.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RECENT TWEET
ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING.
THE PRESIDENT SAID AND THIS IS
A QUOTE, IN THE EAST IT COULD
BE THE COLDEST NEW YEAR'S EVE
ON RECORD.
PERHAPS WE COULD USE A LITTLE
BIT OF THAT GLOBAL WARMING THAT
OUR COUNTRY BUT NOT OTHER
COUNTRIES WAS GOING TO PAY
TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO PROTECT
AGAINST IT.
BUNDLE UP!
MY NEXT GUEST SAYS THE PARIS
CLIMATE AGREEMENT IS INDEED A
WASTE OF MONEY, BECAUSE WHAT IT
PROMISES WILL ONLY REDUCE
TEMPERATURES BY JUST ABOUT .08
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT BY THE YEAR
2100.
JOINING US NOW IS AUTHOR OF THE
SKWEPTICAL ENVIRONMENTALIST AND
THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE
DANIST GOVERNMENT'S
ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE IN
COPENHAGEN.
WE SHOULD POINT OUT, YOU CAN BE
AN ENVIRONMENTALIST, SOMEONE
LIKE YOU, SIR, AND HAVE
APPROPRIATE WAY TO REACT TO
THAT, CORRECT?
>> EXACTLY.
SO ADAM, LOOK, THE FUNDAMENTAL
BUT THE PARIS AGREEMENT,
UNFORTUNATELY, IS AN INCREDIBLY
IN THAT SENSE, YES, WASTING
TRILLIONS TO ACHIEVE NOTHING IS
NOT A VERY GOOD STRATEGY.
ADAM: THE PRESIDENT SAID
CHANGE.
THERE'S A VIDEO THAT YOU DID,
AND I SAW IT TWO YEARS AGO ON
PREGER UNIVERSITY WHICH YOU
EXPLAIN, PEOPLE BELIEVE
ELECTRIC CARS ARE THE WAY TO GO
ELECTRIC CARS.
YOU VERY, VERY EASILY POINT
OUT, YES, BUT THEN GENERATING
ALL THE ELECTRICITY TO DO THAT
MAY NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST
OF OUR CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN.
DO WE GET LOST IN THE MOMENT OF
DOING WHAT WE THINK MIGHT BE
BEST AND DO WHAT MIGHT BE MORE
CONVERSATION, AND THE ELECTRIC
CARS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.
ACTUALLY THE INTERNATIONAL
ENERGY AGENCY JUST CAME OUT NOT
VERY PUBLICIZED AND TOLD US IF
JUST REDUCE WHAT WE NEED TO
REDUCE, CARBON EMISSIONS BY 1%.
ELECTRIC CARS ARE PROBABLY
GREAT SOMETIME, AND I LOVE
DRIVING IN ONE WHEN I CAN GET
ACHIEVING VERY LITTLE OF WHAT
WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO
TACKLE GLOBAL WARMING.
LET'S STOP WASTING TRILLIONS OF
SMARTLY INTO INVESTMENT AND
GREEN ENERGY R&D.
LOOK, IF WE CAN MAKE FUTURE
GREEN ENERGY MUCH CHEAPER,
WE'LL GENERATE BOTH HUGE
BENEFITS FOR THE ECONOMY AND
FIX GLOBAL WARMING.
ADAM: LET ME ASK YOU THIS, WHAT
ENVIRONMENTALIST, I CARE ABOUT
I WANT TO DO WHATEVER I CAN DO
THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
WHAT CAN WE DO, DO YOU THINK,
THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON
NOT ONLY POLLUSION, IF
POSSIBLE, ON CLIMATE CHANGE?
>> SO, LOOK, UNFORTUNATELY
THERE'S NO SIMPLE ANSWERS TO
THIS.
IF YOU WANT TO CARE ABOUT
POLLUTION, THE VAST AND HUGE
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION AND THE
DEVELOPING WORLD AND OUTDOOR
AIR POLLUTION IN THE RICH
WORLD.
POVERTY.
POVERTY IS INCREDIBLY
POLLUTING.
BUT YOU ASK WHAT CAN YOU DO?
AND THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS HELP
POLITICIANS FOCUS ON THE SMART
STRATEGIES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE,
THAT IS INVESTMENT AND GREEN
ENERGY R&D, BUT STOP THEM FROM
WASTING TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS,
THEY'LL DO ALMOST NO GOOD.
IT DOESN'T GIVE US THE WARM,
FUZZY FEEL BUT ACTUALLY THE WAY
WE CAN BOTH SPEND OUR RESOURCES
EFFECTIVELY AND HELP THE
ENVIRONMENT.
ADAM: YOU ACTUALLY SAID THAT
I REMEMBER WHEN SANDY HIT NEW
YORK CITY.
FULL MOON, WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO
THE FLOODING IN OUR AREA.
BEEN TOLD IT WOULD, MORE
EXTREME AND WORSE, OR IS THERE
SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON?
>> IT'S ACTUALLY VERY
VERY CLEARLY, LOOK, RIGHT NOW
WE CAN'T SHOW THERE'S A
CONNECTION BETWEEN GLOBAL
WARMING AND HURRICANES, BUT IN
THE LONG RUN, THEY'LL PROBABLY
BE SLIGHTLY FEUER HURRICANES
BY FAR THE BIGGEST ISSUE WHEN
RESILIENCE.
MAKING SURE YOU HAVE BETTER
LEVIES, THAT YOU HAVE BETTER
INFRASTRUCTURES, AS WE SAW IN
HARVEY.
WOULD DO MUCH MORE AND HELP
MANY MORE PEOPLE MUCH MORE
EFFECTIVELY.
SO IN SOME WAYS, THE WHOLE
CLIMATE CONVERSATION IS A
DETRACTION FROM IF YOU REALLY
OTHER THINGS, IT'S ABOUT
ADAPTATION, SIMPLY.
SCIENCE TO ARGUE WHY WE SHOULD
DO THAT.
WE SHOULD USE GOOD SCIENCE AND
DO THE SMART POLICIES.
THEY'RE NOT THE MOST WARM AND
FUZZY ONES BUT THE ONES THAT
OF THE SMARTEST THINGS WE COULD
DO IS HELP PEOPLE MOVE OUT OF
POVERTY.
POVERTY IS IN SOME WAYS A GREAT
POLLUTER.
I KNOW WHAT I CAN DO PERSONALLY
IS TALK LESS BECAUSE OF ALL THE