromes and just had another massive quake resulting in another meltdown and the entire Pacific is already caput. Dana Durnford at Nuclear For Dummies underscores daily massive marine ecosystems collapse.

@sedonars1 Ай бұрын

Forget protests in the streets; they are viewed by governments and law enforcement as illegal and dangerous (but not war, bombings, shootings, and genocides)! Therefore, we must ALL protest from home, by staying home EVERY Friday from now till 2030. Do not go to work, do not drive a car, do not shop the mall or Amazon, do not purchase anything from the corporate world! PERIOD! This will reduce FF use by 18%. This will reduce corporate profits by 35%. This will not inconvenience the police or our shoddy government. This will be completely legal. It will be the biggest statement in the history of the world that WE, the People, will not tolerate tyranny by the 1% for the 1%. We SEE the sociopathic corporate world for what it is: a giant ponzi scheme to take everything from the poor and powerless, and then give it to the already rich and powerful. This is an elegant, simple, peaceful solution to engender major change in the power structure of the planet; and is the only way we have been given to finally have our voices heard. Even the most clueless among us can understand that all 3 day weekends from here on out is easy to understand as good for Human, Bad for Corporate polluters! And very good for self...........

@EmmaSolomano Ай бұрын

Thank you for the reminder. I and I know others can get so distraught about the whole situation. We need everyone who can take action, to be on board with this issue. But to be able to sit and rest and just be, and appreciate what we do have now, is a skill that many of us don't spend much time and effort on. And it's equally important.

@cheese7119 Ай бұрын

We do not NEED permanent growth of industries! WE NEED TO COOL THE PLANET AND PLEASE SOMEONE HELP THOSE BIRDS AND MONKEYS I'M CRYING 😭😭😭 🫂

@lonihollenbeck4654 Ай бұрын

I live in the foothills of the Trinity Alps in Northern California, my humble little farm is in Six Rivers National Forest with my northern border being the Trinity River. (If you could iron out Trinity County flat, it would be the size of Texas!!!). My property is a highland wetland that hosted abundant life of which I am watching decline by staggering degrees. I've probably lost 70-80% of the insects and others who used to be all over this place. It's disturbing as hell. I've reported it, but my calls of concern have gotten me nowhere.

@Panzer_the_Merganser Ай бұрын

For what little it's worth, I'm right there with you. Grew up around the southern Appalachian mountains and in my lifetime I've seen a staggering loss in biodiversity in terms of insects, fish, newts, crawdads, bats, and migrating birds and butterflies. And there is no sign things are slowing or improving - we will most likely live to see entire ecosystems collapse (haven't even mentioned the ocean, and that one is a heartbreaker). We're trying to plant as many plants and shade tress native to the area in the hopes that when we're gone, their descendants can reclaim the devastation we left.

@mrrecluse7002 Ай бұрын

That's the rest of this sad story. Heartbreaking, actually.

@wmanad8479 Ай бұрын

I've had conversations with several farmers about insects and birds disappearing, people in the US, Canada, Australia and Europe all reporting the same. A farmer from the Midwest US told me he kept accurate records and logged conversations with farmers elsewhere regarding insect die-off so he could present evidence when he contacted the EPA, assuming they would want to take some kind of action in response. When he called them they told him in the present political climate if it didn't negatively affect corporate profits it would not be addressed. They would not accept his data or schedule a meeting. Any chance of studying and documenting the problem in an official capacity? Not going to happen. BTW last time I was in the Trinity area the afternoon temperature topped 115 F along the river. That was over 20 years ago. Can't imagine being there now.

@heyitsalanhere Ай бұрын

Do you have any newly installed communication masts? The EMF's are causing massive problems in so many countries. I have seen bees dropping dead near these new masts. Also, the nano particulates being dropped on the planet doesn't help any life forms. This is a major issue which we have to sort out asap.

@joergmaass Ай бұрын

@@heyitsalanhere BS. Stick to facts. Insect die off is a thing, EMFs are crazy delusions.

@Michael0663-qo4wx Ай бұрын

So the Fate of Humanity is ultimately self destruction. What a tragic waste of Life.

@Nola50 Ай бұрын

It's even more tragic when you consider all of the other life besides humans that we are wiping out. Hell we're wiping out an entire planet!

@MRCATWRENCH Ай бұрын

If everyone concerned about this parked their car, ate a plant based diet etc, it wouldn’t make a noticeable impact. The key word in my statement is “concerned”. The average person wants their modern luxuries, and wants to have a big family, and me living like a caveman ain’t gonna help. “We’re going over the cliff”-Me.

