>> IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT

CHOCOLATE, PEANUTS OR EVEN

COFFEE, SCARY, RIGHT?

WELL, THAT MIGHT SOUND EXTREME,

THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY AGREES

THAT THESE FOODS ARE UNDER

THREAT AND CLIMATE CHANGE --

EXTREME WEATHER BROUGHT ON BY

HUE MAN ACTIVITY IS MAKING IT

HARDER TO GROW -- NEW YORK ANDOR

ESTATES ARE NOW TURNING TO

RENEWABLE ENERGY TO HELP REVERSE

THIS TREND AND EVEN MORE

ADVOCATES ARE SPEAKING OUT ABOUT

THE POTENTIALLY DIRE EFFECTS OF

CLIMATE CHANGE ON OUR FOOD

SUPPLY.

INCLUDING THIS INTERFACE.

>> DURING THE COURSE OF MY

PRESIDENCY, I MADE CLIMATE

CHANGE A TOP PRIORITY BECAUSE I

BELIEVE THAT FOR ALL THE

CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE, THIS IS

THE ONE THAT WILL DEFINE THE

CONTOURS OF THIS CENTURY, MORE

DRAMATICALLY PERHAPS THAN ANY

OTHER.

>> TONIGHT WE'RE TAKING A CLOSER

LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF OUR FOOD

AS PART OF OUR ONGOING SERIES OF

REPORTS, PERIL AND PROMISE,

REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE.

BE

BECCA, THANKS SO MUCH FOR

JOINING US ON THE SHOW.

LET'S START WITH THE

FUNDAMENTALS, WHAT EXACTLY IS

HAPPENING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE IN

GENERAL, AND IN PARTICULAR, HOW

IS IT AFFECTING OUR FOOD SOURCE?

>> WELL, THE CLIMATE IS WARMING,

16 OF THE 17 HOTTEST ON RECORD

HAVE HAPPENED SINCE 2002.

INCLUDING THE HOTTEST ON REPORT

HAPPENING LAST YEAR.

THAT LEADS TO MASSIVE CHANGES IN

OUR WEATHER PATTERNS, WHETHER

IT'S DROUGHTS OR FLOODS MORE

WATER THAN WE NEED AND LESS

WATER WHERE WE NEED IT.

>> CHOCOLATE, PEANUTS AND COFFEE

ARE IN PERIL?

ARE THEY REALLY IN DANGER, SO TO

SPEAK?

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER FOODS

THAT ARE ON THAT LIST?

>> YOU'RE TAKING AWAY CHOCOLATE,

YOU'RE TAKING AWAY PEANUTS, I

EAT A PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY

SAND WITCH EVERY DAY.

PEANUTS NEED TO HAVE WARMTH BUT

NOT TOO MUCH WARM, AND A LOT OF

RAIN.

NOW THOSE AREAS ARE GETTING A

LOT WARMER, AND THEN THERE'S

DROUGHT AND THE PEA NUTS DRY

OUT.

AND THE CACAO TREE, AS THINGS

CHANGE, EVENTUALLY THE CACAO

TREE CAN MOVE UP THE MOUNTAIN,

BUT WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF

MOUNTAIN, SO THAT'S GOING TO

AFFECT THE CHOCOLATE THAT WE

HAVE TODAY.

>> WHAT ABOUT COFFEE?

>> COFFEE TREES REQUIRE AN EXACT

AMOUNT OF RAIN INPUT TO GROW AND

FLOURISH, SO WE'RE SEEING A HUGE

DECLINE IN COFFEE PRODUCTION

ACROSS THE GLOBE.

>> WHAT IS THE NATURE CONSERVE

SI DOING?

>> ONE IS THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT

THE CHANGES FROM CLIMATE CHANGE

ARE ALREADY HAPPENING, SO WE'RE

TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE AND

FARMING TO ADAPT.

WE'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE FUTURE

EVEN MORE CATASTROPHIC IMPACTS

FROM HAPPENING, WHETHER THAT'S

THROUGH SEQUESTERING CARBON IN

FORESTS AND HELPING CONSERVE

FORESTS AROUND THE WORLD, OR

WORKING WITH GOVERNMENTS, LIKE

THE NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT,

WHICH YOU ALREADY .

AS FOR WHAT WE CAN DO AT HOME,

THERE'S BILLIONS OF PEOPLE ON

THIS PLANET, IF WE CAN CONVINCE

EVERYONE TO USE LOW EFFICIENCY

LIGHT BULBS THAT CAN HAVE A HUGE

IMPACT.

AND CONCERNING FOOD, FOOD WASTE,

WE WASTE SO MUCH FOOD AND THAT'S

ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTE

FOR

ORS FOR GREENHOUSE GASSES.

>> NECESSITY BEING THE MOTHER OF

INVENTION, THERE ARE THOSE WHO

SAY, WELL, LISTEN, THIS IS ALL

TRUE, BUT IN THE PAST, WE HAVE

DONE IT, WE HAVE CREATED

TECHNOLOGIES THAT RESOLVED THE

PROBLEMS.

WILL TECHNOLOGY RESOLVE THIS

PROBLEM?

>> I HAVE A TON OF FAITH IN OUR

HUMANITY AND OUR INTELLIGENCE,

AND I THINK WE CAN SOLVE THIS

PROBLEM, I DON'T THINK A

TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION WILL SOLVE

THIS PROBLEM OF WHAT WE'RE

ALREADY SEEING TODAY.

BUT I DO THINK THE GLOBAL

COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER AND

FIND THE SOLUTION TO THIS AND

MAKE SURE WE HAVE GOOD HEALTH

EHEALTHY

FOOD AND CLEAN AIR AND WATER.