0:00:09.300,0:00:15.590
All of us live in the shadow of an ominous[br]future. None of us can be certain what the

0:00:15.590,0:00:20.760
years and decades ahead will bring... but[br]fleeting glimpses have begun to appear in

0:00:20.760,0:00:24.100
the here-and-now. And they are terrifying.

0:00:24.100,0:00:27.259
Fires ravaging Brazil and it’s Amazon rainforest

0:00:27.259,0:00:29.869
Super-typhoon Haiyan has made a direct hit.

0:00:29.869,0:00:33.390
In this Mozambique port city of Beira, an[br]inland ocean

0:00:33.390,0:00:35.170
Continental Europe is baking.

0:00:35.170,0:00:37.930
feels like you’re sitting in an oven.

0:00:37.930,0:00:42.870
For years, climate scientists’ increasingly[br]urgent warnings have fallen on the deaf ears

0:00:42.870,0:00:47.140
of capitalist technocrats from the extractive[br]industries, and their acolytes in the halls

0:00:47.140,0:00:53.179
of state power. Faced with the apparent inaction[br]of these decision-makers, environmental activists

0:00:53.179,0:00:58.640
and non-profits have opted to simply shout[br]louder... seemingly unaware that they’re

0:00:58.640,0:01:01.000
speaking the wrong language.

0:01:01.000,0:01:07.460
The most dire predictions of the UN’s Intergovernmental[br]Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, have repeatedly

0:01:07.460,0:01:13.410
failed to keep up with the pace and trajectory[br]of ecological devastation. This problem stems

0:01:13.410,0:01:18.330
from a persistent inability to predict and[br]account for the cascading, mutually-reinforcing

0:01:18.330,0:01:20.930
nature of runaway feedback loops.

0:01:20.930,0:01:28.660
With each passing year, this situation gets[br]worse. As glaciers recede and ice-shelves

0:01:28.660,0:01:33.220
collapse, record-breaking forest fires in[br]Alaska and Siberia foreshadow the thawing

0:01:33.220,0:01:39.120
of the Arctic permafrost — a volatile wildcard[br]with the potential to dump more carbon into

0:01:39.120,0:01:45.400
the atmosphere than the sum total released[br]during the past two centuries of human activity.

0:01:45.400,0:01:50.570
Heatwaves and droughts claim the lives of[br]millions of people each year, a majority of

0:01:50.570,0:01:56.970
whom are children from the Global South. And[br]while the great mass of humanity swelters

0:01:56.970,0:02:02.740
here on land, temperatures are rising even[br]more rapidly in the oceans. This is leading

0:02:02.740,0:02:08.130
to mass die-offs in what were once some of[br]the richest areas of biodiversity on the planet,

0:02:08.130,0:02:11.420
and spawning more frequent and violent mega-storms.

0:02:11.420,0:02:16.680
And yet, despite the incredibly drastic situation[br]that we face, much of the mainstream discourse

0:02:16.680,0:02:21.370
around climate change remains aimed at competing[br]with oil industry propaganda to convince the

0:02:21.370,0:02:27.250
public that the phenomenon even exists. And[br]despite the vast amount of time and resources

0:02:27.250,0:02:34.060
devoted to this task, millions of people continue[br]to loudly claim that global warming is a hoax,

0:02:34.080,0:02:36.940
including the President of the United States.

0:02:37.840,0:02:42.560
Over the next thirty minutes, we’ll take[br]a closer look at some of the potential implications

0:02:42.560,0:02:49.050
and underlying causes of this slowly unfolding[br]disaster. Along the way, we’ll talk to a

0:02:49.050,0:02:53.770
number of individuals as they share their[br]personal experiences fighting their alienation

0:02:53.770,0:02:58.750
from the natural world, pushing back against[br]ecologically-destructive industrial development

0:02:58.750,0:03:04.880
projects... and making a whole lot of trouble.

0:03:44.600,0:03:50.400
The climate emergency is affecting people[br]here and now all over the world.

0:03:50.430,0:03:55.459
There’s still this portrayal and thinking[br]along the lines of “oh, we still have eight

0:03:55.459,0:04:02.270
years or ten years to really respond.” or[br]maybe even change things, or quote unquote

0:04:02.270,0:04:06.840
you still hear “save the earth,” which[br]is, an enormous amount of hubris that goes

0:04:06.840,0:04:12.239
along with that, as well as just being factually[br]inaccurate. You can look out your window anywhere

0:04:12.239,0:04:18.549
you are on the planet right now and see it’s[br]upon us now. We need to behave accordingly

0:04:18.549,0:04:22.470
because of that and not pretend that it’s[br]out in the future and there’s still time

0:04:22.470,0:04:26.039
to avoid what’s upon us.