@amberazurescale5617 Ай бұрын

This. Exactly this. The ones who care need to let go of that illusion that "the world could be saved" by such action "if only enough people participate". Which world, then? The capitalist consumer society? Surely not. Enough people participate? Well they don't. I just try to live like I feel is adequate considering the dire truth, but let go of the rest.

@mrrecluse7002 Ай бұрын

Yeah....the devil is in the details. I made a conscious decision to have no kids, when there was quite a bit of consciousness raising going on with "Silent Spring", and "The Population Bomb", and I stuck to it, and paid for it with loneliness, and some derision. Now I'm married to a woman who gets mad at me when I turn lights out, lower air conditioners and thermostats, and drive too slow to conserve gas. Believe me, after awhile it's like "when in Rome do as the Romans do." The point being we live in a thoroughly divided world. Even within households humans can't get cooperate, when it comes to the comforts.

@MRCATWRENCH Ай бұрын

@@mrrecluse7002 totally agree. If I got one thing right in life myself it was not having kids.

@ceeemm1901 Ай бұрын

We've already left the cliff and are just waiting to hit the ground.

@kokopelli314 Ай бұрын

Learning to live without killing or using fossil fuels isn’t about “Saving the Planet”. It’s about survival.

@thec0mmnmann822 Ай бұрын

Make your peace with those important to you. Something we have set in motion is probably not reversible.

@Coniungere Ай бұрын

I don't have a clue what to do, but I don't want it to happen what I think may happen because it's all unfolding right before my eyes

@BombusMonticola Ай бұрын

Sorry to say that even everywhere is frying, toasting or boiling no legacy media appears to adequately give a s**t

@jamesb3239 Ай бұрын

I’ve spent most of my life reducing my environmental footprint. I feel anguish at what we have done.

@BombusMonticola Ай бұрын

I'm scared why the f**k isn't everyone else. Parents with kids playing in the heat here in Britain have no idea or are just making the best of it. Which is it?

@MRCATWRENCH Ай бұрын

Same in the USA. Average people scoff at climate alarmism.

@boyfauna19 Ай бұрын

It So utterly Deeply disturbs Me. And you too. At How me living here in the US, I am surrounded by people literally and utterly acting and behaving fully the same way as for you. Smiling and trying with all their energy or having coated themselves with an Immensity of denial or they do not even know that stuff is so serious, because they a while ago stopped watching the news all together, choosing to live in their own little world. All While what we know here, we are Walking into Our Deaths and no exaggeration. It will just be another day here and then all of the sudden the majority that do know or have endless denial and also know and those that endlessly do not care or want to know, all of them, we will all be hit with our own disaster or creeping in utterly serious climate unfolding and then it is only then I will tell them confidently, well while you have been keeping yourself busy or distracted all this time, it is finally here for us and it is only going to get way worse. Etc. Beneath all their ignorant, arrogant, willingly denying, confused or just simply unknowing way they are, it all does deeply and insanely make me sooo sad. So upset, angry even, utterly sad and worried. For all these good people, all these sweet and real humans all around me that I do know. Who will only look at me part of the time so deeply like you and I are Crazy some, have lost it. But no, we have not lost it, we are only just more clear than ever and they often have lost it. Ohhhh. It makes my whole person ache. Not holding back in my words. Oh thank you so much for you speaking too.

@ceeemm1901 Ай бұрын

The stupidity and ignorance of the self proclaimed most intelligent species on Earth. Oh, the cognitive dissonance....

@bobdooly3706 Ай бұрын

It is supposed to be hot in Summer.

@Jc-ms5vv Ай бұрын

@@bobdooly3706looking more like hell

@cuana2 Ай бұрын

I find it difficult to make long-term plans 😔

@alderom1 Ай бұрын

We are living a historic moment

@Mike80528 Ай бұрын

That kind of presumes a future where there are people to refer to our past. That's rather optimistic.

@thomasgreen7343 Ай бұрын

history will die and other lifeforms will learn how to strive.

@chesterfinecat7588 Ай бұрын

Imaging the world will end in your lifetime is vain and I'm 73 but hand me that mirror.

@coweatsman Ай бұрын

Not just historic. A historic age is a sliver of time in geological time. I believe we are living and making a major geological time. The 6th great extinction since the Cambrian. The Anthropocene will be marked by microplastics just as the KT extinction event is marked by iridium.

