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So when the
climate
scientist, James Hansen, asked if I wanted to go to China with him and look at the Chinese advanced nuclear program, I jumped at the chance.
Because we're in a little bit of a
climate
crisis right now.
The government said before the Paris
climate
talks that they were going to do something like 30 new nuclear plants.
But I just think the most important thing, if we're going to overcome the
climate
crisis, is to keep in mind that the cause of the clean energy crisis isn't from within our machines, it's from within ourselves.
And if I were to convince you in this talk that we were likely to suffer a global famine, either because of
climate
change or some other catastrophe, and that your grandchildren, or their grandchildren, are very likely to live like this, you wouldn't think, "Interesting.
We want to improve our
climate
science.
But for most of the countries in Africa, it's going to be a lot more dicey: extreme
climate
conditions, radicalism both from Islam and also Christianity, very poor governance, borders you can't defend, lots of forced migration.
Our most recent move is the Paris treaty, and the resulting
climate
agreements that are being ratified by nations around the world.
The unfortunate thing is that now, as we look at the independent analyses of what those
climate
treaties are liable to yield, the magnitude of the problem before us becomes clear.
This is the United States Energy Information Agency's assessment of what will happen if the countries implement the
climate
commitments that they've made in Paris between now and 2040.
In order to control climate, CO2 emissions have to literally go to zero because it's the cumulative emissions that drive heating on the planet.
It's a function of their
climate.
And every 100 of those plants will use up between one percent and three percent of the Earth's
climate
budget.
I think about issues like
climate
change, and how six of the 10 worst impacted nations by
climate
change are actually on the continent of Africa.
But what's most heartening right now is that despite these challenges, what we're seeing is that there's a network of Africans all across the continent who are rising up and fighting back and demanding
climate
justice.
It doesn't surprise me that in this climate, many of our institutions for the provision of health care start to look a heck of a lot like Jiffy Lube.
When we think about
climate
change, we probably don't think about giant insects and erupting volcanoes or funny voices.
But perhaps it's time we start thinking about
climate
change on the same visceral level that we experience the air.
Like air,
climate
change is simultaneously at the scale of the molecule, the breath and the planet.
For instance,
climate
change.
From conflict zones to
climate
change to all sorts of issues around crises in public health, we were missing what I call the species-level issues, because as a species, they could actually sink us.
That way, it wouldn't matter if the planet's
climate
was utterly destabilized, and it was no longer possible for humans to live here.
And if you don't have some kind of global cooperation, nationalism is just not on the right level to tackle the problems, whether it's
climate
change or whether it's technological disruption.
It's not just
climate
change, which is, like, the most obvious example people give.
The things that people, some people at least, care about much more immediately, perhaps, is
climate
change, perhaps other issues like refugees, nuclear weapons, and so forth.
You've talked about
climate
change, but Trump has said he doesn't believe in that.
YNH: Yeah, I think with
climate
change, at first sight, it's quite surprising that there is a very close correlation between nationalism and
climate
change.
I mean, almost always, the people who deny
climate
change are nationalists.
Why don't you have socialists denying
climate
change?
But in order to confront
climate
change, we need additional loyalties and commitments to a level beyond the nation.
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