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@jaycoldwell
February 12, 2024 at 12:09 pm
Net zero is the wrong target. We need to bring carbon down below 350 ppm. Net zero will leave it much higher.
@sixvee5147
February 12, 2024 at 12:14 pm
“I accepted to come to this meeting to have a sober and mature conversation. I’m not in any way signing up to any discussion that is alarmist. There is no science out there, or no scenario out there, that says that the phase-out of fossil fuel is what’s going to achieve 1.5C.”
– Sultan Al Jaber, President of COP 28, also CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
Mukhtar Babayev will be the president for COP 29; he is also a former executive of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijian Republic.
Seems more and more likely, scenario SSP5-8.5 of the IPCC assessment may come to fruition (or at least the higher end of the spectrum). I say enjoy what you can, while you still can; pity the generations to come.
@aldovalkovich755
February 12, 2024 at 12:27 pm
Never heard such a clear, complete and enlightening analysis concentrated in just a few minutes. Above all understandable to anyone; I also hope from those who have to make decisions in the application of the suggestions presented. I think about politics, and here alarms are triggered.😊
@homewall744
February 12, 2024 at 12:43 pm
Seems to have little meat about what exactly to do.
@christiansoldier1547
February 12, 2024 at 1:00 pm
Whatever the solution is, it’s has to make the elites billions or trillions in profits or else we’ll never see it.
For example, I’ve invented a power source that uses absolutely no fuel at all. And produces literally tons of torque mechanically. Now what can you do with that??
No fuel, no emissions , ask green as grass, and every neighborhood can be ran by it. But the problem is,,,it’s just don’t make enough money for the elites if the world…
@WiDEEyeDSmILes
February 12, 2024 at 1:09 pm
Guy explained like 4 methods of combating climate crisis, the interconnected politics, and how we need to go about them. And alot of yall are pretending he didn’t tell us specifics on what or how XD. Jesus christ, watch the video again or pick up a book
@pnkbiankii
February 12, 2024 at 1:14 pm
OMG, so much doublespeak devoid of new content or new viable solutions. How can I get these wasted ten minutes back??
@TheVigilante2000
February 12, 2024 at 1:21 pm
So his plan is to: ‘Phase out fossil fuels. Provide a Win-Win for the World, especially for Equity and Justice!’. Killing the world economy is not going to be a win for the World, Equity , or Justice. It’s going to be a win for War, Despotism, and Repression.
@poruto22
February 12, 2024 at 1:33 pm
Useless ted
@jennifersmart1550
February 12, 2024 at 2:55 pm
Talk to your Bank Manager then take your money to a bank with a low carbon footprint / financing of the oil industry.
@maikel0245
February 12, 2024 at 4:11 pm
More C02 = greener Earth
@Kismet-1001Nights
February 12, 2024 at 4:22 pm
*TED 😊*
هذا قمة ما اعتلاه الانسان بتطوره
استبدل الحياة الواقعيه
بالحياة الافتراضيه
و كان هذا هو اعظم انتصارته الذكيه
الصديق الوحيد للانسان قطعه حديد اسمها موبايل
نحن نحول كل شي في حياتنا خلق من روح الى قطعه حديد ننصهر داخلها و نتجمد ثم نسال اين الحياة منا و اين العلاقات و اين الحب …قطعه الحديد دخلت قلوبنا و عقولنا و اخلاقنا و بدات تتحكم في مستقبلنا و مشاعرنا…و النهاية معلومة جدا لكل الناس …
😊
🙏🏻
@Kismet-1001Nights
February 12, 2024 at 4:23 pm
“رسالتي إلى أهل غزة:
تضامن والتزام”
— الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة.
😊
🙏🏻
@Kismet-1001Nights
February 12, 2024 at 4:23 pm
“رسالتي إلى شعب إسرائيل:
سأظل دائما مؤيدا قويا لحق إسرائيل في العيش بسلام وأمن.
ولكنني أيضا ملتزم تماما بالعمل من أجل أن يكون الفلسطينيون قادرين على إقامة دولتهم والاعتراف بحقهم في تقرير المصير وإنهاء الاحتلال”.
— أمين عام الأمم المتحدة.