@KatsCorner Ай бұрын

There will be no human history left. Hopefully the new species that involves will be smarter than us. Or else we will manufacture AI and that will be our legacy.

@Frosty294492 Ай бұрын

Keep love in your hearts and always remember it is okay to accept that "this may be the last moment you ever remember".

@TheDoomWizard Ай бұрын

Yeah we're done.

@alexspringett Ай бұрын

Toasty

@nsbd90now Ай бұрын

I feel just so sad, afraid, and disappointed.

@mrrecluse7002 Ай бұрын

We all need support groups on this! You are very far from being alone, with these emotions. Search for others to commiserate with. Ain't easy, I know. But start looking.

@annahall9610 Ай бұрын

I was a child when Thatcher claimed global warming as a concern I am nearly 65 years old now, we need powerful government the type that recognise all people and living creatures are important. Make change happen inspite of opposition in some quarters

@NomadicLiving Ай бұрын

population reduction - billinaires won't have the customer base nor the cheap labor. Reduces the demand on the planet.

@davidsalo8397 Ай бұрын

Population has peaked and in the decline mode. Decline will accelerate much more profoundly by 2100.

@johnmitchell8925 Ай бұрын

Humanity is getting ready to take a long dirt nap

@JohnDarwin7 Ай бұрын

Humanity is killing Gaia!! 💔🖖

@TennesseeJed Ай бұрын

I feel like I made a good choice watching the Peter, Paul and Regina show today!

@sundaydriver915 Ай бұрын

Now showing: Planet Of The ( human) Apes. Spoiler alert: it ends in near term extinction

@john-ug7nc Ай бұрын

When Dr Carter said "2C is the point of no return" , That really hit home! I never heard it said like that. Thank you Regina and Peter.

@Nola50 Ай бұрын

Out of everything going on in the world today this is my biggest fear and concern (with a close 2nd trump election). I feel so horrible for all of the innocent animals who can't find water or get into an air conditioned room. I'm just one nobody but I can help a little by putting buckets and bowls of water not only in my yard but in the woods surrounding my yard. WE CAN ALL DO THIS!!! Pls pls pls do this for all of the animal's surrounding your home too! It doesn't take much and it goes a very long way. And keep filling them up regularly as the animal's do drink from all of them that you put out!!

@brianwheeldon4643 Ай бұрын

Thanks Peter and Regina, and thank you for working with Roger Hallam on the front line.

@heidibrault1313 Ай бұрын

Thanks for your support!

@wadeinn463 Ай бұрын

Next year will be hotter. And the next year hotter still.

@EmeraldView Ай бұрын

Thanks. Acknowledging the problem is something at least.

@lulufulu4867 Ай бұрын

I would like to see more push back on speeches like the one Fink of Blackrock made at the G7 where he advocated that western economies need to grow out of the crisis, recommending massive infrastructure spending and more debt and all the impacts on the planet.

@kullatnunu2087 Ай бұрын

Yes, at least all subsidies for fossil fuels have to be cut complete immediately.

@janllh24 Ай бұрын

Most evenings I sit out for a while and look at my garden, of late what strikes me is the deathly silence, no insects, no birds, it fills me with such dread

@russtaylor2122 Ай бұрын

And yet all we hear from governments is 'Growth, growth, growth...' Which means 'Consume, consume, consume...' Compassionate de-growth is required, plus reproductive health and teaching for all future mothers. That, and a halt to medical intervention to keep old, infirm people alive. Someone had to say it. Thank you both, as ever...

@mrrecluse7002 Ай бұрын

Yes, I'm pushing 74, and I think the 'moral' plot against assisted suicide is insane. Massive funds are spent on people who are kept hanging on, with immense suffering, during the last months of their lives. For what? Phony outrage....that's what.

@davidsalo8397 Ай бұрын

Everybody loves growth, but few realize or admit the true cost of growth. Our leaders have bamboozled us.

