分类目录归档：climate
A question I'm often asked is,
where did I get my passion for human rights and justice?
It started early.
I grew up in the west of Ireland,
wedged between four brothers,
two older than me and two youn
Over our lifetimes,
we've all contributed to climate change.
Actions, choices and behaviors
will have led to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions.
And I think that that's quite a powerful thought.
I have one more reason for optimism:
climate change.
Maybe you don't believe it, but here is the fact.
On December 12, 2015,
in Paris, under the United Nations,
195 governments got together
and unanim
I have a two-year-old daughter named Naya
who is under the mistaken impression
that this conference is named in honor of her father.
(Laughter)
Who am I to contradict my baby girl?
As many of you know
I am a climate scientist,
and I hate weather.
I have spent too much time in California,
and I strongly feel that weather should be optional.
(Laughter)
So I don't want to experience clouds,
let alone
To avoid dangerous climate change,
we're going to need to cut emissions rapidly.
That should be a pretty uncontentious statement,
certainly with this audience.
But here's something that's slightly mor
So I'd like to tell you a story about climate and change,
but it's really a story about people and not polar bears.
So this is our house that we lived in in the mid-2000s.
I was the chief operating of
Translator: Akinori Oyama Reviewer: Peter van de Ven
When I was about eight years old,
I first heard about something called climate change or global warming.
Apparently, that was something humans had
So one of the most important solutions
to the global challenge posed by climate change
lies right under our foot every day.
It's soil.
Soil's just the thin veil that covers the surface of land,
but it
I never planned to become a climate activist.
But things have changed,
and now, standing here as a climate activist,
I ask you all to become one, too.
Here's why,
and most importantly, how.
Ten years