😊
🙏🏻
@Kismet-1001Nights
February 12, 2024 at 4:23 pm
*TED 😊*
شهدت أنا وأبناء جيلي قسوة الحروب ومرارة الصراعات، ورأينا آثارها المدمرة؛ من انهيار للاقتصاد، وإهدار للموارد، وانتشار للفقر والأمية والمرض والكراهية؛ ولذا فإن رسالتي إلى قادة وحكماء العالم: “ابذلوا كل ما في وُسعكم لإطفاء نيران الحروب، اتَّحدوا وسخروا جهودكم لإنقاذ المستضعفين والمشرَّدين، فالتاريخ سيذكركم بما حققتموه لشعوبكم وللإنسانية من استقرار وعدل وسلام”.
— Dr Ahmed Al-Tayeb 🎓
The Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar🎓
😊
🙏🏻
@China-129
February 12, 2024 at 4:37 pm
Perfection isn’t human. Human beings are not perfect. What evokes our love is the imperfection of the human being. So, when the imperfection of the real person peaks through, say, ‘This is a challenge to my compassion.’ Then make a try, and something might begin to get going, a relationship of one kind or the other. *—Joseph Campbell,* Pathways to Bliss
@China-129
February 12, 2024 at 4:38 pm
When we tell ourself that our life will get better if someone significant to us changes, we are putting our mood in another person’s hands. That situation invites chaos and confusion, disappointment and depression. Soften what is rigid in your mind. Lasting peace comes to us through our own actions and thoughts and never through attaching our hopes on the actions and thoughts of another. Please don’t ever give another person the power to affect your emotions to the point where you need them to do something before you will feel good. Realize that the power to feel positively resides within us. Even if you are waiting for someone to apologize or acknowledge that they’ve hurt you, you are giving them power over you. Forgive them for your own sake and move forward. You will feel lighter and happier as soon as you break that emotional expectation. Live from your own center and set your intentions each day only for yourself.
@China-129
February 12, 2024 at 4:38 pm
Taking responsibility for ourselves rather than trying to control others may be challenging. We may be use to telling people how they should act or even doing things for them. That is a prescription for unhappiness. Someone else’s behaviors are exclusively their responsibility. People learn by experiencing fully the consequences of their actions. People grow through experiencing the consequences of their actions. Covering up someone’s behaviors so that they escape the consequences of their actions is harmful to them and to our own integrity. Most importantly, focusing on someone else’s life keeps us from examining our own life. Spend some time at the beginning of each day setting intentions for yourself. Keep your thoughts peaceful and positive and focused on improvements you can make to your own precious and valuable life. Let everybody else focus on other life.
@ShahrezadNorMohammadiy9116
February 12, 2024 at 5:07 pm
“Because I haven’t yet learned the simplest and most important thing of all: the world is difficult, and we are all breakable. So just be kind.”
—Caitlin Moran
@ShahrezadNorMohammadiy9116
February 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
A woman brought you into this world, so you have no right to disrespect one
@AyuCell-Intan
February 12, 2024 at 5:43 pm
TED❤
Let her be confident
Let her be brave
Let her know beauty
Is more than her face
Let her be strong
Let her know her own mind
And for the most part
Let life be too kind
But when it’s not –
When the days feel tough
Let her know she’s
Bolstered fiercely by love
Let her keep dreaming
Awake or asleep
Let her know feelings
Do not make her weak
So let her be gentle
Compassionate too
But let her be bold
In her quest for the truth
Let the world listen
Whenever she speaks
Let her move mountains
And dance at their peaks
Let her catch galaxies,
Comets and stars
Let her ride moonbeams
Like rockets to Mars
No matter her stature
Let her stand tall
And most important
And vital of all
Let her be happy
And know her own worth
Know that sometimes
She must put herself first
And let her be proud,
Be determined and free
To be anything
That she chooses to be …🥀
@AyuCell-Intan
February 12, 2024 at 5:46 pm
TED❤
She smiled and whispered:
“The next time that someone calls you
too fat or too thin,
too pale or too dark,
too wrinkled or too smooth,
too freckled or too tanned,
too this or too that,
Remember that there are no ugly people
Only people incapable of seeing beauty.”
@peachmango5347
February 12, 2024 at 5:54 pm
Migration to countries that offer generous welfare states must be good for the climate because it is the agenda of the WEF and other global elites.