0:04:26.039,0:04:31.921
Worldwide all of the climates together, they[br]act together. What happens on the other side

0:04:31.921,0:04:38.809
of the world affects us here. Climate change,[br]we’re already seeing the effects on animals

0:04:38.809,0:04:44.590
that are in our region that don’t normally[br]live here. We also have a great deal of changes

0:04:44.590,0:04:50.150
in the water temperatures, so it affects salmon[br]numbers. The habitats of the salmon are being

0:04:50.150,0:04:56.090
changed with soil erosion as well as deforestation[br]from industry. Most of these industries don’t

0:04:56.090,0:04:57.740
clean up any of their messes.

0:04:57.740,0:05:02.779
Whether it’s the amazon or if it’s the[br]arctic, all of those different ecosystems

0:05:02.779,0:05:08.970
are now as a result, moving outside of the[br]equilibrium that they’ve been in for, say,

0:05:08.970,0:05:09.520
several hundred thousand years

0:05:09.520,0:05:12.400
that have allowed us to live on this planet

0:05:12.400,0:05:14.720
in the way that we do in this kind of harmony.

0:05:15.680,0:05:20.960
That means huge shifts in the now and where[br]humans and other animals area able to live.

0:05:21.840,0:05:26.400
This process is being exacerbated by capitalism.

0:05:28.240,0:05:35.280
Glaciers receding around the planet dramatically[br]is the perfect illustration of the impact

0:05:35.300,0:05:42.550
that industrialization and corporate capitalism[br]is having. Just in the Himalayas alone, there’s

0:05:42.550,0:05:47.830
1.5 billion people that at current rates of[br]ice loss in the Himalayas and in the Hindu

0:05:47.830,0:05:55.150
Kush specifically, that by 2100 may not have[br]any water for drinking and irrigation. And

0:05:55.150,0:05:59.639
that’s just talking about glaciers, I mean[br]we could say similar things when we talk about

0:05:59.639,0:06:05.719
ocean acidification, the warming of the oceans,[br]sea level rise, all these other really, really

0:06:05.719,0:06:08.400
dramatic and obvious impacts of the climate[br]crisis.

0:06:09.600,0:06:14.560
The latest now, on that state of emergency[br]in Venice. Water levels are even higher this

0:06:14.599,0:06:17.180
morning, the city’s worst flooding in more[br]than 50 years.

0:06:17.200,0:06:23.120
The Indonesian capital Jakarta is slowly sinking. [br]By 2030, half of the city will be

0:06:23.120,0:06:26.240
below sea level.

0:06:27.600,0:06:31.300
The simplest way to explain a feedback loop[br]is, the more something happens, the more something

0:06:31.300,0:06:37.919
happens. The most famous and easy to explain[br]feedback loop perhaps is the loss of summer

0:06:37.919,0:06:43.619
sea ice in the arctic. So when the sea ice[br]is there, it reflects most of the sun rays

0:06:43.619,0:06:49.930
back into space and that solar radiation,[br]the heat, with it. As the atmosphere warms

0:06:49.930,0:06:56.419
and the sea ice melts, then the ocean around[br]it more is exposed and it absorbs more of

0:06:56.419,0:07:03.430
that sunlight and heat, which then makes the[br]ice melt faster which then means the ocean

0:07:03.440,0:07:06.560
absorbs more heat, and so it goes.

0:07:07.760,0:07:13.729
According to a new report experts say that[br]we have until 2030 to avoid catastrophe. It

0:07:13.729,0:07:19.419
also says if unprecedented changes are not[br]made soon, there will be irreversible damage

0:07:19.419,0:07:24.379
to the planet. The report focuses on what[br]could happen if global temperatures rise by

0:07:24.400,0:07:29.200
more than 1.5 degrees Celcius, or 2.7 degrees[br]Fahrenheit.

0:07:30.160,0:07:38.000
The problem is the IPCC fails to include the[br]rapidity of the feedback loops and the non-linear

0:07:38.029,0:07:43.150
nature. So it’s not just things are increasing[br]like this, but they're increasing like that.

0:07:43.150,0:07:47.069
And I think that’s a concept that’s very[br]important for people to understand, and also

0:07:47.069,0:07:50.999
one that unfortunately a lot of people don’t[br]understand, and it’s because their simply

0:07:50.999,0:07:53.840
not being told by the corporate press.

0:07:54.800,0:08:01.280
There’s this idea that climate disaster[br]is going to level systems of power. That we

0:08:01.310,0:08:07.520
are going to be affected at the same rate[br]and thus have the ability to build power as

0:08:07.520,0:08:12.029
politicians and elites are simultaneously[br]dis-empowered. But this is not how it’s

0:08:12.029,0:08:18.659
worked so far. People who have the incentive[br]to fight against climate change are going

0:08:18.659,0:08:25.429
to be fighting the rise of fascists and militant[br]citizen groups trying to hoard and protect

0:08:25.440,0:08:31.280
resources, as well as the militarization of[br]the state and natural disasters.

0:08:32.400,0:08:37.750
Dealing with climate change means dealing[br]with inequality, means dealing with systems

0:08:37.750,0:08:44.620
of injustice. The impacts are disproportionate[br]and intersectional right. The impacts of the

0:08:44.620,0:08:50.611
climate emergency are especially felt by low-income[br]communities, by racialized communities, by

0:08:50.640,0:08:53.200
people in the global south.

