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MUCH OF THE COUNTRY IS SUFFERING
FROM EXTREME COLD WEATHER WITH
58 MILLION PEOPLE IN BELOW ZERO
TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW.
AS USUAL WHEN THERE IS A
SIGNIFICANT COLD, THERE ARE
CALLS THAT CAST DOUBT ON CLIMATE
CHANGE.
CHANGE. JUST THIS PAST MONDAY, PRESIDENT
TRUMP TWEETED THIS.
IN THE BEAUTIFUL MIDWEST, WIND
CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE READING
MINUS 60 DEGREES, THE COLDEST
EVER RECORDED.
EVER RECORDED. IN COMING DAYS EXPECTED TO GET
EVEN COLDER.
EVEN COLDER. PEOPLE CAN’T LAST OUTSIDE EVEN
FOR MINUTES.
FOR MINUTES. WHAT THE HILL IS GOING ON WITH
GLOBAL WARMING?
GLOBAL WARMING? PLEASE COME BACK FAST.
WE NEED YOU.
LET’S ASSUME FOR A MOMENT THE
PRESIDENT REALLY IS CONFUSED
ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
WEATHER AND CLIMATE.
THIS IS FOR YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
WEATHER IS A TEMPORARY
CONDITION.
CONDITION. TODAY IT’S GOING TO BE 28
DEGREES, LOW OF 5 ON THURSDAY IN
NEW YORK, IT’S GOING TO BE 15
DEGREES WITH A LOW OF 11.
FRIDAY, HIGH OF 23, LOW OF 70.
THAT’S CRAZY.
THAT’S CRAZY. HOW CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT THIS IS
GLOBAL WARMING, A STEADY
INCREASE IN TEMPERATURES?
WEATHER IS A TEMPORARY
CONDITION.
CONDITION. IT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING OUTSIDE
YOUR WINDOW.
YOUR WINDOW. IT TELLS YOU WHAT YOU’RE
SUPPOSED TO WEAR WHEN YOU GO TO
WORK TODAY.
WORK TODAY. WEATHER CAN VARY FROM THE
TYPICAL CLIMATE OF AN AREA WHEN
THERE IS AN SEASONAL COLD OR
WARM FRONT.
WARM FRONT. CLIMATE, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS A
LONG-TERM TREND OVER AN AREA OF
THE PLANET.
THE PLANET. IT’S MEASURED OVER HUNDREDS,
THOUSANDS, MILLIONS OF YEARS.
THE CLIMATE IS A WAY TO PREDICT
WHAT FUTURE CONDITIONS WILL BE
LIKE.
LIKE. WEATHER TELLS YOU WHETHER YOU
SHOULD TAKE AN UMBRELLA OR NOT.
I NEVER DO ANYWAY.
AS EVIDENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
HAS ACCUMULATED, THERE’S ANOTHER
POINT PEOPLE LIKE THE PRESIDENT
HAVE LATCHED INTO, DISMISSING
HUMAN EFFORTS TO CURB RISING
TEMPERATURES.
TEMPERATURES. LISTEN.
LISTEN. >> I THINK SOMETHING’S
HAPPENING, SOMETHING’S CHANGING,
AND IT WILL CHANGE BACK AGAIN.
I DON’T THINK IT’S A HOAX.
I THINK THERE’S PROBABLY A
DIFFERENCE, BUT I DON’T KNOW
THAT IT’S MANMADE.
>> LET ME HELP YOU WITH THAT,
MR. PRESIDENT.
MR. PRESIDENT. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS CHART.
CO2, CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE
ATMOSPHERE HAS FLUCTUATED FOR
HUNDREDS OF YEARS, FLUCTUATED,
FLUCTUATED, FLUCTUATED, LOOK AT
THIS.
THIS. THOUSANDS OF YEARS -- THIS IS
400,000 YEARS.
400,000 YEARS. LOOK AT THIS.
LOOK WHAT HAPPENS.
IN 1950, THE INDUSTRIAL AGE,
ONCE HUMANS GOT INVOLVED AND
STARTED BURNING FOSSIL FUELS AT
INCREASING RATES, THIS IS WHAT
HAPPENED TO CO2 OUTPUT.
IF THAT’S NOT ENOUGH, THERE’S
THIS.
THIS. GLOBAL TEMPERATURES SINCE 1984.