@Catherine0fRussia-1234
February 12, 2024 at 6:15 pm
When we are young, it’s the illusion of perfection that we fall in love with. As we age, it’s the humanness that we fall in love with- the poignant stories of overcoming, the depthful vulnerability of aging, the struggles that grew us in karmic stature, the way a soul shaped itself to accommodate its circumstances. With less energy to hold up our armor, we are revealed and, in the revealing, we call out to each other’s hearts. Where before wounds turned us off, they are now revealed as proof that God exists. Where we once saw imperfect scars, we now see evidence of a life fully lived. *~Jeff Brown*
@Catherine0fRussia-1234
February 12, 2024 at 6:16 pm
I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile because it’s impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren’t feeling twinkly yourself. A mouth-smile is different. You can fake a mouth-smile any time you want, simply by moving your lips. I’ve also learned that a real mouth-smile always has an eye-smile to go with it. So watch out, I say, when someone smiles at you but his eyes stay the same. It’s sure to be a phony. *~Roald Dahl*
@NavarroEu
February 12, 2024 at 8:07 pm
The solution? Finish capitalism, thats the one no one wants to talz about
@peterdollins3610
February 12, 2024 at 9:40 pm
Pure waffle. Not one concrete thing.
@juliahello6673
February 12, 2024 at 10:11 pm
I wish he’d explained those categories. What is electricity? Source of electricity, like renewables? Transitioning to electric appliances? What is industry? Does that include commercial buildings? The big part of his talk was passed over.
@MinusEighty
February 13, 2024 at 5:23 pm
Yeah isn’t an economist, so he has no business speaking on how to reduce emissions
@reginaerekson9139
February 12, 2024 at 11:42 pm
2:34 considering climate change and associated costs of housing… I think we should try out housing design that takes advantage of the weather and biomass for energy needs and maybe we should use composting toilets…. They have a luxury earthship in New Mexico I think it’s air bnb? It will teach you to be mindful of resources from a daily living perspective.
@thewefactor1
February 13, 2024 at 1:26 am
The underlying need to the damaging effects of capitalism and its effects to the planet – Really whether communism, socialism or capitalism the real problem is there are too many human beings living on the planet, but it seems that all of these global issues with the climate stem from the massive exploitation of Earth to support its equally massive population. This all seemingly has happened during the rise and fall of capitalism… However, a worldwide birth control so as the natural death rate surpasses the live birth rate until the human populations of the world fall under 1 billion (1800’s levels), but ideally closer to population levels prior to the pre-industrial society. Starting with a 5 year stop birth worldwide…
@DharmikKothari
February 13, 2024 at 3:27 am
If all people on earth become Jain then all problem on earth will be solved.. Hypothetically u can think of it and come to conclusion easily.
No scientific procedure will solve this issue but a physiological will do. So good religion should to spread
@abdelkaioumbouaicha
February 13, 2024 at 4:29 am
📝 Summary of Key Points:
📌 Science is crucial in addressing the climate crisis by conducting meta-analyses to determine effective climate solutions.
🧐 Cutting greenhouse gas emissions is the most crucial step in addressing climate change, and early action is essential.
🚀 Different types of climate solutions include emergency brake solutions, infrastructure solutions, and nature-based solutions.
🚀 Efforts should be geographically focused to have the most impact, addressing air pollution caused by fossil fuels.
🚀 Building a portfolio of actions that cut emissions and utilize carbon removal is important.
🚀 Effective action requires evidence-based solutions, affordability, readiness, geographic focus, equity, and alignment with the carbon problem.
🚀 There is a narrow window of opportunity to address climate change, and every action and resource counts.
💡 Additional Insights and Observations:
💬 “Climate change is a cumulative problem, and the longer we wait, the less effective the solutions will be.”
📊 Carbon removal has a relatively small impact compared to emissions cuts.
🌐 The importance of using science and data to guide climate interventions and focus efforts where they will have the most impact.
📣 Concluding Remarks:
The video emphasizes the importance of using science to guide climate action and highlights the urgency of addressing the climate crisis. It stresses the need for early action, cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and utilizing various types of climate solutions. The video also emphasizes the importance of geographic focus, equity, and alignment with the carbon problem. With a narrow window of opportunity, every action and resource counts in addressing climate change.
Generated using TalkBud
@cybersekkin
February 13, 2024 at 7:32 am
A lot of just trust us, we will be fair and spread the costs and hurt to everyone. Sadly like each plan so far, the costs are all focused on the middle and lower classes, as is the sacrifice. In short he is more than willing to offer our money and our restrictions, while the leader class will do as they wish relying on our sacrifices. Just “trust me bro”is not a plan to those of us getting tired of being stepped all over.
@maxrose8845
February 13, 2024 at 7:54 am
A lot of misguided hate on this video. It’s not about the details of the solutions, he’s telling us that we need to rethink our climate based investments, and where we get the most results from the smallest amount invested.
