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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.19,0:00:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got to start by admitting\Nthat in many ways
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.78,0:00:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me giving a talk about how climate action\Ncan help Black communities is surprising.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.12,0:00:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up poor and Black\Nwith a single mother in Tottenham,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.83,0:00:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the most deprived areas in London,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.84,0:00:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the 1970s and '80s.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.13,0:00:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Climate change was the last\Nthing on my mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.95,0:00:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And representing Tottenham as its member\Nof Parliament for the past 20 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.84,0:00:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my focus has been on trying to reduce\Nthe deprivation I grew up around.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.27,0:00:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the past, the climate crisis never\Nfeatured at the forefront of my politics
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.56,0:00:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was never one\Nof the most immediate challenges
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.27,0:00:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my constituents were facing,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.88,0:00:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or at least it didn't feel like it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.23,0:00:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rising sea levels feel unimportant\Nwhen your bank balance is falling.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.56,0:00:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Global warming is not your concern\Nwhen you can't pay the heating bills.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.65,0:00:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're not thinking about pollution\Nwhen you're being stopped by the police.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.06,0:00:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so perhaps this is why
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.93,0:00:59.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the Black Lives Matter movement\Nroared across the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.61,0:01:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's been so little mention\Nof saving Black lives
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.82,0:01:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the climate emergency.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.87,0:01:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For too long, those of us\Nwho cared about racial justice
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.70,0:01:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,treated environmental justice\Nas though it was elitist.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.20,0:01:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the same time,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.62,0:01:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the leaders who did focus\Non climate change
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.21,0:01:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were usually white
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.20,0:01:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rarely bothered to enlist the support\Nof Black voices in their work.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.45,0:01:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even progressive allies\Nsometimes took our votes for granted
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.30,0:01:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and assumed that our community didn't care\Nor wouldn't understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.75,0:01:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is the opposite is true.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.39,0:01:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black people breathe in the most toxic air\Nrelative to the general population.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.33,0:01:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are more likely to suffer\Nfrom respiratory diseases like asthma.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.80,0:01:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is people of color
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.76,0:01:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are more likely to suffer\Nin the climate crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.93,0:01:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is no coincidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.66,0:01:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cheapest housing\Ntends to be next to the busiest roads,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.22,0:02:01.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many of the lowest paid jobs\Nare in the most polluting industries.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.87,0:02:06.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People of color consistently\Nlie at the bottom of the housing,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.21,0:02:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,educational and employment ladders.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.79,0:02:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This story connects Black\Ncommunities across the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.72,0:02:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from London to Lagos to LA.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.84,0:02:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black Americans are exposed\Nto 56 percent more pollution
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.41,0:02:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than they cause.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.79,0:02:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,White Americans breathe\N17 percent less air pollution
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.14,0:02:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than they produce.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.84,0:02:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It gives a whole new meaning\Nto the Black Lives Matter slogan
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.78,0:02:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I can't breathe."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.58,0:02:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all rightly know the name\Nof George Floyd,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.89,0:02:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was murdered by the police.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.54,0:02:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we should also know the name\Nof Ella Kissi-Debrah.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.48,0:02:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ella, a nine-year-old\Nmixed-race girl from South East London,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.61,0:02:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was killed by a fatal asthma attack.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.40,0:02:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Evidence suggests this was caused
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.01,0:02:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,partly by the unlawful levels\Nof air pollution near her home.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.46,0:03:01.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not only urban areas
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.29,0:03:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where Black lives are disproportionately\Nunder threat from climate change.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.92,0:03:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents' home country of Guyana
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.84,0:03:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is one of the most vulnerable\Ncountries on Earth
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.44,0:03:14.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the effects of climate change.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.05,0:03:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So far, Guyana has contributed\Nrelatively little
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.07,0:03:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the climate emergency,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.90,0:03:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's one of the countries\Nfacing the most serious threats from it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.37,0:03:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While the annual carbon dioxide emissions\Nper head in the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.54,0:03:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a staggering 16.5 metric tons,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.58,0:03:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Guyana it's just 2.6.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.26,0:03:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a pattern repeated across the globe.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.69,0:03:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those countries that have contributed\Nleast to the climate breakdown,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.88,0:03:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mainly in the global south,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.86,0:03:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will suffer the most from floods,\Ndroughts, and rising temperatures.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.50,0:03:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a pattern of suffering\Nwith a long history.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.89,0:03:57.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The exploitation of our planet's\Nnatural resources
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.11,0:04:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has always been tied\Nto the exploitation of people of color.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.78,0:04:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The logic of colonization
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.84,0:04:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to extract valuable resources\Nfrom our planet through force,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.87,0:04:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,paying no attention\Nto its secondary effects.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.03,0:04:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The climate crisis is in a way\Ncolonialism's natural conclusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.36,0:04:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The solution is to build a new coalition
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.12,0:04:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made up of all the groups\Nmost affected by this emergency:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.55,0:04:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black people in American cities
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.70,0:04:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are already protesting\Nthat they cannot breathe;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.74,0:04:32.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people of color in Guyana\Nwatching sea levels rise