THINGS ARE PRETTY STEADY THROUGH
THE END OF THE -- SINCE 1884,
THINGS HAVE BEEN PRETTY STEADY
THROUGH THE END OF THE 19th
CENTURY.
CENTURY. BUT AS HUMAN INDUSTRY BUILDS UP
AND THE CUMULATIVE DAMAGE
ACCRUES, TEMPERATURES START
RISING IN THE 50s AND 60s.
BY THE 1980s, YOU CAN SEE HOW
ALARMING THE TREND IS.
WHY WORRY ABOUT THIS?
LET’S SAY YOU LIVE -- SOMEBODY
OWNS PROPERTY IN FLORIDA OR
ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST.
AS THE ICE MELTS, THE SEA LEVEL
RISES INCREMENTALLY.
RISES INCREMENTALLY. IF THE GREEN LAND ICE SHEETS
MELT COMPLETELY, SEA LEVELS
ALONG THIS AREA ARE GOING TO
RISE BY 20 FEET.
SWALLOWING, MIAMI, NEW ORLEANS,
AND ANY OTHER AREA THAT’S SHADED
IN RED.
IN RED. YOU SEE HOW THIS INCREASES?
LET’S CONTINUE TO SHADE THIS.
ALL OF THIS STUFF SHADED IN RED
FLOODS.
FLOODS. JOINING ME IS NBC NEWS
TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT JACOB
WARD.
WARD. FIRST WE HEAR FROM POLITICIANS
AND PEOPLE WHO DOUBT CLIMATE
CHANGE.
CHANGE. WELL, IT’S COLD WHERE I AM OR
EVEN CLAIMING WE HAVE THE
COLDEST YEARS ON RECORD GLOBALLY
WHICH ACTUALLY ISN’T TRUE.
OF THE TEN HOTTEST ON RECORD,
ONLY TWO FALL OUTSIDE OF THE
LAST TEN YEARS.
SO TELL ME WHY THESE OPPOSITE
IDEAS, THESE ANTI-SCIENCE IDEAS
PERSIST?
PERSIST? >> WELL, I THINK IT’S EXACTLY
WHAT YOU WERE POINTING OUT ABOUT
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. IT’S BASICALLY THAT OUR HUMAN
SENSOR ARRAY IS BUILT MOSTLY TO
JUST RELATE TO OTHER PEOPLE IN
SMALL GROUPS SITTING AROUND THE
CAMP FIRE.
CAMP FIRE. WE ARE NOT BUILT AS HUMANS TO
ROCK HUGE ABSTRACT SYSTEMIC
CHANGES.
CHANGES. WE’RE GOOD AT SNAKES AND FIRE
AND THINGS THAT ARE RIGHT IN
FRONT OF US.
WE JUST DON’T HAVE THE APPARATUS
TO IMAGINE THE KIND OF SCALE OF
CHANGE.
CHANGE. YOU SEE THIS IN TECHNOLOGY.
YOU SEE THIS NOW IN CLIMATE
CHANGE.
CHANGE. WE JUST DON’T BELIEVE IT UNLESS
IT’S HAPPENING IN FRONT OF OUR
EYES.
EYES. TURNS OUT OUR EYES CANNOT HELP
US WITH THIS PROBLEM.
WHICH IS WHY SOME PEOPLE RELATE
TO WEATHER MORE THAN THEY RELATE
TO CLIMATE.
TO CLIMATE. WEATHER IS SOMETHING I HAVE TO
REACT TO, I HAVE TO PUT ON THE
RIGHT COAT.
RIGHT COAT. IF I DON’T, I’LL FIND OUT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. I’M SPIERNSING THIS RIGHT NOW.
HOW COULD IT POSSIBLY BE THE
PLANET IS GETTING WARMER.
THE KINDS OF CHANGES WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT HAPPEN OVER
MULTIPLE LIFE TIMES AND CAN
SWEEP US UP -- YOUR EYES
WOULDN’T SHOW TO YOU MOMENT BY
MOMENT.
MOMENT. IT’S SOMETHING THAT CHALLENGES
HUMAN PERCEPTION.
HUMAN PERCEPTION. OVER HUNDREDS OF YEARS, WE ON A
MOMENT BY MOMENT BASIS GET
TRICKED BY OUR HUMAN SENSES
WHICH IS WE SHOULD BELIEVE
WHAT’S IN FRONT OF US.
>> YOU STUDY THIS.