@Merope4ever
February 13, 2024 at 9:18 am
He’s totally not believing his own story. He’s telling us there is hope, with so much extra conviction. Wow. Completely overcompensating for what he thinks is a lie. The irony is, he is actually right. But instinctively you don’t believe him, because he doesn’t believe it himself. Worst Ted talk. So many bad choices came together when deciding how to do this. So much fear of the future and what we awful sinners are doing to the earth. And then he covers it up with a thin layer of fake optimism. It’s because of this that people lose faith alltogether.
@nickschroeder9358
February 13, 2024 at 10:25 am
Without the atmosphere or even just the GHGs especially WV there are no clouds, ice, snow, oceans or 30% albedo and Earth would become much like the Moon, a barren rock ball, 400 K lit side, 100 K dark thus negating the GHE. (UCLA Diviner)
“UCAR TFK 2009 GHE energy budget” uses 63 twice, a math error, and creates an “extra” 396 out of a S-B BB calculation moving energy from cooler to warmer w/o work and violating LoT.
Kinetic heat transfer processes of contiguous atmospheric molecules render a Black Body surface and “extra” GHE energy impossible.
There is no GHE or CAGW.
Science has a documented history of being wrong and abusing those who corrected it, e.g. Anaxagoras, caloric, phlogiston, plate tectonics, luminiferous ether, antiseptic surgeries, spontaneous generation, etc.
Since both GHE & CAGW climate “science” are indefensible rubbish alarmists must resort to fear mongering lies, lawsuits, censorship and violence.
@ronkirk5099
February 13, 2024 at 1:13 pm
The conclusion showing where money would be most effectively spent, where government is spending money and where the private sector is spending money really highlights the FAILURE of capitalism to solve climate change effectively. How do you fix that imbalance? Government regulation?, incentives?, or what?
@maxlife9721
February 13, 2024 at 1:33 pm
Ha… he means where to put money to launder because of this climate scam that’s been here for hundreds of thousands of years that we have no effect on
@MinusEighty
February 13, 2024 at 5:21 pm
This guy is goofy. There is no crisis. He is a political activist slash lobbyist that runs Project Drawdown. His solutions are whack and they would ruin the economy.
@j.e.9017
February 13, 2024 at 7:50 pm
So I was doing a bit of studying the other day and the idea of the bering land bridge came up which is scientifically accepted to have formed and melted countless times throughout the history of planet Earth. My question is that if vehicle and industrial co2 pollution is causing the seas to rise and glaciers to melt like they tell us…then was it vehicle and industrial co2 pollution which caused previous the climate changes and glacial melting tens of thousands of years ago? And before that? And before that? And before that? And if so…is it then quite possible that we just haven’t dug deep enough to find evidence of these ancient vehicles and technologies?
@valeriezaitzieff1462
February 14, 2024 at 7:36 am
Its not industrial polution causing the glaciers to melt & the sea levels to rise. Its the solar flares emited by our sun. But no climate change activist ever mentions this because no one can control the sun or make money from the truth!
@climatebreak
February 13, 2024 at 8:43 pm
not a single mention of SOLAR WTH?! the ipcc’s 6th report clearly states solar is the most viable way forward and yet you and other scientists dance around the subject! less than $1k gets you 400+ watts of clean energy from the sun and if a broke moron like me can do it EVERYBODY can. solar is so cheap there are NO MORE EXCUSES.
@tomshinde103
February 13, 2024 at 11:13 pm
There are two types of speakers on climate change. The majority makes an emotional appeal, while there is a minority that gives you numbers to give a thought to.
The speaker falls in the minority, and pleasantly so.
It is highly unburdening to hear about the work in the field of climate change where the problems are getting talked about with statistical evidence.
@teyhoonboon5853
February 14, 2024 at 12:02 am
This lecture is great, it seems we still have room to mitigate climate change.
@m.ob.a.b.
February 14, 2024 at 1:25 am
The title says “solutions worth funding now” yet he doesn’t present at least one solution. I’m very disappointed by the clickbait.
@valeriezaitzieff1462
February 14, 2024 at 7:27 am
I think most of our climate change depends on the sun & other factors we can’t control.
@hughwalden1183
February 14, 2024 at 3:01 pm
This hasn’t provided any solutions plus renewables are not the answer, too intermittent
@franciscojose6496
February 14, 2024 at 3:25 pm
Intelligent channel no doubt