Is the world waking up to climate change?
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2019
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Students are cutting class, and workers are striking worldwide. At the UN, governments will be held accountable for promises made in the Paris Accords. Multinational corporations are feeling international pressure. Will activism and awareness add up to action?
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| 0:00.0 | Carolinas are being swamped by these heavy rains and high winds from Hurricane Florence. |
| 0:07.0 | The best scientists in the world are all telling us that our activities are changing the climate. |
| 0:12.0 | I don't think it's a hoax. I think there's probably a difference, but I don't know that it's man-made. |
| 0:17.0 | Experts say that we have until 2030 to avoid catastrophe. |
| 0:21.6 | Hi, I'm Armin Alney and this is to the point. |
| 0:24.6 | The United Nations has called a special session on climate change. |
| 0:28.6 | Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish girl who's become a worldwide celebrity for activism on this issue, |
| 0:34.6 | took a sailboat across the Atlantic Ocean in order to be able |
| 0:39.3 | to attend the session without adding to her climate footprint. And she addressed a Joint Committee |
| 0:44.3 | of Congress. |
| 0:45.3 | My name is Greta Thunberg. I have not come to offer any prepared remarks at this hearing. |
| 0:53.3 | I am instead attaching my testimony. It is the IPCC Special Report on |
| 0:59.0 | Global Warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius, the SR 1.5, which was released on October 8th, 2018. |
| 1:08.0 | I am submitting this report as my testimony because I don't want you to listen to me. |
| 1:13.6 | I want you to listen to the scientists and I want you to unite behind the science. |
| 1:20.6 | And then I want you to take real action. Thank you. |
| 1:23.6 | The need for meaningful action is already the theme of events in the U.S. and around the world. |
| 1:30.4 | There's a global school strike by students and a work stoppage by the employees of some major companies. |
| 1:37.6 | Polita Clark is a business columnist for the Financial Times speaking to us from London. |
| 1:42.8 | Thanks so much for being on our program. |
| 1:44.4 | Pleasure to be here, Warren. You reached out to a number of companies to check on where they |
| 1:48.7 | were with regard to what's being called a climate strike. Tell us, if you will, a little bit |
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