Transcribed by GS@XR
You're here, I'm here, because we care.
Not just for today
but we care passionately for the future
we know that we only have the possibility
of avoiding a looming climate catastrophe
if people like us refuse to give up.
the future of humanity is at stake.
While you work to meet the challenge of climate change
I beg of you don't forget nature.
The destruction of nature accounts for more global emissions
than all the cars and trucks in the world.
We can put solar panels on every house.
We can turn every car into an electric vehicle.
But as long as Sumatra burns we will have failed.
So long as the Amazon's great forests are slashed and burned
So long as the protected lands of tribal people, indigenous people are allowed to be encroached upon.
So long as wetlands and bog peats are destroyed.
our our climate goals will remain out of reach
and we will be shit out of time!
If we don't stop the destruction of our natural world, nothing else will matter.
Why?
Because protecting and restoring forests, mangroves, wetlands, these huge dense carbon sinks
represents at least 30 percent of what needs to be done
to avoid catastrophic warming.
It is, at this time, the only feasible solution
for absorbing carbon on a global scale
simply put, if we don't protect nature
we can't protect ourselves.
This is what we need to do. We need to include nature
in every corporate, state and national climate goal.
Put in place the plans, the timetables to meet those goals.
Invest in mangroves and tropical forests
In the same way, invest in renewable energy.
work to end the destruction of these ecosystems.
commit to the effort, in the next decade, to secure them for the future.
Pursue research in reforestation
like we pursue research in carbon capture and storage.
Set of goal, to cut costs and increase scale dramatically.
Empower indigenous communities to use their knowledge, their history,
their imaginations, our science, to save their heritage and their lands.
Respect and ensure their rights.
Stop, for God's sake, the denigration of science
stop giving power to people who don't believe in science
or worse than that, pretend they don't believe in science for their own self-interest.
They know who they are, we know who they are.
we are all ,rich or poor, powerful or powerless,
we will all suffer the effects of
climate change and ecosystem destruction
and we are facing what is quickly becoming the greatest moral crisis of our time
that those least responsible will bear the greatest costs.
so never forget who you're fighting for
it's the fisherman in Colombia.
The fisherman in Somalia, who wonders where their next catch is coming from
and wonders why that government can't protect them from factory fishing from across the world.
It's the mother in the Philippines who's worried that the next big storm is gonna rip her infant out of her arms.
People in California who are fleeing from unprecedented fires
People on the East Coast are facing the worst storms in in recorded history
It's our own country, our own community our own families.
This is the core truth.
if we are to survive on this planet, the only home any of us will ever know,
for our climate, for our security, for our future, we need nature.
Now more than ever.
Nature doesn't need people, people need nature.
Let's turn off our phones. Let's roll up our sleeves and...
Lets kick this monsters ass.
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