分类目录归档：climate
[Citizens of the world]
[We face a global crisis of unprecedented scale]
[Please stand by for a message from ... ]
[the Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres]
The climate emergency
It was about two years after Hurricane Katrina
that I first saw the Louisiana flood maps.
These flood maps are used to show land loss in the past
and land loss that is to come.
On this particular day,
It's deeply painful
to face what's happening on our planet right now.
From forests burning,
ocean plastic,
species just gone each day,
displacement.
It's easy to feel totally overwhelmed.
Maybe a bit
and
our next guest is nigel topping his
official title is
uk high level climate action champion
for the united nations climate
conference the cop 26 which was
planned to take place in november 2020
in
Chris Anderson: Al, welcome.
So look, just six months ago --
it seems a lifetime ago, but it really was just six months ago --
climate seemed to be on the lips of every thinking person on the planet.
and so i mean let's just i think
dive right into it you know as the mayor
of one of the largest cities in the
world
you undoubtedly you know have a myriad
of challenges and crises at any given
moment
Translator: Elena Montrasio Reviewer: Bruno Giussani
[His Holiness Pope Francis Filmed in Vatican City
First shown at TED Countdown Global Launch, October 2020]
Hello!
We are living during a historic
Lindsay Levin: So Dave, in just a few months,
you transition into a new role as CEO of consumer retail at Amazon.
That's a big role.
How will climate sit as a priority for you,
given all the other thi
Transcriber: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Joanna Pietrulewicz
In November 2015, 197 countries came together in Paris
and agreed to pursue efforts
to limit the temperature increase on our planet to 1.5 degree
Transcriber: TED Translators Admin Reviewer: Rhonda Jacobs
I am a tree hugger.
I spent much of my childhood
on the great lower limb of a massive copper beech,
alternately reading and looking up at the