0:08:53.840,0:08:59.300
People of color, indigenous people in particular,[br]are most likely the most impacted by climate

0:08:59.300,0:09:01.680
change and industrial disasters.

0:09:02.640,0:09:08.320
I think what we’re now starting to realize[br]is that climate change is more than just about

0:09:08.360,0:09:14.199
carbon. it’s about a way of life, a way[br]of being, it’s about an understanding of

0:09:14.199,0:09:19.100
the world, the understanding of nature, the[br]understanding of who we are. And what we’re

0:09:19.100,0:09:24.250
starting to realize is that in order for us[br]to change our approach to the climate, we

0:09:24.250,0:09:29.240
really have to change everything that we do.[br]Looking at climate change, looking at solutions,

0:09:29.240,0:09:34.899
is a lot more than just thinking about techno[br]fixes, it’s about re-writing our entire

0:09:34.899,0:09:37.520
operating system.

0:09:47.840,0:09:54.880
On Friday September 20th, 2019, millions of[br]people from more than 160 countries took to

0:09:54.880,0:09:59.600
the streets, in what’s been described as[br]the largest climate protests in human history.

0:10:02.880,0:10:08.550
These rallies and demonstrations were led[br]by young people, particularly high school

0:10:08.550,0:10:13.810
students responding to 16 year old Swedish[br]activist Greta Thunberg’s call to skip class

0:10:13.810,0:10:17.019
and participate in what was dubbed a ‘climate[br]strike’.

0:10:17.019,0:10:21.930
Thunberg, who has been skipping class herself[br]every Friday for the past year to protest

0:10:21.930,0:10:27.920
politicians’ inaction on climate change,[br]is an impressive figure.

0:10:30.880,0:10:36.560
Her withering speeches to world leaders, in which she berates them for their shameless

0:10:36.569,0:10:40.960
insincerity and their crimes against future generations, resonate with a public that has grown increasingly

0:10:40.960,0:10:46.640
frustrated by their so-called leaders’ inability[br]to stop this slow-moving apocalypse.

0:10:47.790,0:10:53.200
But as impressive as this massive upsurge[br]in mobilization and awareness has been, these

0:10:53.250,0:10:58.000
rallies will accomplish very little in and[br]of themselves, other than provide yet another

0:10:58.000,0:11:03.600
exercise in recuperation and an opportunity[br]for political re-branding. And that is because

0:11:03.600,0:11:07.991
they are premised on a comforting, naive,[br]and ultimately false conception of

0:11:08.000,0:11:09.680
how the world works.

0:11:09.920,0:11:14.560
The true mechanisms of power that are driving[br]us down the path of climate destruction are

0:11:14.600,0:11:20.220
not swayed by protests. Capitalism, as it[br]turns out, also has a pretty strong survival

0:11:20.220,0:11:25.879
instinct. And its drive for self-preservation[br]is based on perpetual economic growth... a

0:11:25.879,0:11:30.760
principle that every single state and the[br]entire architecture of global finance exists

0:11:30.760,0:11:34.000
to uphold.

0:11:34.000,0:11:37.829
Ridding ourselves of the fairy tale notion[br]that we can somehow avoid the worst effects

0:11:37.829,0:11:43.339
of global warming if we organize a big enough[br]rally does not necessarily entail giving up,

0:11:43.339,0:11:48.949
or succumbing to fatalistic despair. Instead[br]it can and should serve as a sobering call

0:11:48.949,0:11:54.899
to brace ourselves to the harsh reality that[br]politicians aren’t going to save us.

0:11:54.899,0:11:58.160
And that we need to start acting accordingly.

0:12:10.560,0:12:22.560
Climate change is like the earth going into[br]shock from a gunshot wound. And it makes no

0:12:22.560,0:12:30.320
sense to try to talk about solving the problem[br]without talking about the bullet, which is

0:12:30.320,0:12:37.600
our current capitalist, extractive resource-dependent[br]civilization.

0:12:38.400,0:12:45.839
I don’t see us rapidly changing soon enough[br]to stop climate change. It’s not just running

0:12:45.839,0:12:50.870
a vehicle that’s creating climate change.[br]The mass amount of industrialization and disconnect

0:12:50.870,0:12:55.930
from our planet is what’s creating the climate[br]change. We just feel that ‘oh, I’m entitled

0:12:55.930,0:13:02.240
to this.’ That the way we live today in[br]a modern life—that that has to keep existing.

0:13:03.600,0:13:09.680
People know the basics of climate change and[br]ecological destruction at this point, and

0:13:09.709,0:13:15.100
I think we need to abandon this insistence[br]on education, or raising awareness. Education

0:13:15.100,0:13:20.879
is great, for a while, but I think what is[br]needed is groups of people who trust each

0:13:20.880,0:13:26.320
other to feel empowered and act. And supported[br]when they do.

