- Oh hey Greta.
- Hey, could you get me Steve Carell's autograph?
- Sure, sure Greta.
I can get you Steve Carell's autograph.
Can you get me the autograph of former,
Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon?
- [Announcer] SoulPancake present An Idiots
Guide to Climate Change.
- Yeah sure I mean yeah.
I mean he's on my speed dial.
- Okay.
- But no I'm interested, how was your arctic adventure?
- Greta it was amazing,
but I'm telling you it's getting me really upset.
I'm getting kind of worried.
I feel like things are so bad.
I don't know what to do.
I'm worried about the feedback loops,
and that it's gonna make it impossible,
to solve climate change,
and there's all these crazy weather patterns out there.
We've got go get to zero emissions by 2050 and there's.
- Calm down, just breathe for a second okay?
- Okay, okay, breathing. - When I first understood
the science, I also got so worried,
and I got so scared,
and to be honest sometimes I still feel that way.
- I mean there's so much to do, right Greta?
I mean I gotta do carbon offsets for all my travel.
I've gotta plant several dozen trees
for the seven planes, 18 cabs, 37 paper cups
and two helicopter rides I took.
- Rainn, I mean carbon offsetting is good,
but that shouldn't be your focus,
Because there's so much more,
that we need to do that needs to be done,
and I mean individually we all need to reduce
our carbon footprints,
but more importantly we need to pressure companies,
and governments to take real action,
and to do as much as possible,
and I mean you have an audience,
why don't you talk to them?
Use your position and tell your audience
to vote for candidates
that support the science,
and end investments
in exploration of fossil fuels,
and get banks,
and investors to divest from fossil fuel companies.
- Okay, okay. - Phase out coal.
Also we need to tax pollution.
There's so much that we can do,
and that we need to do right now,
and I really hope that your trip inspired you
to start taking some real action
because now you need to get to work.
- Okay, okay that sounds good, yes.
- and Rainn.
- Yeah.
- Don't forget to spend more time in nature.
We as humans need to learn how to work
with natures natural rhythms again, not against them.
- That's amazing Greta, thank you so much.
That has clarified things for me so much.
I will, I will take action.
But one last thing Greta.
Can I ask you a favor?
- Yeah.
- Would it be all right if I called you Greta Thunderberg?
- Now you'll get me that Carrel autograph okay?
- Coming right up Greta, thanks so much.
Okay guys, I've come a long way
since I left for the arctic.
When I didn't have a clue about climate change
and my good friend Greta never answered my call.
All of us celebrities know each other.
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- [Rainn] I've traveled from Los Angeles to Iceland
and Iceland to Greenland.
Made love to some glaciers,
howled with some sled dogs
and learned the fundamental basics of climate change.
- What happens in the arctic doesn't stay in the arctic.
- What is happening in the arctic
is effecting all of our lives.
Droughts that we've had.
- Which caused the forest fires.
- [Rainn] I've flown from Greenland to New York,
and New York back to Los Angeles.
Where I found myself in the company
of those way woker than me. - [Protestor] Hey hey ho ho,
fossil fuel has got to go.
- [Rainn] and of course I was left
with a very large carbon footprint to offset.
That's approximately eight flights,
12 paper cups, two chopper rides,
two boat trips and about 14 taxis,
and then something very strange happened.
The world came to a complete and utter stop.
Suddenly I was in COVID-19 lockdown.
Tweeting trolls, planting trees,
and reflecting on the planet.
If COVID-19 has taught us anything,
it's that humanity can rapidly come together
across international lines and evolve to save lives.
My hope is that one day we'll do the same for the planet.
There are many simple steps that we can ,
to reduce our carbon footprint,
and reverse the effects of climate change.
Steps like consume less,
or in other words, buy less crap.
Pressure leaders to divest from fossil fuels.
We need to radically rethink the way we commute.
Innovate kids, innovate.
Drive an electric car,
use renewable resources, clean energy like solar power.
Stop cutting down trees.
They're like tiny little vacuum cleaners for the planet.
Leave the T-bone alone, ease up on the beef.
Reduce food waste.
If food waste were a country,
it would be in the top three contributors
of greenhouse gases worldwide,
and don't forget to vote for political leaders
that are good for the environment.
There's some eight billion people in the world
all living in the same house.
So don't be an idiot guys, join me and do your part.
Think global, act local and keep our planet green.
After all, we only have one.
Maybe those hippies were right, idiot.
Thank you for watching An Idiot's Guide to Climate Change.
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