THERE OBVIOUSLY IS RISING
CONCERN WITH EACH YEAR THAT GOES
BY THAT WE DO NOTHING.
AND I THINK NOW WE'RE STARTING
TO ACT ON IT.
THE QUESTION IS CAN WE ACT FAST
ENOUGH?
CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE FIRST TIME
TO TEST THAT HUMAN BEINGS HAVE
EVER COME UP AGAINST.
IF WE DON'T SOLVE IT SOON, WE
DON'T SOLVE IT.
AND, SO, THAT'S WHY THIS NEED
FOR URGENCY, THAT'S WHY THERE
ARE PEOPLE IN THE STREETS,
THAT'S WHY THERE ARE PEOPLE
GOING TO JAIL.
THAT'S WHY THERE ARE PEOPLE
WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO TRY
AND BUILD THE COALITIONS THAT
PUT ENOUGH PRESSURE ON THE POWER
THAT BE, POWERS THAT BE.
LOOK, 50 YEARS FROM NOW, WE'RE
GOING TO RUN THE PLANET ON SUN
AND WIND BECAUSE IT'S FREE.
BUT IF WE TAKE 50 YEARS TO GET
THERE, THEN THE PLANET WE RUN ON
SUN AND WIND IS GOING TO BE A
BROKEN PLANET.
OUR JOB IS TO SPEED UP THAT
TRANSITION SO THAT WE HAVE
CIVILIZATIONS LEFT WORTH
POWERING WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY.
>> BECAUSE MY PREVIOUS GUEST
JACK AND HIS FRIENDS IN
GREENLAND BASICALLY SAID THE
TECHNOLOGY IS THERE.
WE KNOW WE CAN DO IT.
IT IS JUST THE POLITICAL WILL.
I KNOW YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT,
BUT SEE IF YOU CAN PUT IT IN THE
CON NEXT OF YOUR LOOK WHICH IS
ALARMING THAT THE GAME BOARD OF
YOUR HUMAN ACTIVITY IS
SHRINKING.
TELL ME WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT.
>> JUST LOOK AT THE LAST YEAR.
WE HAVE SEEN THE HIGHEST
TEMPERATURES EVER RECORDED ON
PLANET EARTH.
SEVERAL CITIES IN THE MIDDLE
EAST REACHED 129 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT.
THAT'S TOO HOT FOR HUMANS TO
SURVIVE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF
TIME.
BUT IT IS PRECISELY WHAT THE
SCIENTISTS NOW SAY WILL BE THE
REGULAR TEMPERATURES IN THE
SUMMER ACROSS A HUGE S.W.A.T. OF
MIDDLE EAST INTO NORTH CHI THAT,
HOME TO BILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
THE WORLD, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
BEEN EXPANDING OUTWARD AS A
SPECIES EVER SINCE WE LEFT
AFRICA.
BUT NOW WE' BEGINNING TO
CONTRAST.
THE RISE OF THE OCEANS.
AND PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO MOVE
INLAND.
WE'RE BEGINNING TO FIND PLACES
WHERE RESURGENT DISEASE LIKE
ZIKA IS CRAMPING OUR FREEDOM OF
MOVEMENT.
LOOK AT THE PICTURES FROM
CALIFORNIA LAST FALL.
CALIFORNIA IS KIND OF OUR GLOBAL
IDEA OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, HEAVEN
KIND OF LOOKS LIKE THANKS TO
HOLLYWOOD.
BUT NOW IT IS VERY DIFFERENT.
WE WATCHED A CITY LITERALLY
CALLED PARADISE LITERALLY TURN
INTO HELL INSIDE HALF AN HOUR
AFTER THE MOST EXTREME
TEMPERATURES AND DRAUGHT WE HAD
EVER SEEN.
A SENSE OF UNEASE HANGS OVER THE
GOLDEN STATE BECAUSE THE SMOKE
FROM THOSE WILD FIRES IS IN THE
AIR THAT EVERYBODY IS BREATHING.
THIS IS THE WORLD THAT WE'RE
BUILDING, AND WE HAVE GOT TO
STOP BUILDING IT NOW.
WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE THIS
TRANSITION HAPPEN WHILE WE STILL
HAVE SOME MARGIN TO WORK WITH.