0:13:27.840,0:13:33.140
I mean does anyone really, taking a sober[br]assessment of the situation in this country

0:13:33.140,0:13:39.079
today politically, think that any pressure[br]can be brought to bear to change a system

0:13:39.079,0:13:47.050
where fascists essentially rule the White[br]House, the Supreme Court and the Senate?

0:13:47.050,0:13:53.110
Does it make sense to use traditional methods of[br]information-spreading and organization to

0:13:53.110,0:13:57.819
try to apply pressure to an authoritarian[br]regime? Would it make a whole lot of sense

0:13:57.819,0:14:02.880
for there to be a traditionally-organized[br]environmental movement in Russia trying to

0:14:02.880,0:14:09.510
apply pressure to President Putin to have[br]better climate policy? And anyone that’s

0:14:09.510,0:14:14.680
gonna really argue differently about that[br]in this country is just not taking a very

0:14:14.680,0:14:19.360
clear, honest look at the situation this country’s[br]already in.

0:14:19.920,0:14:26.790
Movements in other countries know that politicians[br]don’t willingly give up their power. Incapacitating

0:14:26.800,0:14:30.480
systems that harm them is really what changes[br]things.

0:14:31.760,0:14:35.980
I would say my main critique of the mainstream[br]environmental movement in general is that

0:14:35.980,0:14:42.310
it’s too liberal. The mainstream environmental[br]movement, at least as we see it on television,

0:14:42.310,0:14:46.550
is really a movement that features people[br]who are fairly comfortable with the status

0:14:46.550,0:14:51.740
quo—with capitalism, with colonialism and[br]all these other things. And don’t really

0:14:51.760,0:14:54.400
want to challenge them.

0:15:09.120,0:15:15.920
It’s exciting to see momentum around the[br]urgency of climate change, but it’s also

0:15:15.939,0:15:21.769
important to recognize that groups like Extinction[br]Rebellion are still operating from the basic

0:15:21.769,0:15:27.520
idea that appealing to power is an effective[br]way to bring about change.

0:15:28.480,0:15:35.600
Really, XR I think needs to be able to engage[br]much more closely with the communities that

0:15:35.639,0:15:41.100
are affected by these disruptions to understand[br]what kinds of activities would they support.

0:15:41.100,0:15:45.519
And that means broadening the discussion around[br]climate change, so that people can begin to

0:15:45.519,0:15:49.820
see it’s not just about extinction in a[br]far-flung future. That it’s something a

0:15:49.820,0:15:55.949
bit abstract to think about. That that same[br]system is destroying lives here and now. That’s

0:15:55.949,0:16:00.569
the system that people are worried about.[br]Y’know, they’re struggling to pay their

0:16:00.569,0:16:05.170
bills. They’re kind of reeling under the[br]impacts of austerity. It’s that same system

0:16:05.170,0:16:08.810
that is basically destroying the planet, and[br]destroying our ecosystems.

0:16:08.810,0:16:13.490
The large climate marches that we’ve seen[br]more recently—these marches of hundreds

0:16:13.490,0:16:19.380
of thousands of people—show me that we have[br]enough human beings who care. The question

0:16:19.380,0:16:25.090
is whether those people are willing to use[br]the tactics necessary. Whether they’re willing

0:16:25.120,0:16:30.080
and able to learn from other movements in[br]history, and from more grassroots,

0:16:30.080,0:16:32.720
direct-action oriented movements.

0:16:33.840,0:16:38.930
The premise of direct action is that you are[br]not appealing to a larger power than yourself

0:16:38.930,0:16:43.730
to enact change. You’re taking power into[br]your own hands instead of trying to figure

0:16:43.730,0:16:49.380
out what you could do that would help someone[br]else make that change happen for you.

0:16:49.380,0:16:56.949
Direct action from Indigenous-led land defence[br]and water defence has proven over time that

0:16:56.949,0:17:01.720
we can go back to humble ways of living. We[br]can reduce our consumption.

0:17:01.720,0:17:05.890
It requires a smaller number of people, but[br]it requires a higher level of risk. And that’s

0:17:05.920,0:17:11.280
often why people from a more comfortable background[br]don’t want to do that kind of action.

0:17:12.000,0:17:18.400
Mothers in marginalized communities have historically[br]been on the forefront, because marginalized

0:17:18.400,0:17:24.710
communities are often receiving the first[br]blow of the horrors of our ecological and

0:17:24.710,0:17:26.790
social and economic collapse.

0:17:26.790,0:17:32.040
The project of fighting climate change in[br]the long term also means essentially getting

0:17:32.040,0:17:38.130
rid of capitalism. That we have to move to[br]other economic systems and overturn the legacy

0:17:38.160,0:17:45.200
of colonialism that was the original way to[br]impose capitalism on most of the world.

0:17:45.920,0:17:51.120
We need to look at how we can dismantle these[br]kinds of systems. We have it in us to turn

0:17:51.140,0:17:54.870
things around, but there’s a lot to let[br]go of.

