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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.06,0:00:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never thought that I would be giving \Nmy TED Talk somewhere like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.99,0:00:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, like half of humanity,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.83,0:00:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've spent the last\Nfour weeks under lockdown
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.80,0:00:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to the global pandemic\Ncreated by COVID-19.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.11,0:00:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am extremely fortunate\Nthat during this time
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.75,0:00:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been able to come here to these woods\Nnear my home in southern England.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.51,0:00:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These woods have always inspired me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.89,0:00:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as humanity now tries to think about\Nhow we can find the inspiration
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.80,0:00:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to retake control of our actions
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.15,0:00:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that terrible things\Ndon't come down the road
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.81,0:00:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without us taking action to avert them,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.46,0:00:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought this is a good place\Nfor us to talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.91,0:00:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd like to begin\Nthat story six years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.31,0:00:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I had first joined\Nthe United Nations.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.99,0:00:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I firmly believe\Nthat the UN is of unparalleled importance
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.30,0:00:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the world right now
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.88,0:00:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to promote collaboration and cooperation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.28,0:00:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what they don't tell you when you join
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.35,0:01:01.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that this essential work is delivered
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.90,0:01:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mainly in the form\Nof extremely boring meetings --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.36,0:01:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,extremely long, boring meetings.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.31,0:01:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you may feel that you have attended\Nsome long, boring meetings in your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.49,0:01:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm sure you have.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.75,0:01:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But these UN meetings are next-level,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.87,0:01:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everyone who works there\Napproaches them with a level of calm
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.33,0:01:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,normally only achieved by Zen masters.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.35,0:01:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But myself, I wasn't ready for that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.13,0:01:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I joined expecting drama\Nand tension and breakthrough.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.23,0:01:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I wasn't ready for
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.84,0:01:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a process that seemed to move\Nat the speed of a glacier,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.41,0:01:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the speed that a glacier\Nused to move at.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.07,0:01:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, in the middle\Nof one of these long meetings,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.44,0:01:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was handed a note.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.83,0:01:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was handed to me\Nby my friend and colleague and coauthor,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.29,0:01:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christiana Figueres.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.40,0:01:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christiana was the Executive Secretary
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.03,0:01:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the UN Framework Convention\Non Climate Change,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.21,0:01:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as such, had overall responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.78,0:01:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the UN reaching what would become\Nthe Paris Agreement.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.42,0:02:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was running political strategy for her.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.71,0:02:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when she handed me this note,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.28,0:02:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I assumed that it would contain\Ndetailed political instructions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.13,0:02:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how we were going to get out of\Nthis nightmare quagmire
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.03,0:02:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we seemed to be trapped in.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.80,0:02:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took the note and looked at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.69,0:02:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It said, "Painful.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.56,0:02:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But let's approach with love!"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.51,0:02:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I love this note for lots of reasons.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.06,0:02:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love the way the little tendrils\Nare coming out from the word "painful."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.57,0:02:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a really good visual depiction\Nof how I felt at that moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.52,0:02:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I particularly love it\Nbecause as I looked at it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.07,0:02:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized that it was\Na political instruction,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.49,0:02:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that if we were going\Nto be successful,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.64,0:02:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was how we were going to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.11,0:02:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let me explain that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.71,0:02:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I'd been feeling in those meetings\Nwas actually about control.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.30,0:02:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had moved my life from Brooklyn\Nin New York to Bonn in Germany
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.59,0:02:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the extremely reluctant\Nsupport of my wife.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.53,0:02:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My children were now in a school\Nwhere they couldn't speak the language,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.96,0:02:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought the deal\Nfor all this disruption to my world
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.74,0:03:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that I would have some degree\Nof control over what was going to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.38,0:03:06.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt for years that the climate crisis\Nis the defining challenge
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.18,0:03:07.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our generation,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.44,0:03:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and here I was, ready to play my part\Nand do something for humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.83,0:03:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I put my hands on the levers\Nof control that I'd been given
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.82,0:03:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pulled them,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.100,0:03:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nothing happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.17,0:03:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized the things I could control\Nwere menial day-to-day things.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.27,0:03:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do I ride my bike to work?"\Nand "Where do I have lunch?",
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.25,0:03:26.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereas the things\Nthat were going to determine
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.53,0:03:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether we were going to be successful
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.43,0:03:31.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were issues like, "Will Russia\Nwreck the negotiations?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.52,0:03:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Will China take responsibility\Nfor their emissions?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.04,0:03:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Will the US help poorer countries\Ndeal with their burden of climate change?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.60,0:03:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The differential felt so huge,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.36,0:03:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could see no way I could bridge the two.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.70,0:03:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It felt futile.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.04,0:03:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to feel that I'd made a mistake.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.30,0:03:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to get depressed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.80,0:03:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even in that moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.46,0:03:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized that what I was feeling\Nhad a lot of similarities
