Our lives depend on curbing climate change, but so many priorities seem to be in competition. What’s the most urgent thing humanity can do right now? Social entrepreneur James Irungu Mwangi tells us why Africa could be the ideal home for scaling the latest and most ambitious climate technologies — including in places like Kenya’s Hell’s Gate National Park, which could become part of what he calls the “Great Carbon Valley.”
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Krunoslav Stifter
July 15, 2022 at 7:34 pm
Oh, great more WEF propaganda and watermelons they put on TED to promote climate cult. Why don’t you ask Sri Lanka or Green idiotic policies in Europe how its going? Its the quickest way to committing suicide of nations. And if you keep up with this, pretty soon you will be eating zee bugs and be happy about it.
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July 15, 2022 at 7:40 pm
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July 15, 2022 at 7:43 pm
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July 15, 2022 at 7:45 pm
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July 15, 2022 at 8:41 pm
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July 15, 2022 at 9:56 pm
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July 16, 2022 at 1:24 am
Carbon must be reduced…..
Turtle
July 17, 2022 at 11:48 pm
Why?
Abhishek Yadav
July 18, 2022 at 12:35 am
@Turtle it is dangerous for invironment
Turtle
July 18, 2022 at 12:53 am
@Abhishek Yadav How specifically? Citations?
Brett
July 16, 2022 at 2:38 am
Anthropogenic climate control is a myth. Just watch Tony Heller’s videos. I know you all want to be part of something good and saving the world is very good. But, we’ve had no effect on the climate. The climate changes, all the time, by itself. I rather see more of a focus on pollution. We are poisoning the earth and need to stop! Co2 is a distraction from the real problem of pollution.
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July 16, 2022 at 5:22 am
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Turtle
July 17, 2022 at 11:42 pm
Great speaking doesn’t equate to much without principled action
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July 16, 2022 at 6:37 am
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Dr. Ricco Lindner
July 16, 2022 at 8:25 am
I love the idea of a strong Africa being our climate vanguard! Hopefully it will also mean more side investments and more basic wealth and wellness for the African peoples 😎👍
Pepijn
July 16, 2022 at 12:18 pm
We’re all in this together! So the more countries actively pitch in what they can the better.
And it will be an industry, so there are opportunities for economic growth.
Hopefully care will be taken however and have changes be gradual (even though it needs to be ramped up to a massive scale), since too drastic action without taking local politics and economy in account could result in similar situations to Sri Lanka.
Therefore I think an adjusted global climate tax on countries, to pool in wealth to fund projects. In order to balance out inequality could be helpful to to spread responsibilities and increase opportunity.
Turtle
July 17, 2022 at 11:40 pm
Why do you love that idea?
Dr. Ricco Lindner
July 18, 2022 at 4:31 am
@Turtle because it could bring Africa money to realize that and if done right extra money for the respective country. Carbon capture will be much to energy hungry to be easily done in Europe or US. I only hope that they don’t expand it to much in Africa to ruin their soil and not allowing African countries to earn money with it to compensate for the fact that they offer to the work and risk associated with such projects that should be taken by the industrial countries themselves. But if we don’t reduce Carbon (emissions) we are doomed anyways, Africa first. Though I am also afraid that once the world has some significant Carbon capture capacities they developed countries are even less likely to stop emissions. 😒
Turtle
July 18, 2022 at 5:22 am
@Dr. Ricco Lindner you need to be more concise… You lost your own argument in that plethora of words.
Dr. Ricco Lindner
July 18, 2022 at 7:24 am
I don’t need to be more concise, it is just a Youtube comment. The topic is too complex to be put in a few sentences. The speaker is right that Arfica has the necessary energy potential for carbon capture and they may be able to capture a certain amount of CO2 without greater risks for their environment. Still, I am afraid that investors might happily invest to get rid of this topic in their own countries, but try not to invest more than necessary either. So Africa could easily end up again, doing the dirty work and taking all risks if not fighting hard to get additional investments to improve their countries wellfare
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July 16, 2022 at 4:55 pm
First and foremost before any investment is done in Africa the issue of corruption needs to be solved! Then we can talk business
rws531
July 17, 2022 at 5:27 pm
No country in the world has solved it, why should you hold a double standard to Africa?
Turtle
July 17, 2022 at 11:43 pm
@rws531 yes but many countries are trying… Why aren’t they trying?
Turtle
July 18, 2022 at 12:26 am
@Itumo yes the US has many problems especially with corruption. But we aren’t talking about the US here, are we? Why are you avoiding the point?
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July 16, 2022 at 6:15 pm
They need to stop planes and rockets. They produce more carbon than anything else.
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Karen Stimson
July 16, 2022 at 6:54 pm
Once again, white supremacy and racism are destroying the opportunities the whole world needs to survive.
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July 16, 2022 at 7:19 pm
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July 17, 2022 at 3:34 am
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July 17, 2022 at 1:25 pm
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July 17, 2022 at 11:39 pm
It’s hard to take someone seriously when they take the IPCC reports so out of context and twist their conclusions to fit a narrative. It gets me wondering what else he is lying or ignorant about.
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July 18, 2022 at 7:53 am
I had the feeling something is off in his narrative but I’m not versed in this particular case. This looked more like a call for investment more than a real informative TED talk. I could be wrong though.
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July 18, 2022 at 12:35 am
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July 18, 2022 at 2:35 am
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July 18, 2022 at 7:05 am
Ok, you convinced me. Since our salvation relies solely on human good faith, I can honestly say we’re doomed and there is nothing we can do about it.
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July 18, 2022 at 7:08 am
And ride the bikes when you come to Hell’s Gate. It’s very beautiful. With lots to explore. And by the end of the day your legs will be very, very sore.
Don’t get chased by the buffalos at twilight.
Confuscious Puff
July 18, 2022 at 12:39 pm
Add windmills to cars
Convert roads to energy
Use gravity based magnetic perpetual energy engines
More water and solar
Artificial trees
Clean up the oceans and river and beaches of trash
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July 18, 2022 at 1:51 pm
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July 18, 2022 at 1:55 pm
yeah i dont like ted because they fcked with graham hancock. just saying. i think he´s an awesome guy trying to to his best to help the planet.
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July 20, 2022 at 3:30 pm
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