0:17:54.870,0:17:59.550
We have to get very very real about the situation[br]that we’re in. And that’s gonna call on

0:17:59.550,0:18:05.600
something different within each one of us,[br]as far as how committed are we to

0:18:05.600,0:18:07.280
walking our talk?

0:18:07.280,0:18:11.660
That’s the action that these kids are really[br]marching for. That’s the real action that

0:18:11.680,0:18:17.600
needs to happen. A complete overhaul and dismantling of society.

0:18:25.280,0:18:30.960
According to official statistics from the[br]UN Refugee Agency, 16.1 million people were

0:18:30.960,0:18:36.880
displaced due to weather-related events in[br]2018 alone. Notably, this figure does not

0:18:36.900,0:18:41.860
include those forced from their homes by armed[br]conflicts triggered, or worsened by climate-related

0:18:41.860,0:18:43.280
factors.

0:18:44.320,0:18:49.680
A new study, released in October of 2019,[br]suggests that the number of people that will

0:18:49.690,0:18:54.110
be affected by rising sea levels in the coming[br]decades is more than three times what was

0:18:54.110,0:18:59.690
previously thought. The updated report projects[br]that 300 million people will experience annual

0:18:59.690,0:19:05.600
flooding by the year 2050, meaning that many[br]coastal cities will need to be evacuated altogether.

0:19:07.360,0:19:11.760
These figures are based on countries meeting[br]the emission reduction targets outlined in

0:19:11.760,0:19:17.120
the Paris Climate Accord, which isn’t going[br]to happen... meaning that the actual figures

0:19:17.120,0:19:19.120
are likely to be even higher.

0:19:20.320,0:19:25.120
Much of the displacement from sea level rise[br]is expected to occur in heavily-populated

0:19:25.120,0:19:32.940
regions in Asia. In Bangladesh alone, the[br]homes of 42 million people are at risk. Given

0:19:32.940,0:19:37.700
the rise of Hindu nationalism and the acute[br]threat of ethno-religious sectarianism in

0:19:37.700,0:19:42.710
the neighbouring state of India, the prospects[br]of a mass exodus from Bangladesh are particularly

0:19:42.720,0:19:49.120
grim. But it’s far from the only potential[br]geopolitical flashpoint.

0:19:49.920,0:19:54.320
The racist anxieties conjured up by the spectre[br]of unchecked migration has been a windfall

0:19:54.320,0:20:00.420
for fascist, third-positionist and identitarian[br]movements, nationalist politicians, police

0:20:00.420,0:20:05.120
forces, military planners and other advocates[br]of increased border militarization

0:20:05.120,0:20:06.960
all around the world.

0:20:08.160,0:20:12.240
Unfortunately, over the coming years and decades,[br]this trend is likely going to get

0:20:12.240,0:20:14.720
much, much worse.

0:20:25.200,0:20:32.080
The climate crisis is causing and affecting[br]a refugee crisis, or at least adding dramatically

0:20:32.110,0:20:42.580
to already existing refugee crises. For example,[br]we look at the Arab Spring. One of the foundational

0:20:42.580,0:20:48.560
causes of the Arab Spring was drought, regional[br]drought. We can remember the Arab Spring was

0:20:48.560,0:20:54.460
caused by a fruit vendor in Tunisia doing[br]self-immolation, and that was because of food

0:20:54.460,0:20:59.250
prices and because what’s happening to crops,[br]and because of governments not stepping in

0:20:59.280,0:21:01.790
to help in anyway.

0:21:02.720,0:21:11.430
A series of global climate linked food basket[br]failures before the 2011 Arab Spring led to

0:21:11.430,0:21:17.340
these big food price spikes in the year before[br]the riots broke out. And it was those food

0:21:17.340,0:21:26.110
price spikes that made basic food, like bread,[br]almost unaffordable for many people in those

0:21:26.110,0:21:32.640
parts of the world, which was one of the major[br]triggers for the outbreak of riots.

0:21:32.640,0:21:36.990
People were literally not eating and farmers[br]were literally not making it, and that spread

0:21:36.990,0:21:43.060
across the whole region, and look at what’s[br]happened today. There’s a huge immigration

0:21:43.060,0:21:48.600
crisis of people going across the Mediterranean,[br]drowning in boats, and trying to get to Europe,

0:21:48.600,0:21:50.720
and trying to get to safer countries.

0:21:50.720,0:21:56.490
The number of migrants and refugees who have[br]lost their lives in the Mediterranean in 2019

0:21:56.490,0:21:59.010
is up to 900.

0:21:59.010,0:22:01.200
... declared a state of emergency.

0:22:01.200,0:22:05.320
The summit that’s taking place next week[br]will be looking for new ways to tackle the

0:22:05.320,0:22:09.700
continent’s biggest influx of migrants since[br]the second world war.

0:22:09.700,0:22:13.830
The number of asylum seekers are very high.

0:22:13.840,0:22:20.770
Police now decide who stays and who moves[br]on deeper into Europe and into uncertainty.

