NatureNow: Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot make short film on the climate crisis

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This is not a drill. My name is Greta Thunberg.

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We are living in the beginning of a mass exøncøon.

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Our climate is breaking down.

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Children like me are giving up their educaøon to protest.

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But we can søll fix this. You can søll fix this.

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To survive, we need to stop burning fossil fuels. But this alone will not be enough.

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Lots of soluøons are talked about. But what about the soluøon that is right in front of us?

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I’ll let my friend George explain.

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There is a magic machine that sucks carbon out of the air, costs very li le, and builds itself. It’s called, a tree.

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A tree is an example of a natural climate soluøon.

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Mangroves, peatbogs, jungles, marshes, seabeds, kelp forests, swamps, coral reefs, they take carbon out of the air and lock it away.

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Nature is a tool we can use to repair our broken climate.

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These natural climate soluøons could make a massive difference.

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Pre y cool, right?

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But only if we also leave fossil fuels in the ground.

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Here’s the crazy part: right now we are ignoring them.

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We spend 1000 øme more on global fossil fuels subsidies than natural based soluøons.

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Natural climate soluøons get just 2% of all the money used on tackling climate breakdown.

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This is your money. It is your taxes and your savings.

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Even more crazy, when we need nature the most, we’re destroying it faster than ever.

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Up to 200 species are going exønct every single day.

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Much of the arcøc ice is gone. Most of our wild animals have gone. Much of our soil has gone.

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So what should we do?

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What should you do?

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It’s simple. We need to protect, restore, and fund.

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Protect. Tropical forests are being cut down at the rate of 30 football pitches a minute.

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Where Nature is doing something vital, we must protect it.

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Restore. Much of our planet has been damaged.

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But Nature can regenerate, and we can help ecosystems bounce back.

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Fund.

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We need to stop funding things that destroy Nature, and pay for things that help it.

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It is that simple. Protect. Restore. Fund.

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This can happen everywhere. Many people have already begun using natural climate soluøons. We need to do it on a massive scale.

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You can be part of this.

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Vote for people who defend nature.

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Share this video. Talk about this.

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All around the world there are amazing movements. Fighøng for Nature. Join them.

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Everything counts. What you do, counts.