@sedonars1 Ай бұрын

@evets1709 Ай бұрын

G'day Russ Firstly, I'm not upset or angry about your "elderly" statement ))) but being almost 73, I'm wondering if I would fall into your suggestion. Yep, I've been around the sun many times, but now, I'm just about housebound, I don't buy new stuff .... cars, flash clothes, go on trips, my beautiful wife and I simply veg at home, enjoying nature all around us. We actually don't consume much and even contribute to the environment by not letting humanity "invade where we are living. Own water, own power, own vgetabls and caring as much as we can for the bush/forest flora and fauna around us )))) So, I'm wondering "would we oldies be addng as much to the problem as say, younger people who are much more active" (we've already done most of our damage to the planet, when, in our ignorance, we blindly enjoyed a high carbon lifestyle) I remember a movie where a guy organised for all people over 50 were put into "humane" retirement places behind fences and "looked after". The guy did this with the most noble of intentions (no oldies were hurt during the making of this movie type stuff )))))).....). That way, the young'ns were able to govern. Then the show ended with a little kid, maybe 10 years old, throwing rocks at ducks in a pond. And the leader who organised the homes for old people said to him "don't do that, just let them enjoy the pond" And the 10 year old mumbles as the older person walks away "old people telling us kids what to do, something must be done about that" So, even though, I guess your idea might have some merit in some circumstances, what happens when the next idea clamps down on ..... say ...... you Meant with love and respect Steve

@johnmitchell8925 Ай бұрын

Maybe when the young person that made this comment will have a slight change in heart when it's their turn to be old and obsolete 😂

@ChickpeatheTortie Ай бұрын

4.45 - hooray someone is finally saying it - it is tragedy for the animals who have had the grotesque ill fortune to have to share this planet with us lot. At 15 you are being a bit naughty here talking about governments subsidising the fossil fuel industry but no mention of the fact that governments spend trillions subsidising animal agriculture - not a word as usual.

@Panzer_the_Merganser Ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more; factory farming is both creating more devastating effects to the climate - water consumption, staggering amounts of animal waste, and methane - and destroying land that could otherwise cool the planet and capture more carbon. EDIT: And yes the actual treatment of the animals is beyond appalling.

@notabene2403 Ай бұрын

@chickenpea TortieI. It's much easier to blame the rotten oil industry, though most of us use their fine products everyday, instead of changing our diet. But still we claim to love our children and grandchildren. Humans are funny, stupid animals without any ethics but unfortunately technically enormously skilled. At least some of us are. We shouldn't have grown thumbs. That's where the trouble started.

@gsnyder2007 Ай бұрын

Have we already tripped the tipping points? i.e. are we already seeing the acceleration of heating due to degradation in the albedo effect? and other effects of the warming? e.g. permafrost melting, etc.

@thalesnemo2841 Ай бұрын

The tipping point was in 1950!

@publicdomain1103 Ай бұрын

When commerce is capitalized and not socialized it becomes barbaric and decadent. My speculation.

@gsnyder2007 Ай бұрын

I think we need to acknowledge in the US that our infrastructure isn't ready for a wholesale change to EV's. We need grid upgrades, more and faster charging stations, and I'm sure there is more. In the meantime, we should push for higher efficiency (e.g. buy and use hybrids in places where EV's aren't practical yet) vehicles. For heating/cooling we need to accelerate our adoption of geothermal, solar/wind power with better storage. And, finally, most importantly, we need to rally the people to put pressure on our political leaders. Imagine a million-person march on Washington demanding more aggressive action and support for the things we can do NOW to eliminate the pollution of GHG's in all industries, not just transportation. End the subsidies for fossil fuels, increase the incentives for moving toward renewables. And, dare I say it, invest in nuclear power as well. We need all options on the table toward eliminating the emissions flood going on now.

@michaelwilliams4677 Ай бұрын

While there are many exceptions on an individual basis, humans, as a whole, act like locusts.

@dagmaranja888 Ай бұрын

Those monkeys couldn't survive? 😢 That's heartbreaking! What can we do?

@mrrecluse7002 Ай бұрын

Move to Mars.

@sedonars1 Ай бұрын

@ceeemm1901 Ай бұрын

The hairless apes aren't gunna survive either....

@robertjsmith Ай бұрын

Human monkeys are dropping dead.

@michaelsee6553 Ай бұрын

Thanks for being real

@sharonhall1909 Ай бұрын

Keep up the good work. I hear everything you say. I am doing my best with diet & minimalist lifestyle but my family, friends & co-workers are clueless.

@ClimateEmergencyForum Ай бұрын

Thank you

@sedonars1 Ай бұрын

@behram11 Ай бұрын

Thanks for always discussing these topics despite the futility.

@veelam Ай бұрын

Let's do whatever we can to ease the suffering of our fellow co-inhabitants on this Earth! Let's educate ourselves and others, reduce our consumption of fossil fuel, plastics and meat as much as we can. Live frugally, go vegan, support rewilding efforts. Doing all that may not avert the crisis at the end, but it's the right thing to do!