0:22:21.920,0:22:28.850
So we’re already seeing governments around[br]the world move in a direction of policing

0:22:28.850,0:22:34.870
migrants, in particular, because of the climate[br]emergency and because of its impact. There

0:22:34.880,0:22:41.920
is a real essential connection and an essential[br]overlap between the migrant crisis and authoritarianism.

0:22:41.920,0:22:49.440
And we see in North America, and many parts[br]of the world, that authoritarians or would-be

0:22:49.480,0:22:57.120
authoritarians are using the migrant crisis[br]as an excuse to whip up xenophobia and racism.

0:22:57.120,0:23:04.560
And using it as an excuse to crack down at[br]borders and crackdown on undocumented people.

0:23:05.380,0:23:08.720
We look at what’s happening in the United[br]States where so many people coming to the

0:23:08.730,0:23:13.890
southern border coming up through Mexico are[br]farmers from Central America that just can’t

0:23:13.890,0:23:17.680
make it- that’s because of drought, that’s[br]because of extreme weather events and things

0:23:17.680,0:23:22.880
that never used to happen at the level that[br]they’re happening now.

0:23:26.080,0:23:33.200
Another factor is rising sea-levels. The hard[br]fact is that the amount of sea-level rise

0:23:33.760,0:23:39.500
that right now is already baked into the system;[br]meaning, if we stopped all C02 emissions on

0:23:39.500,0:23:45.780
a dime, we have meters of sea-lvel rise that[br]are inevitable now, that means every major

0:23:45.780,0:23:51.140
coastal city on the planet is gone. The question[br]is not, “if,” it is “when”. So, where

0:23:51.140,0:23:55.360
are all those hundreds of millions of people[br]going to go?

0:23:56.320,0:24:03.040
People are becoming more and more paranoid[br]and afraid, thus this human population is

0:24:03.070,0:24:09.420
becoming more and more fragile. And with that[br]fragility comes more fear-based expansion

0:24:09.440,0:24:10.830
on the militaries.

0:24:11.440,0:24:17.120
At the moment, most governments who are looking[br]at climate change... where we’re seeing

0:24:17.120,0:24:22.240
the real action is that most governments are[br]doing it through the lense of national security.

0:24:22.240,0:24:28.320
They will look at all the different ways that[br]climate change can amplify traditional security

0:24:28.350,0:24:34.960
threats- how will climate change amplify conflict?[br]How will climate change destabilize different

0:24:34.960,0:24:42.480
countries due to impact on water or impact[br]on food? And that sort of thing, so all of

0:24:42.480,0:24:49.350
the focus ends up expanding... you know you’ll[br]have militarization and police state power

0:24:49.360,0:24:56.960
in order to be prepared for what happens when[br]climate destabilizes your soc iety. After the

0:24:57.120,0:25:03.360
Arab spring, we had this massive seismic shifts[br]in politics, very rapidly across the Western

0:25:03.390,0:25:10.570
world. The election of Donald Trump, the Brexit[br]referendum, the increase in popularity of

0:25:10.570,0:25:15.040
far-right groups in Europe. And what we know [br]is that this sort of thing is

0:25:15.040,0:25:17.600
likely to continue happening.

0:25:18.000,0:25:25.680
We’re gonna see capitalism and neo-fascism[br]both exacerbating and causing these disasters,

0:25:25.680,0:25:35.200
and being involved in the aftermath whether[br]that be militias or hate crimes occurring.

0:25:37.520,0:25:43.740
Western world. Fortress Europe. Fortress Britain.[br]Is that the politics we have in store? Are

0:25:43.760,0:25:50.440
we seeing this worst-case scenario of where[br]doing nothing about climate change leads to

0:25:50.440,0:25:53.920
the rise of different forms of fascism, and[br]possibly even a form of even eco-fascism...

0:25:53.920,0:25:56.320
who knows?

0:26:15.680,0:26:20.880
Given its incredibly vast scale and complexity,[br]and the existential threat that  it poses to

0:26:20.960,0:26:25.440
the future of life on this planet, the spectre[br]of climate catastrophe can take a serious

0:26:25.440,0:26:28.480
toll on our individual and collective mental[br]health.

0:26:29.200,0:26:34.000
Unfortunately, matters aren’t helped by[br]the heavily ingrained Western tendency to

0:26:34.000,0:26:41.040
frame issues in stark, moralistic, all-or-nothing[br]terms. Environmental non-profits repeatedly

0:26:41.060,0:26:45.720
claiming that humanity has ‘one more chance[br]to save the world’ may encourage people

0:26:45.720,0:26:51.470
to come out to a rally or a march... for a[br]while. But it doesn’t do much to equip people

0:26:51.470,0:26:56.170
for the inevitable disillusionment that comes[br]when the world isn’t saved, and business

0:26:56.170,0:27:01.360
continues as usual. The question is... what[br]comes next?

