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“For the first time, we are forced to consider the real risk of destabilizing the entire planet,” says climate impact scholar Johan Rockström. In a talk backed by vivid animations of the climate crisis, he shows how nine out of the 15 big biophysical systems that regulate the climate — from the permafrost of Siberia to the great forests of the North to the Amazon rainforest — are at risk of reaching tipping points, which could make Earth uninhabitable for humanity. Hear his plan for putting the planet back on the path of sustainability over the next 10 years — and protecting the future of our children.
This talk was part of the Countdown Global Launch on 10.10.2020. (Watch the full event here: .) Countdown is TED’s global initiative to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis. The goal: to build a better future by cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, in the race to a zero-carbon world. Get involved at
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Alien Machine
October 16, 2020 at 9:09 am
Why is there even a timeline?
J G
October 16, 2020 at 11:12 am
“Ten Simple Things You Can Do to Help Protect the Earth
1. Reduce, reuse, and recycle. Cut down on what you throw away. Follow the three “R’s” to conserve natural resources and landfill space.
2. Volunteer. Volunteer for cleanups in your community. You can get involved in protecting your watershed, too.
3. Educate. When you further your own education, you can help others understand the importance and value of our natural resources.
4. Conserve water. The less water you use, the less runoff and wastewater that eventually end up in the ocean.
5. Choose sustainable. Learn how to make smart seafood choices at http://www.fishwatch.gov.
6. Shop wisely. Buy less plastic and bring a reusable shopping bag.
7. Use long-lasting light bulbs. Energy efficient light bulbs reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Also flip the light switch off when you leave the room!
8. Plant a tree. Trees provide food and oxygen. They help save energy, clean the air, and help combat climate change.
9. Don’t send chemicals into our waterways. Choose non-toxic chemicals in the home and office.
10. Bike more. Drive less.”
*source :
Other readings:
– 70 Ways to Save the Earth
– 101 ways to Help Mother Earth
Daniel Rúben
October 16, 2020 at 8:55 pm
Major global powers break those rules everyday, and they’re in charge, that’s why there’s not enough for everyone. If everyone were honest, this planet could hold hundreds of billions of people
Robin
October 16, 2020 at 12:26 pm
Just another climate change propaganda using TED’s ‘credibility’ to spread fear.. seriously ridiculous when you do your own research and understand the laws of ohysics and the laws of the universe. STOP LYING!
Citizens4future
October 16, 2020 at 1:01 pm
Thank you for this great video! Let’s stick together and let us do whatever we can to solve the climate crisis. Stop talking, let’s do it!
Forest Green
October 16, 2020 at 1:04 pm
Why is nothing being done about climate change?
Making the world a better place isn’t profitable, and the people who seek to make a profit at all cost will rest at nothing at acomplishing that goal. Sadly theres no movement to truly confront this capitalistic greed in any meaningful way.
andrew williams
October 16, 2020 at 4:50 pm
@Forest Green. The climate change industry isn’t profitable? I think you mean it isn’t economical. Al Gore profits off climate change policies. . .
BigMo
October 16, 2020 at 1:21 pm
Here is a dark thought – does anyone wonder if the Pandemic was nature’s way of population control for self regulation? To reduce human impact?
Joe Burke
October 16, 2020 at 4:06 pm
Absolutely. A warning shot from nature
Nelson Lighthouse
October 16, 2020 at 6:03 pm
Yeh thats right… its everyone older than 70 thats the true cause of the problems…. did you think that up by yourself?
IMautodidact
October 16, 2020 at 1:34 pm
You are trying to convince the wrong people…
You need to convince the old that are in power that it matters what kind of world they leave behind.
And to that I wish you the best of luck.
- Assist
October 16, 2020 at 2:39 pm
God is coming!
Dysonop690 Youn
October 16, 2020 at 3:12 pm
This new generation needs to be changed. Look at the idiocy of half of these people who fail to understand, don’t know, or don’t care.