@ppetal1 Ай бұрын

Keep up the good work, people.

@heidibrault1313 Ай бұрын

Thanks for your support!

@mrrecluse7002 Ай бұрын

Thanks, as always, for your efforts. Please help me to understand something......If emissions must be cut by 9% per year, by 2030, how can that happen unless the consumer demand side, ( largely represented by the worlds worst emitters ), do just that. Would that not commit American consumers, (for example), to apply massive decreases in their demand, in each of those years. On a voluntary basis, this would be impossible to achieve. Most people are addicted to fossil fuel use, 24/7. I have scant respect for fossil fuel companies, but despite their subsidies, the ability of consumers to change their behavior on such a massive scale, year after year, makes us just as much to blame, in effect. If speedy, and massive efforts were to go into renewables, which can't even work without backup from fossil fuels, and much further degradation of natural habitats through massive mining efforts, is it realistic to think that "naked apes" more ready than ever to lob nukes at each other, could pull this off? I have to be honest, and I'd like to be wrong.

@alanj9978 Ай бұрын

It is very obviously not going to happen. Fossil fuel usage continues to increase YoY. Emissions dropped all of 4.6% in 2020 and that required shutting down most of the world for 6 months. So we have to somehow restrict activity twice as much? And then double down on that, year after year. Ain't gonna happen.

@MRCATWRENCH Ай бұрын

You’re spot on. Americans ain’t giving up their trucks, steak, air conditioned mini mansions, boats, quads, weekend cabins, big families etc. and the rest of the world sees us and wants all that for themselves.

@amberazurescale5617 Ай бұрын

Phew, that was though to hear to.. still, thanks for putting it up. Special thanks again to Regina - she never fails to mention non-human animals, and that is priceless! Then, when she mentioned the struggle and pain of being part of the human species knowing all this... well, I'm not even (spiritually) identifying human, but that doesn't help much - it doesn't change the fact that I'm part of this society that puts an unsurpassable level of destruction onto this planet. And that disgusts me, it's exasperating. I can't put the full blame to governments or the fossil industry. One can eat less meat, go electric, have no children.. yes, those are all good but they don't change it: one is still part of this rotten system, hence part of the crime. Currently trying to learn building my own (tiny) house and going at least partly off-grid, to at least try and leave this toxic system behind, just a tiny little bit. This video reminded me again how important that is. About the climate protests, I have a different stance, though.. I don't think that vandalism (like seen in Stonehenge recently) does any good to the cause. There's ample protests since years.. Greta, XR, last generation.. what good did it do? CO2 is still on the rise. It won't work like this, I don't see it justified. The sad thing is that extremist protests are just a sign that it's in fact too late. Those who care are too small in number. I fear the best we can do by now is try to cause as little additional harm as possible, and brace for the impact.

@jimsigrist5506 Ай бұрын

Americans are addicted to cheap gasoline. This is a result of fossil fuel industry subsidies. Gasoline prices around the world are much higher.

@sts7742 Ай бұрын

Sadly that doesn't mean that we (in other parts of the world) are less addicted to oil.

@MRCATWRENCH Ай бұрын

Indeed, but a large share of the money for the subsidies paid to oil companies ultimately comes from the same taxpayers that are addicted to cheap gasoline 🤷‍♂️

@alanj9978 Ай бұрын

Gasoline prices elsewhere are higher elsewhere because of much higher taxes. Not lower in the US due to "subsidies".

@kullatnunu2087 Ай бұрын

_"Gasoline prices around the world are much higher."_ but insufficient!

@skreekarose3610 Ай бұрын

“For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance." ― Kahlil Gibran, artist and poet. So be it.

@zmbo7806 Ай бұрын

Sleepwalkers dancing on the edge of a cliff ... then the music stops.

@Sheyz123 Ай бұрын

You guys are so on point. Love your truthfulness 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@heidibrault1313 Ай бұрын

Thanks for your support!

@johngray1439 Ай бұрын

There is no solution. The chance of a solution was decades ago. Massive ecological overshoot has happened. We are in a predicament, (a problem without a solution).😔 please be kind to each other. Peace 🙏

@jojojam6012 Ай бұрын

Sadly, the unthinking population of northern Europe will think differently about this, having endured the WETTEST Spring since years. But that is part of the problem.