0:27:01.850,0:27:07.100
Thankfully, the struggle isn’t a zero-sum[br]game. We need to accept that the effects of

0:27:07.100,0:27:11.180
climate change are already upon us, and they[br]will continue to get worse for the foreseeable

0:27:11.180,0:27:17.620
future. In order to stem and begin to reverse[br]this tide, we need to overthrow capitalism,

0:27:17.620,0:27:22.790
remove the ceaseless drive for profit as the[br]central organizational pillar of the global

0:27:22.790,0:27:28.580
economy, and build a new, more sustainable[br]civilization in its place. This monumental

0:27:28.580,0:27:33.650
task is too much for any of us to do on our[br]own. It is a historic challenge that will

0:27:33.680,0:27:39.540
require a massive shift in global consciousness,[br]and the combined, unshakable determination

0:27:39.540,0:27:44.320
of millions of people willing to risk their[br]lives. All that each of us can do is play

0:27:44.320,0:27:47.200
our own small part in this bigger whole.

0:28:21.780,0:28:29.360
I make it a point to not give suggestions[br]or advice to people about what to do about

0:28:29.360,0:28:35.630
the climate crisis. Instead I tell people[br]the most important thing to do is to get really

0:28:35.630,0:28:44.620
really quiet and listen. And really really[br]ask to be shown what is it that I need to

0:28:44.620,0:28:48.970
do to try to serve and take care of the earth.[br]What is the sense of justice that's really

0:28:48.970,0:28:56.310
calling to me, that I need to go act upon.[br]I think each one of us is going to get a very

0:28:56.320,0:29:04.080
very different message. It might be feeling[br]a deep calling to go create music, or be a

0:29:04.080,0:29:08.800
doctor, or go join extinction rebellion or[br]go do something even

0:29:08.800,0:29:11.280
much more radical than that.

0:29:13.520,0:29:20.080
So a big question is what people can do to[br]get involved and take action. Building networks

0:29:20.100,0:29:25.820
with people you trust right now. Learn skills[br]and share them with people you love. And fight

0:29:25.820,0:29:32.850
infrastructure projects in our community.[br]And take care of yourself. Recognize the ways

0:29:32.850,0:29:39.400
that all struggles for liberation are intertwined.[br]And I think primarily supporting people in

0:29:39.400,0:29:45.970
retaining or getting ownership of their land[br]back is one place to start by supporting indigenous

0:29:45.970,0:29:49.950
struggles. The highest levels of biodiversity[br]that still exist on this planet are the places

0:29:49.950,0:29:56.080
where people still live or have returned to[br]who are indigenous to that area.

0:29:58.080,0:30:05.000
For folks who are used to and conditioned[br]to having great amounts of advantages, just

0:30:05.000,0:30:11.450
understand that a lot of your advantages most[br]likely came from our devastation. There's

0:30:11.450,0:30:15.880
a lot of changes that are going to be coming[br]very soon. There's going to be a lot of things

0:30:15.880,0:30:21.090
that you're not going to like hearing. It[br]might involve folks that are disadvantaged

0:30:21.090,0:30:26.970
picking up on some advantages for once in[br]their lives. Support them. Support those movements,

0:30:26.970,0:30:31.820
support those populations. The capitalist[br]planet is not going to build a big massive

0:30:31.820,0:30:38.200
ship for us to escape and get to another planet.[br]We don't have any other options. This is our

0:30:38.200,0:30:42.700
one option. This is our one chance.

0:30:42.700,0:30:48.100
We don't have to start from scratch, we don't[br]have to reinvent the wheel. Our planet has

0:30:48.100,0:30:54.950
a rich tradition, a rich history of social[br]movements and of resistance movements, on

0:30:54.950,0:31:00.940
this continent and around the world on many[br]different time scales. And if we can understand

0:31:00.940,0:31:06.300
and learn from and celebrate those movements,[br]then we can learn the things that we need

0:31:06.300,0:31:12.430
to learn in the time that we have to take[br]action. One of the primary shortcomings of

0:31:12.430,0:31:19.130
the mainstream environmental movement has[br]been its focus on individual action. And individualism

0:31:19.130,0:31:25.210
really limits what we're able to accomplish.[br]Things like flying less or using less gasoline,

0:31:25.210,0:31:31.290
I mean these are all fine things to do, consuming[br]less if you're a kind of an affluent, privileged

0:31:31.290,0:31:39.770
person, but they only go so far. And if we[br]really want to change society and stop catastrophic

0:31:39.770,0:31:46.090
climate change, that means collective action,[br]that means organizing into groups of people

0:31:46.090,0:31:51.090
who can confront injustice in really tangible[br]ways. And that means building those groups

0:31:51.120,0:31:54.430
also into powerful movements.

0:31:58.320,0:32:03.760
It's really easy to get lost in the sense[br]of overwhelming chaos that's going on in the

0:32:03.760,0:32:10.720
world every day. And to realize that you can't[br]change all of those things as one person.