MAYBE PEOPLE ARE INTIMIDATED TO
COME UP TO YOU AND SAY THINGS
LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DON’T THINK
CLIMATE CHANGE IS HUMAN DRIVEN
OR THAT HUMANS CONTRIBUTE TO IT.
WHAT DOES A GUY LIKE ME WHO IS
NOT A SCIENTIST, WHAT’S THE BEST
ANSWER TO PEOPLE WHO CONTINUE TO
DOUBT WHETHER CLIMATE CHANGE IS
ACTUALLY A THING?
>> I WOULD SAY TWO THINGS.
FIRST, IF YOU’RE THE KIND OF
PERSON WHO WANTS TO GO HEAD ON
AT THE ARGUMENT.
I WISH THAT WE COULD HAND OUT
LITTLE PLACARDS OR GET TATTOOED
ON OUR ARMS, THAT GRAPHIC.
WHEN THE INDUSTRIAL RESOLUTION
HIT, THE TREND STARTED UPWARD
AND IT BECAME A HOCKEY STICK.
NOW IT’S A RUN AWAY THING.
BUT IF YOU DON’T FEEL LIKE
FIGHTING, GO THE OTHER WAY AND
SAY, WHAT IS WRONG WITH CREATING
A MORE EFFICIENT,
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE WORLD?
WE ARE ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER
AND BETTER AT MAKING THINGS IF
WE LEARN TO YOU TO MAKE THEM IN
AN ECOLOGICALLY AND
ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY.
IT USED TO BE THAT WAS THE
WINDOW DRESSING YOU WOULD PUT ON
THE END OF A DESIGN PROJECT.
THESE DAYS ANY GOOD ARCHITECT,
ANY GOOD PRODUCT DESIGNER IS
TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT IS
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE.
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE. IN MY MIND, I THINK TO MYSELF,
DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT IF YOU JUST
DON’T BELIEVE IT EXISTENTIALLY,
I WON’T FIGHT WITH YOU.
IT MEANS WE’RE GETTING BETTER AT
WHAT WE DO.
>> WHEN I SHOW THE CHART OF
WATER LEVELS RISING, THE
MILITARY, THE COAST GUARD, THE
NAVY, THEY ALL UNDERSTAND THIS.
THEY ARE TRYING TO BUILD AND
MITIGATE THOSE THINGS.
SO TO THE DEGREE THAT PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD WHO HAVE TO DO
THINGS ABOUT THIS ARE DOING
THINGS, AND IN THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ARE DEALING
WITH IT.
WITH IT. STATE GOVERNMENTS ARE DEALING
WITH IT.
WITH IT. MUNICIPALITIES ARE DEALING WITH
IT.
IT. DOES IT MATTER -- LET ME ASK YOU
THIS.
THIS. HOW MUCH DOES IT MATTER THAT THE
UNITED STATES PULLS OUT OF THE
PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD?
>> OH, IT’S HUGE.
IT’S HUGE.
IT’S HUGE. WE ARE ONE OF THE GREAT EMITTERS
OF CARBON IN THE WORLD.
WE AND CHINA ARE THE TWO.
YOU CAN ARGUE WE ARE BOUND UP
WITH CHINA’S EMISSIONS BECAUSE
SOME OF OUR MANUFACTURING TAKES
PLACE IN CHINA.
THAT’S OUR EMISSIONS, TOO.
AS WE GO SO GOES THE PLANET IN
MANY WAYS.
MANY WAYS. WE HAVE TO GO WITH IT.
FOR ME, I JUST THINK THAT EVEN
THOUGH YOU HEAR AT THE TOP OF
THE ADMINISTRATION THIS SORT OF,
YOU KNOW, WEIRD KIND OF VAGUE
DISMISSALS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
IN THE CENTER OF THE GOVERNMENT,
PLACES LIKE THE RESCUE TEAMS
THAT ARE RIGHT NOW TRYING TO
PLAN FOR THE NORTHERN CROSSING,
WHICH THEY’RE PLANNING TO OPEN
UP RIGHT WHERE SUDDENLY ALL THE
COUNTRIES SWEDEN, NORWAY,
RUSSIA, UNITED STATES, CANADA
THAT ARE GOING TO SHARE THAT
MORN BORDER THEY’RE GOING TO
START SENDING SHIPS.
CAN OUR HELICOPTERS RESCUE
PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT?
THESE ARE PRACTICAL PEOPLE.
WHEN YOU BEGIN TO HEAR MILITARY
AND RESCUE PLANNERS PLANNING FOR