@BradleyWinter-ih7ns Ай бұрын

Cutting these onions is making me cry 😭 let me try doing it with a scissors ✂️ instead.....well, that didn't help, I'm still crying 😭

@treefrog3349 Ай бұрын

One again I am reminded of an old Gahan Wilson cartoon : a battle-crazed, glazed-eye combatant, festooned with bandoliers and weapons stands atop a smoking rubble heap surrounded by utter devastation, stares out at the viewer and comments, "I think we won!". This cartoon was a bitter satire of war, but it could easily be applied to our current environmental conundrum. The simultaneously ludicrous and tragic aspects of the present moment are exactly the same. I would encourage everyone to look it up.

@roberthornack1692 Ай бұрын

The aerosol masking paradox makes abundantly clear that reducing emissions will only lead to a dramatic increase in temps. The heat is baked in & there is no way out! This has already been documented with the removal of the reflective cooling sulphates in shipping fuel.

@ashlaunicaalpari4584 Ай бұрын

There is sooo much plastic around us, we can’t even buy food without it being wrapped in some form of plastic or hasn’t already been touching plastic in some way it seems.

@petrlonsky2332 Ай бұрын

Thank you for putting links to mentioned articels and other sources, very informative 🌍🕊

@ClimateEmergencyForum Ай бұрын

You're so welcome!

@ryanzblue Ай бұрын

Thanks Peter and crew xoxo

@heidibrault1313 Ай бұрын

Thanks for your support!

@randyrapaport2806 Ай бұрын

Let’s face it Peter, there shall not be sufficient change soon enough, given time-lagged-forcings already baked in-It’s simply too late- to save us homos. Perhaps a few thousand will survive, but given all of the risks going forward, it is unlikely. So Peter, get happy and spread love here and now. There’s not much time left.

@reverands571 Ай бұрын

We can no longer be a part of any solution. Too many tipping points are in the past. We need to adapt to living in what Humanity has wrought, at least a few of us that survive.

@christinechandler1662 Ай бұрын

I would never minimize the tragedy of human suffering and deaths due to climate catastrophe. However, being a great lover of animals I think it is horrifying the nightmare or just ongoing increases of stress all non-human species are experiencing because of humans and their refusal to give up anything for the sake of others including their own survival. Most people are not concerned about the suffering of the animals that humans share this planet with. At least not enough to cut down their "consumption" of fossil fuels or to cut way down on usage of products that are generally toxic. I am surprised that so little has been said also regarding that the use of automobiles destroys millions of animals each year due to "collisions" between animals and automobiles. Something that is violent, truly horrifying and who cares? I came home from a drive to the coast in Oregon and found a beautiful butterfly that my car had sabotaged on its way to where this butterfly had intended to go. From that point I cut down on the use of my car to the bare minimum....to get to work. But now I have not had a car for 25 years and have cut down on buying new items. Instead I repair. There are things that people can do to help other living beings survive long term. Always share your resources with other creatures. Put out millet for small seed eating birds. Make pans of water available to all wildlife in your area. Think of ways that you can help animals so that they are not stressed all of the time. And live simply even primitively in as many ways as possible. I don't believe that the only culprits in climate catastrophe are fossil fuel industries. Every time we accept the mode of living which technology has made available to us (whether directly related to using fossil fuels or indirectly related) we are going in the wrong direction and accepting a style of life that is damaging and unsustainable. Please help the animals we share this planet with. Give them shade trees, a little food and always make water available to them. Plant "things" that are beneficial to them snd walk, ride a bicycle or use mass transit whenever possible. Turn off lights when you leave a room and use and repair items rather than throwing them out. Our fellow inhabitants of this Earth need our concern. And take reasonable actions to help the homeless like giving a clean blanket to someone who may need it or a gallon of clean, fresh water and some healthy, prepared food. All of us need to be involved to the extent that we are able to. Doing what you can, can make a big difference when you add it all up.

@johnkintree763 Ай бұрын

I saw a recent presentation of a language model extracting entities and relationships from KZfaq video transcripts, Wikipedia articles, and pdf format documents, then merging that knowledge into a graph database, and then using that knowledge to answer questions. This could be scaled up to a shared world model to support planning of collective actions by citizens of planet Earth.

@itsureishotout-itshotterin3985 Ай бұрын

I think summer-fall is going to be horrendous, like shocking horrendous, not thoughts-and-prayers horrendous, and weather-climate is going to be thrust into the next political process (in 2025 or 2026, depending on election cycles) worldwide. We’re going to finally witness governments begin the process of rationally addressing climate with planning and, eventually, with spending. The public pressure is going to ratchet up significantly,. It’s one thing to have “climate” as a political issue, but”weather” is an entirely different concept. Weather has immediacy.