Tanya G Davies
October 16, 2020 at 3:13 pm
666 comments.😂
Samson Harpal Harpal
October 16, 2020 at 3:40 pm
Thank you Ted 😙
Lucky D. Abdullah
October 16, 2020 at 3:47 pm
Man, i wish this was trending so it will be seen by more people
Waldo Walden
October 16, 2020 at 3:52 pm
This video is a fact that content creators get more money than scientists. In this case, the pseudoscientist decided to put his career in the pocket by promoting a 7 minutes video of world catastrophe. For the haters, hold your horses before the fire, I am environmentally conscious and teach my children to be so. I strongly believe we MUST take care of our planet and there’s no other way because is just the right thing to do. I just don’t get this sort of cheap promoters using storytelling techniques above the science.
A. Duncan
October 16, 2020 at 4:45 pm
Change and the profit motive…
In order to effect the kind of change necessary to stop and then reverse the approaching Apocalypse, a new economic system is necessary. But, the term “new” scares those in charge to the point they’ll keep their heads in the sand of their gated communities. So, can a global effort, one that involves every citizen willing to work, be enough to push back against the looming fires, floods, freezes, and other global catastrophes. It can if profit can be realized by those willing to do the work.
There is enough credit to pay for change if we’re willing to borrow against the value of our lands and waters. It’s estimated the value of real estate in the US alone is north of $70T. Add in the value of harvesting our coastal waters and the US is probably worth more than $100T. Now consider the collective of each continents resources, and there’s plenty of equity/credit to pay for a massive shift away from consuming resources without regard for sustainability, to a system the rewards not just sustainability but encourages repair as well.
Someone, or some group somewhere must step up to the plate and swing for the fences or we’re doomed to the sunburned zombies that will be crossing borders by the tens of millions.
MHTMANE HD
October 16, 2020 at 5:16 pm
nahhhh we will kill each other people do that the history told Us
Charlie KING
October 16, 2020 at 11:33 pm
I’ll give you my Glock 23
Adam Bomb
October 16, 2020 at 5:49 pm
The people you are missing cannot be appealed to by way of reason. Discussing and correcting that seems to be job one.
Nelson Lighthouse
October 16, 2020 at 5:55 pm
Children know only what they are told… dont pretend that they ‘see’ anything you don’t want them to see or hear.. as for the fires jn Australia, even the CSIRO could not link them with ‘climate’ changes… but they did link them to the enormous build up of fuel that used to be removed through fire management burning for decades until all the recent ‘ experts’ knew better… its amazing how smart everyone under 40 is these days, despite most not actually doing anything except theorising.
davide marzorati
October 16, 2020 at 8:09 pm
Fever is a human reaction against virus, earth temperature rising is a reaction against us
Jimmy Kelly
October 16, 2020 at 8:20 pm
According to CO2/global temperatures charts from ice cores that stretch back 800k years we have passed the tipping point. The earths processes have already been set in motion. The earth wants to be in the cooling period. We have artificially kept the temps up and at this juncture of our civilization we have a real problem. If we were to go carbon free we will allow the natural process to accelerate into a deep freeze reminiscent of the snowball earth of eons ago. Our mission should be of balance of an already manipulated climate system. The amount the population emits needs to be controlled so that warming is negated. Green plants/trees/vegetation is absolutely crucial in order to maintain the balance. The deserts of the globe needs to be made green through solar distillery lakes to use the natural process of evaporation to re-condensate as rain to green the Sahara/gobi in order to do two things. 1.take out existing fresh water out of the oceans.2 pull CO2 out of the air through the veg Iration natural process. Geo-engineering on a global scale is absolutely essential if we are to have any semblance of a normal climate environment.
Doug Carr
October 16, 2020 at 9:13 pm
I read about 30 of thas a comments. I read Manifestos about corporate greed. Comments about how it’s the old peoples fault, about buying light bulbs or planting a tree, and comments that we are just doomed. I wish we would start talking about the third rail of this climate crisis, especially these expert. Namely, our extreme overpopulation. Oil and gas extraction aren’t the cause of deforestation, overfishing the world’s oceans, and declining water tables in much of the world, too many greedy mouths are. Population reduction is the one thing that positively addresses all our environmental concerns. Long term, population reduction must happen or no matter what we do technologically, or through changes in behavior, life on this planet will fundamentally change.