0:32:10.720,0:32:18.400
But what you can do, fundamentally and what[br]no one else can take away from you, is you

0:32:18.400,0:32:24.400
can completely change yourself,  and you can[br]act within the domain around you and change

0:32:24.400,0:32:28.720
that. When you look at your networks when[br]you look at your friend circles, when you

0:32:28.720,0:32:35.600
look at the communities that you operate in[br]when you look at your skills and your resources,

0:32:35.600,0:32:40.560
however limited they might be, what that process[br]of assessment does is it allows you to see

0:32:40.560,0:32:45.040
that actually you're far more powerful than[br]you might think you are.

0:32:46.560,0:32:55.520
Avoid getting into climate nihilism. There[br]are definitely a lot of weaknesses in the

0:32:55.520,0:33:05.600
capitalist and resource extraction machine.[br]I think that folks should just find the easiest

0:33:05.600,0:33:13.580
exploit for them to go after and find some[br]folks who wanna shut shit down, organize around

0:33:13.600,0:33:19.760
that exploit and go forth with insurrectionary[br]optimism.

0:33:21.040,0:33:24.880
I think these are very critical life and death[br]decisions and each one of us needs to take

0:33:24.930,0:33:30.230
this very very seriously. Because these are[br]decisions that a lot of us are gonna make

0:33:30.230,0:33:33.620
to literally go put our bodies on the line[br]and try to save what's left of the earth.

0:33:33.620,0:33:37.830
And that's why I would never try to tell somebody[br]what to do I think that's something that each

0:33:37.840,0:33:45.040
one of us has to take full responsibility[br]in making that decision for ourselves.

0:33:53.760,0:33:58.690
We are entering a new era – one that will[br]be inevitably characterized by increasingly

0:33:58.690,0:34:04.480
hostile weather patterns, rising sea levels,[br]shortages of fresh water, and historically

0:34:04.480,0:34:10.629
unprecedented levels of forced human migration.[br]Over the coming decades, these pressures will

0:34:10.629,0:34:15.730
lead to the sudden collapse of states, further[br]exacerbating the cycle of displacement and

0:34:15.730,0:34:20.460
offering a political justification for the[br]entrenchment of nativist reaction and the

0:34:20.460,0:34:23.420
further militarization of borders in the Global[br]North.

0:34:23.420,0:34:28.750
This will be a period of profound social,[br]economic and political strife... and if history

0:34:28.750,0:34:35.470
is any guide, it will be ugly. Yet even in[br]the tragedy, chaos and bloodshed brought about

0:34:35.470,0:34:41.330
by these seismic geopolitical shifts, there[br]will be opportunities for solidarity and mutual

0:34:41.330,0:34:46.760
aid. Humanity has faced incredible hardships[br]before, and we have persevered. As always,

0:34:46.760,0:34:53.050
the specific form that our future takes will[br]depend, in large part, on our willpower, ingenuity,

0:34:53.050,0:34:55.600
level of preparation, and capacity to resist.

0:34:56.320,0:35:01.040
So at this point, we’d like to remind you[br]that Trouble is intended to be watched in

0:35:01.060,0:35:05.520
groups, and to be used as a resource to promote[br]discussion and collective organizing. Are

0:35:05.520,0:35:11.320
you interested in incorporating a more radical[br]environmental analysis into an existing organizing

0:35:11.320,0:35:15.260
project, or in starting a campaign against[br]an ecologically destructive development in

0:35:15.260,0:35:20.650
your area? Consider getting together with[br]some comrades, organizing a screening of this

0:35:20.650,0:35:23.730
film, and discussing where to get started.

0:35:23.730,0:35:27.320
Interested in running regular screenings of[br]Trouble at your campus, infoshop, community

0:35:27.320,0:35:31.190
centre, or even just at home with friends?[br]Become a Trouble-Maker! For 10 bucks a month,

0:35:31.190,0:35:37.160
we’ll hook you up with an advance copy of[br]the show, and a screening kit featuring additional

0:35:37.160,0:35:40.800
resources and some questions you can use to[br]get a discussion going.

0:35:42.240,0:35:47.360
If you can’t afford to support us financially,[br]no worries! You can stream and/or download

0:35:47.390,0:35:54.010
all our content for free off our website:[br]sub.media/trouble. If you’ve got any suggestions

0:35:54.010,0:35:59.200
for show topics, or just want to get in touch,[br]drop us a line at trouble@sub.media.

0:35:59.760,0:36:04.620
This episode would not have been possible[br]without the generous support of Michael, Carla,

0:36:04.620,0:36:07.770
Jimmer and the good folks at the Earth First![br]Journal Collective.

0:36:07.770,0:36:12.860
We’ll be taking off a month for the holidays,[br]but stay tuned in early 2020 for Trouble 24,

0:36:12.880,0:36:18.400
where we plan on taking a closer look at anarchist[br]theories, strategies and tactics for organizing.

0:36:18.400,0:36:22.320
I mean most of the time you see them when[br]they riot. Couple 30 second clips, and that’s

0:36:22.320,0:36:28.240
about it. What is it like inside these groups...[br]and what motivates their members?

0:36:28.240,0:36:30.800
Now get out there…. and make some trouble!