@itsureishotout-itshotterin3985 Ай бұрын

And btw, Secretary is THE hardest and best climate spokesperson in the world - much impressed with him. He’s really a singular figure on the planet - he stands alone at this point.

@sedonars1 Ай бұрын

@louisehoff9467 Ай бұрын

Thank you, we cannot stop sounding the warning gong

@heidibrault1313 Ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@billr1129 Ай бұрын

“Rome” is burning

@juliebarks3195 Ай бұрын

While the Billionaires fiddle.

@chesterfinecat7588 Ай бұрын

Oh no. Is the Pope safe? Saints preserve his marbles.

@Fishcakebuttie Ай бұрын

Take the average for the last 12 months 1.65% add the .1% for a one decade lag in this system and a min of .3% for global dimming and we are already over 2% and those are really minimum figures to add on.

@bed4dmc Ай бұрын

Has anyone ever done a study about how much money the fossil fuel industry made off of the Gulf wars and which companies profited the most? When discussing subsidies, the cost of war to secure oil fields should be factored into it. That or add the tax burden to pay for those wars onto the price per gallon at the pumps.

@lilithlives Ай бұрын

Shared and subscribed. However, I lost hope and confidence in my species decades ago.

@mitchellkrouth5083 Ай бұрын

We are like fish in a dried up lake floundering hoping for some miracle. Miracle is the definition of magic you’re going to need it. How are you doing?

@Fido-vm9zi Ай бұрын

Thank you all for your work.

@ClimateEmergencyForum Ай бұрын

You're welcome and thanks for listening

@BombusMonticola Ай бұрын

Time we all woke up and stopped letting the privileged gas light us.

@sedonars1 Ай бұрын

@johnthomasriley2741 Ай бұрын

The power people are in action to be sure that they are the ones who decide who lives and who dies.

@ashlaunicaalpari4584 Ай бұрын

It feels like we’ve approached a point of exponential heating of the planet.

@timeenoughforart Ай бұрын

Damn hockey sticks. I blame the Canadians.

@janetgillespie6590 Ай бұрын

Does anyone here use Ecosia browser on their phone? Set up as a trust to support tree planting. They claim over 200 million trees planted with their organisation's financial assistance. This has benefited small scale farmers, wildlife and even helped to bring back river beds where trees modulate the water flow. They also help to grow crops which support local economies. Another way we can help is buying local, sustaining local farmers , and reducing transport, which is giving money to the fuel industries. Using public transport. Less reliance on vehicles. Reducing flights, and avoiding buying goods which are carried long distance. Do we really need all those electric gadgets? Probably many of us already doing these things. If anyone has any other ideas, please let me know

@coweatsman Ай бұрын

If nothing has been done in the last 30 years then it is reasonable to expect nothing will happen in the next 30 years. We can have all the "hope" but it will change nothing. I would call it "hopium", a feel good drug. If we did not stop 1.5 degree, and we did not, then we will not stop 2 degrees, and not with all the "hope" and "optimism" in the world. We may as well pray to Mother Goose for all the good "hope" and "optimism" will do and which at the end of the day are just cruel delusions. Hopium is the religion of the people, the pain relief without the treatment of environmental maladies.

@treefrog3349 Ай бұрын

You are not alone in your thinking, but we ARE a minority.

@tinadkuper Ай бұрын

Most important...population reduction. No one talks about this topic. A scientist said the last time the human race vs carrying capacity of the earth was sustainable was the civil war. The human race is out of control with procreation.

@lulufulu4867 Ай бұрын

Could you give your views on the financialisation of species and ecosystems on the stock market? And the infiltration of bankers as CEOs of conservation organisations.

@jocelynevkb5889 Ай бұрын

A 43% CO2 emission reduction by 2030 & a 60% reduction thereof by 2035 to avoid a 2°C global temperature increase ... that's unfeasable given the economic gluttony for fossil fuels!

@RaymondWolfe-tq1vs Ай бұрын

I watch Carl Sagan before congress speaking about the greenhouse effect in 1985.

@markj7612 Ай бұрын

I recommend the documentary "Eating our Way to Extinction". Animal agriculture alone will drive humanity to near-term extinction. If people are unwilling to shift to a plant-based diet, one can't put all of the blame for global warming on the fossil-fuel industry. Present the ENTIRE picture. The problem is NOT just the world economy.