The most sickening thing about this, is that it is always put in terms of our own survival. Our survival is not in doubt. We are like cockroaches. We are the most adaptable large animal on the planet. We will survive the world we are creating. Unfortunately many of the amazing animals we share this planet with, won’t.
The sad/hopeful thing is, we have the ability now to return this world to the garden of eden it once was, AND have a prosperous future.
Joe mc glue
October 16, 2020 at 10:29 pm
WE ARE HEADING FOR ARMAGEDDON WE MAY BE TO LATE TO STOP HE DESTRUCTION OF THE ONLY HOME WE HAVE
WIFI IS A STEP TOO FAR ALREADY WE ARE KILLING OUR WORLD & THE NATURAL INHABITANTS AS OUR ANCESTORS WERE DOING IN MASSIVE NUMBERS JUST FOR FUN TODAY WE ARE KILLING FOR GREED & SPEED OUR TECHNOLOGY IS KILLING THE VERY BASIC LIFE FORMS THAT MAKE THIS PLANET & OUR BODYS MICROBIOME / ALL WE NEED IS FUCKED /WATER /AIR /LAND / THE EARTH SYSTEM OF LIFE IS FUCKED WE COULD END WITH A WATER COVERED LIFELESS PLANET & OUR OWN SLOW EXTINCTION
Joe mc glue
October 16, 2020 at 10:49 pm
WE NEED TO STOP THE FEED & BREED PROGRAM THE NWO WANTS REDUCTION OF WORLD POPULATION FROM 7 BILLION TO 1 OR 2 BILLION
JUST FOR A START THIS PANDEMIC IS BEGINNING SCIENCE IS WORKING TO INCREASE THIS TYPE OF CONTROL THEY CANNOT WIPE OUT THE
OVER CROWDING OVER NIGHT NOT A CHRISTIAN WAY GENOCIDE IS NOT A WAY FORWARD WHO REMAINS WILL NOT BE VERY CORPORATATIVE &
MIGHT REVERT BACK ANIMAL ISTIC LIVING WAR IS VERY DANGEROUS TOO MANY NUCLEAR GENERATING STATIONS ON THE PLANET THIS WOULD
DESTROY THE FUTURE ANYWAY
lilFougie
October 16, 2020 at 10:55 pm
Why would anyone downvote this?…seriously disturbing.
Charlie KING
October 16, 2020 at 11:32 pm
I don’t know why you ask the question. People like Trump will dislike
lilFougie
October 16, 2020 at 11:59 pm
@Charlie KING seriously selfish.
Charlie KING
October 17, 2020 at 3:12 am
@lilFougie LOL so cute the way you saying it
Alpha Homo
October 16, 2020 at 11:33 pm
Just stop pretending the humans are in charge of anything & least not their own ‘evolved’ behavior. Human are a collective megacancer that will NEVER voluntarily give up any & all economically extractable energy. Same as all life forms. No choice. No free will. Tipping points & runaway climate change means there is no way to make it go back to the way it was (stable). There are many dozens of positive self reinforcing feedback loops underway & humans can’t stop most of them. A few can technically slowed, but the humans would need to alter their core drives & behaviors so radically as to be an entirely different species. There are a great many things that are ‘technically’ possible, but are not humanly possible & especially not collectively possible. This is not my first rodeo. I’ve listened to much ‘save the planet’ cheer-leading & followed the science & consequences (CC since 1988 – Hansen) since I was a teen many decades ago. I’ve heard all the plans, ever more dire warnings & untold empty promises. It’s past the time to stop. The cruelest cut of all is giving people false hope. Just stop it. It’ll be much better for the planet if we just took our bow & walked of the evolutionary stage with some decency & dignity……for once.
—‘Facing Extinction’—
“Give up the fight with evolution. It wins. The story about a human misstep in history, the imaginary point at which we could have taken a different route, is a pointless mental exercise. Our evolution is based on quintillions of earth motions, incremental biological adaptations, survival necessities, and human desires. We are right where we were headed all along.”
Arkapravo Bhaumik
October 17, 2020 at 12:33 am
Every good thing is told, every sensible advice afforded, but alas nothing good will happen. The future is a curse, and it will soon dawn on all of us.