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.93,0:03:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what I'd felt when I first found out\Nabout the climate crisis years before.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.48,0:04:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd spent many of my most\Nformative years as a Buddhist monk
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.89,0:04:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my early 20s,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.57,0:04:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I left the monastic life,\Nbecause even then, 20 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.56,0:04:13.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt that the climate crisis was already\Na quickly unfolding emergency
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.54,0:04:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wanted to do my part.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.77,0:04:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But once I'd left\Nand I rejoined the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.81,0:04:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I looked at what I could control.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.56,0:04:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the few tons of my own emissions\Nand that of my immediate family,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.58,0:04:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which political party\NI voted for every few years,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.33,0:04:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether I went on a march or two.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.19,0:04:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I looked at the issues\Nthat would determine the outcome,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.29,0:04:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were big\Ngeopolitical negotiations,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.37,0:04:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,massive infrastructure spending plans,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.59,0:04:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what everybody else did.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.14,0:04:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The differential again felt so huge
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.40,0:04:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I couldn't see any way\Nthat I could bridge it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.83,0:04:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I kept trying to take action,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.48,0:04:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it didn't really stick.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.08,0:04:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It felt futile.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.21,0:04:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we know that this can be\Na common experience for many people,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.68,0:04:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe you have had this experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.23,0:04:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When faced with an enormous challenge
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.29,0:04:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we don't feel we have\Nany agency or control over,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.60,0:05:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our mind can do\Na little trick to protect us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.81,0:05:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't like to feel\Nlike we're out of control
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.07,0:05:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,facing big forces,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.76,0:05:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so our mind will tell us,\N"Maybe it's not that important.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.52,0:05:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it's not happening\Nin the way that people say, anyway."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.42,0:05:12.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, it plays down our own role.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.39,0:05:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"There's nothing that you\Nindividually can do, so why try?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.54,0:05:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's something odd going on here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.48,0:05:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it really true that humans will only\Ntake sustained and dedicated action
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.44,0:05:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on an issue of paramount importance
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.45,0:05:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they feel they have\Na high degree of control?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.19,0:05:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at these pictures.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.30,0:05:38.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These people are caregivers and nurses
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.79,0:05:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have been helping humanity\Nface the coronavirus COVID-19
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.29,0:05:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it has swept around the world\Nas a pandemic in the last few months.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.65,0:05:51.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are these people able to prevent\Nthe spread of the disease?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.14,0:05:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.83,0:05:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are they able to prevent\Ntheir patients from dying?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.94,0:06:00.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some, they will have been able to prevent,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.69,0:06:03.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but others, it will have been\Nbeyond their control.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.25,0:06:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does that make their contribution\Nfutile and meaningless?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.56,0:06:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, it's offensive\Neven to suggest that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.90,0:06:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What they are doing is caring\Nfor their fellow human beings
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.73,0:06:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at their moment of greatest vulnerability.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.48,0:06:19.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that work has huge meaning,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.02,0:06:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the point where I only\Nhave to show you those pictures
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.90,0:06:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for it to become evident
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.08,0:06:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the courage and humanity\Nthose people are demonstrating
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.75,0:06:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes their work\Nsome of the most meaningful things
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.89,0:06:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can be done as human beings,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.03,0:06:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though they can't\Ncontrol the outcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.16,0:06:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, that's interesting,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.45,0:06:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it shows us\Nthat humans are capable
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.75,0:06:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of taking dedicated and sustained action,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.96,0:06:44.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when they can't control the outcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.60,0:06:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it leaves us with another challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.49,0:06:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the climate crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.28,0:06:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the action that we take\Nis separated from the impact of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.54,0:06:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereas what is happening\Nwith these images
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.01,0:07:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is these nurses are being sustained not\Nby the lofty goal of changing the world
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.35,0:07:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but by the day-to-day satisfaction\Nof caring for another human being
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.62,0:07:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through their moments of weakness.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.80,0:07:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the climate crisis,\Nwe have this huge separation.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.36,0:07:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It used to be that we were\Nseparated by time.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.99,0:07:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The impacts of the climate crisis\Nwere supposed to be way off in the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.82,0:07:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But right now, the future\Nhas come to meet us.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.85,0:07:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Continents are on fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.38,0:07:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cities are going underwater.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.78,0:07:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Countries are going underwater.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.28,0:07:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hundreds of thousands of people are\Non the move as a result of climate change.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.38,0:07:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even if those impacts are no longer\Nseparated from us by time,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.81,0:07:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're still separated from us in a way\Nthat makes it difficult to feel
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.25,0:07:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that direct connection.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.43,0:07:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They happen somewhere else\Nto somebody else