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.94,0:04:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the point where many of their homes\Nbecome uninhabitable;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.65,0:04:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,young people in places\Nlike Tottenham, London,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.33,0:04:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,afraid of the world\Nthat they will grow old in;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.30,0:04:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and progressive allies from all nations,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.85,0:04:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all races, religions,\Ncreeds and ages on their side,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.36,0:04:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all demanding recognition
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.52,0:04:54.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that climate justice is linked\Nto racial justice, social justice
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.81,0:04:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and intergenerational justice too.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.35,0:05:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And let me say something\Nabout how we build this new movement
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.94,0:05:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what it must look like.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.65,0:05:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, we need a recognition
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.20,0:05:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the climate movement\Nis not only about protecting the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.13,0:05:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is primarily about caring\Nfor the people who live on the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.80,0:05:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Globally as well as nationally,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.30,0:05:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to recognize\Nstructural imbalances and inequalities.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.81,0:05:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A radical green recovery plan\Nshould provide jobs to the people
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.94,0:05:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who've been disenfranchised for centuries,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.67,0:05:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new jobs planting trees,\Ninsulating buildings
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.00,0:05:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and working on green technologies.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.38,0:05:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cannot tackle the climate crisis\Nwithout addressing racial inequalities.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.10,0:05:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we cannot solve racial inequalities\Nwithout fixing the economic system.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.08,0:05:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The new deal the economy\Nneeds is not only green,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.41,0:05:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's green and Black.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.64,0:05:54.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second, we need more Black leaders.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.83,0:05:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It cannot be right in 2020
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.49,0:06:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that almost all the leading climate change\Nactivists we recognize are white.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.95,0:06:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At Davos this year,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.77,0:06:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,five young female members\Nof the Fridays for Future movement
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.20,0:06:14.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came together to give a press conference\Nat the World Economic Forum.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.71,0:06:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a picture\Nthe Associated Press put out.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.83,0:06:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is the original image.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.79,0:06:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the Ugandan activist, Vanessa Nakate,\Nherself put it afterwards,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.37,0:06:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You didn't just erase a photo,\Nyou erased a continent."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.90,0:06:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to look at\Nwho is being cropped out
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.71,0:06:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of leadership positions\Nin environmental organizations too.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.63,0:06:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People of color makeup around 40 percent\Nof the United States population.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.28,0:06:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So why is it a University\Nof Michigan study
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.61,0:06:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,found that the percentage of minorities\Nin leadership positions
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.13,0:06:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in US environmental organizations\Nis less than 12 percent?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.53,0:06:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Global organizations should consider
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.43,0:07:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moving their headquarters\Nto the global south
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.32,0:07:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and urban areas that are most affected\Nby the climate emergency.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.74,0:07:09.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There should be new scholarships\Nand bursaries in environmental science
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.91,0:07:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people of color.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.70,0:07:13.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Educate yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.21,0:07:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Join great movements that recognize\Nthe links between climate and race.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.90,0:07:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To name a few,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.09,0:07:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Black Environment Network\Nand Wretched of the Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.17,0:07:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And finally,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.36,0:07:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,racial injustice and climate injustice\Nare both rooted in the evil notion
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.73,0:07:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that some lives\Nare more important than others.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.41,0:07:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you march to say Black Lives Matter\Nin Minneapolis, London or Sydney,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.13,0:07:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,please also march for the Black lives\Non the Caribbean island of Haiti
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.50,0:07:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as its children are displaced by storms.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.04,0:07:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please also march for the Black lives\Nbeing lost in Darfur,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.12,0:07:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first climate change conflict.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.53,0:07:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And please also march for the Indigenous\Npeople of the Amazon rainforest,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.33,0:07:59.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro\Nweakens its protections.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.86,0:08:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we are serious about protecting\NBlack lives in the Global South
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.13,0:08:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as the north,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.32,0:08:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to strengthen international laws.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.29,0:08:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need a way to apply\Ninternational criminal laws,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.66,0:08:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like war crimes or crimes\Nagainst humanity, to the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.69,0:08:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need a new international law of ecocide
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.61,0:08:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to criminalize the willful and widespread\Ndestruction of the environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.98,0:08:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a law that criminalizes the most\Nsevere crimes against nature itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.88,0:08:31.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even for acts don't involve\Ndirect human suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.93,0:08:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Economics, race and class
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.29,0:08:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are at the center\Nof today's political struggles.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.04,0:08:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Black Lives Matter movement\Nneeds to wake up to climate injustices
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.84,0:08:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as the climate movement
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.64,0:08:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,must make every effort\Nto include the reality of people of color.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.75,0:08:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Young Black boys growing up\Nin single-parent households in Tottenham
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.18,0:08:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,won't have the opportunities I had
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.33,0:08:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a world ravaged by climate chaos.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.08,0:09:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My distant cousins and relatives\Ngrowing up in Guyana
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.56,0:09:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,won't have a future if their homes\Nare drowning under water.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.84,0:09:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now is the time for Black\Nand climate movements
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.66,0:09:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come together unequivocally\Nand say, "We can't breathe."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.77,0:09:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.