@thalesnemo2841 Ай бұрын

NO ! Animal husbandry is the solution ! It enlarges the water table , fixes atmospheric carbon into the soils , expands habitats whilst producing evolutionary appropriate human foods ! Humans are essential carnivores with no dietary requirements for any carbohydrates!

@vtfollett Ай бұрын

That old meme - a Catch-22 - is perfectly appropriate for our current situation. To survive, we need to expend vast amounts of energy on A.C., which in turn increases global warming. Of course, this is a first-world solution unavailable to the most vulnerable.

@kymbrown1614 Ай бұрын

Thank you for all your work.

@ClimateEmergencyForum Ай бұрын

You're welcome

@rizzm.eickelman3960 Ай бұрын

Thank you for talking about the catastrophe that is microplastics.

@eev24eshmolikali Ай бұрын

Who is suppressing the new energy sources? Is it the oil/gas/coal companies? I am not talking about expensive wind and solar, as if I mentioned them here my message would be removed.

@ronaldkable Ай бұрын

Accepting that our species is not capable of change, it's the destiny of other living beings that remains the final gaping hole of despair for me - otherwise, no gloom, focus on friends and community engagement, and living in gratitude for our awesome Mother Earth

@elainebraindrain3174 Ай бұрын

Terrifying 😢

@chesterfinecat7588 Ай бұрын

Take a drive with the AC on and listen to soothing music sunk down in the leather seats behind blackout glass. Relaxing.

@itsureishotout-itshotterin3985 Ай бұрын

Great discussion.

@ClimateEmergencyForum Ай бұрын

Thank-you

@eustaciogriego1912 Ай бұрын

Nature can be wonderful if we treated fair. You don’t hear much about agriculture . And this is just June !

@jessieadore Ай бұрын

So odd that climate scientists always mention India before Compton and Harlem and Houston and Atlanta and Flint.

@sedonars1 Ай бұрын

Not to mention that 63% of Americans have $0.00 net worth; and therefore are living a 3rd World existence right here among us! 180,000,000 people will be out on the streets should their jobs be eliminated. That is why we need Universal Monthly Stipends for every resident NOW. Elon Musk alone could pay for that with his OBSCENE compensation package he is given for his PSYCHOPATHIC management skills!

@mitchellkrouth5083 Ай бұрын

Question, the oceans are heating at an exponential rate, which my math says this is a bad thing. Translation we need to get our house in order and get right with our Gods. Love is theKing.

@Dan5482 Ай бұрын

We need to trash Capitalism and adopt Eco-Socialism.

@chesterfinecat7588 Ай бұрын

Who has the energy for that? Working for a living in this heat.

@georgewaters6424 Ай бұрын

thank you

@ClimateEmergencyForum Ай бұрын

You're welcome

@climatebreak Ай бұрын

those in power and most responsible for climate change in the usa won't do the critical work plus they *are* the law so justice will never come for them. decades of peaceful protest and talking til we're blue in the face has not worked. it would behoove us to get some cheap solar equipment and *DIY* our own energy. it's not hard, a teen could do it. best decision of my life.

@graemetunbridge1738 Ай бұрын

24;30 '...you are making that choice every time...' I get into the car instead of taking the bicycle; I buy meat ; build with steel and cement or run the drier without solar. the best protest is to ride your bike to the station/shops.

@DB-qj4fl Ай бұрын

Thanks once again for your efforts.

@ClimateEmergencyForum Ай бұрын

You're welcome

@StressRUs 8 күн бұрын

The 1.5 degC focus is an illusion that uses the early 1850-1900 baseline, rather than the 1991-2020 baseline that far more accurately demonstrates what's happening NOW, at the end of the Hockey stick curve, where, according to C3S, we recorded a 0.75 degC increase worldwide on a average in the first 3.5 yrs. of this decade, which averages to 0.214 degC per year. At the current rate of increase, we can see 2 degC by 2027, dear Peter, and another 1 degC increase every 5 yrs. thereafter. I'm a retired psychiatrist and independent scholar. Hopium is a waste of time.

@billmarriott1871 Ай бұрын

Hi Regina, how about do a session on our loss of photosynthesis around the world. Burning Fossil fuels has put all this extra CO2 in the atmosphere. At present the only way to remove it is photosynthesis by green plants. Lots of our planet no longer supports green plants. Industrial farming and unmanaged grazing destroy green plants. Desertification and urbanisation are restricting green plants. Ask Alan Savory?