Jon Lott
October 17, 2020 at 2:41 am
This is why I’m running for Congress. We can’t keep delaying climate action. http://www.lott2020.com
Paulo E P
October 17, 2020 at 3:21 am
I humbly suggest to the splendid scientist Johan Rockström to change the focus of his talk. He cannot speak like a scientist in favor of the planet, presidents of nations like Donald Trump (USA) and Jair Bolsonaro (Brazil) do not believe in science.
Instead, the scientist needs to say that corporate profits, big fortunes, countries’ domestic product will be of no value if the planet goes out of control.
It must be said that the floods caused by the melting of the ice will cause the United States and the European community to spend trillions of euros to contain refugees and to shelter homeless compatriots.
Today’s world is in the hands of those who only understand the language of money. Unfortunately, these leaders only understand those who speak the same language.
Rifat J. Romel
October 17, 2020 at 4:52 am
extraordinary message with Super extraordinary animation.
Andrew McDermott
October 17, 2020 at 5:12 am
Electric motors consume half the words energy
Rohan.B.C 1248
October 17, 2020 at 6:04 am
Phenomenal info
For the phenomenal editing
common john
October 17, 2020 at 6:56 am
Perfect video editing
SHREE DEVI
October 17, 2020 at 9:20 am
Have less children
p d
October 17, 2020 at 11:31 am
decades away from ice free arctic, it’ll be next year.
Priyanshu Rana
October 17, 2020 at 12:18 pm
Aaaa.. Plz 🙏🙏 can we all join hands 🤝
It’s just that I wanna cry
Grant Robertson
October 17, 2020 at 2:15 pm
Thanks for repeating what we already know without giving any new hard information but adding cute animations. Now I have understand!
정나오마
October 17, 2020 at 4:52 pm
Watching this Ted talk and reading Factfullness by Han Rösling are the most complicated things I’ve ever known.
Obscure Sampology
October 17, 2020 at 8:05 pm
fear mongering TED following the agenda closely
Pinocchio Hotel & Restaurant
October 17, 2020 at 10:15 pm
Forget corona kill all of this
Godis Love
October 17, 2020 at 11:28 pm
Tony Heller real climate science
ricebunny1989
October 18, 2020 at 1:30 am
They are being EXTREMELY optimistic when they say we have 10 years to fix what we have done to our planet. In reality it is probably beyond repair especially our beautiful oceans we are poisoning ever single day with our pollutants and plastics!!!!! So sad I’ll do whatever is necessary to save our planets and our oceans !!!
ricebunny1989
October 18, 2020 at 1:41 am
And come on people it’s not the big corporations and the industry that is gona do this they have already shown that their priority is not to save our planet but to exploit it till there is nothing left. It all starts with one and then a few people and pretty soon before you know it millions of people will realize that the little things count!!! And yes we all need to do more but u have to begin somewhere andjffkiuuu
Inazuma65
October 18, 2020 at 5:13 am
I’m doing my part on an individual level (no kids, solar panels on roof, I sold my car and walk instead, I stopped buying land animal products, and I vote the best way I can.). Too bad I can’t say the same for most people, especially the ones with money and power. I hate to be pessimistic, but I don’t see us doing the right thing. I feel bad for future generations.
Mohammed saleem chowdhry
October 18, 2020 at 7:49 am
May ALLAH remind us that we are from nature not it is from us
Mohammed saleem chowdhry
October 18, 2020 at 7:49 am
Ameen
Federico Jimbo Smithson
October 18, 2020 at 11:48 am
i gave the like for the animation for the message
Invox
October 18, 2020 at 12:23 pm
The answer is not doing more, it is actually doing less… or even STOP doing certain things.
Amey More
October 18, 2020 at 3:14 pm
This is scary
bodie
October 18, 2020 at 10:21 pm
Funny how no one ever mentions the worlds biggest CO2 polluter when they talk about climate change. It’s always the Wests fault despite China emitting 1/3 of the planets CO2 emissions (and rising) .. When there is a plan to tackle that problem, I’ll start showing this fear mongering more respect.