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.63,0:07:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to us in a different way\Nthan we're used to experiencing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.68,0:07:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So even though that story of the nurse\Ndemonstrates something to us
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.89,0:07:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about human nature,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.36,0:07:50.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to have find a different way
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.57,0:07:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of dealing with the climate crisis\Nin a sustained manner.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.31,0:07:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a way that we can do this,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.92,0:08:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a powerful combination\Nof a deep and supporting attitude
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.99,0:08:03.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when combined\Nwith consistent action
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.53,0:08:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can enable whole societies to take\Ndedicated action in a sustained way
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.99,0:08:09.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards a shared goal.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.52,0:08:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been used to great effect\Nthroughout history.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.47,0:08:15.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let me give you\Na historical story to explain it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.67,0:08:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, I am standing in the woods\Nnear my home in southern England.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.26,0:08:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these particular woods\Nare not far from London.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.13,0:08:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eighty years ago,\Nthat city was under attack.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.47,0:08:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the late 1930s,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.30,0:08:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people of Britain would do anything\Nto avoid facing the reality
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.44,0:08:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Hitler would stop at nothing\Nto conquer Europe.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.52,0:08:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fresh with memories\Nfrom the First World War,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.96,0:08:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were terrified of Nazi aggression
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.80,0:08:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and would do anything to avoid\Nfacing that reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.82,0:08:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the end, the reality broke through.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.71,0:08:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Churchill is remembered for many things,\Nand not all of them positive,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.62,0:08:54.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what he did\Nin those early days of the war
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.32,0:08:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was he changed the story\Nthe people of Britain told themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.03,0:09:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what they were doing\Nand what was to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.95,0:09:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where previously there had been\Ntrepidation and nervousness and fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.71,0:09:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there came a calm resolve,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.08,0:09:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an island alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.65,0:09:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a greatest hour,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.40,0:09:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a greatest generation,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.98,0:09:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a country that would fight them\Non the beaches and in the hills
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.100,0:09:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the streets,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.17,0:09:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a country that would never surrender.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.13,0:09:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That change from fear and trepidation
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.06,0:09:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to facing the reality, whatever\Nit was and however dark it was,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.50,0:09:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had nothing to do with the likelihood\Nof winning the war.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.82,0:09:32.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was no news from the front\Nthat battles were going better
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.83,0:09:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even at that point that\Na powerful new ally had joined the fight
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.03,0:09:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and changed the odds in their favor.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.83,0:09:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was simply a choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.38,0:09:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A deep, determined, stubborn\Nform of optimism emerged,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.23,0:09:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not avoiding or denying the darkness\Nthat was pressing in
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.52,0:09:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but refusing to be cowed by it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.17,0:09:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That stubborn optimism is powerful.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.89,0:09:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not dependent on assuming\Nthat the outcome is going to be good
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.25,0:09:57.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or having a form of wishful thinking\Nabout the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.02,0:10:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, what it does is\Nit animates action
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.27,0:10:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and infuses it with meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.32,0:10:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that from that time,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.10,0:10:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite the risk\Nand despite the challenge,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.30,0:10:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was a meaningful time full of purpose,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.74,0:10:11.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and multiple accounts have confirmed
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.70,0:10:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that actions that ranged\Nfrom pilots in the Battle of Britain
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.68,0:10:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the simple act of pulling\Npotatoes from the soil
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.30,0:10:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,became infused with meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.38,0:10:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were animated towards\Na shared purpose and a shared outcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.28,0:10:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have seen that throughout history.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.79,0:10:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This coupling of a deep and determined\Nstubborn optimism with action,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.04,0:10:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the optimism leads\Nto a determined action,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.54,0:10:34.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then they can become self-sustaining:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.58,0:10:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without the stubborn optimism,\Nthe action doesn't sustain itself;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.09,0:10:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without the action, the stubborn optimism\Nis just an attitude.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.43,0:10:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The two together can transform\Nan entire issue and change the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.26,0:10:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We saw this at multiple other times.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.04,0:10:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We saw it when Rosa Parks\Nrefused to get up from the bus.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.13,0:10:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We saw it in Gandhi's\Nlong salt marches to the beach.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.05,0:10:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We saw it when the suffragettes said that\N"Courage calls to courage everywhere."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.62,0:11:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we saw it when Kennedy said\Nthat within 10 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.53,0:11:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he would put a man on the moon.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.06,0:11:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That electrified a generation\Nand focused them on a shared goal
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.42,0:11:08.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against a dark and frightening adversary,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.02,0:11:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though they didn't know\Nhow they would achieve it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.65,0:11:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In each of these cases,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.40,0:11:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a realistic and gritty\Nbut determined, stubborn optimism
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.79,0:11:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was not the result of success.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.65,0:11:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the cause of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.40,0:11:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is also how\Nthe transformation happened
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.20,0:11:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the road to the Paris Agreement.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.18,0:11:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those challenging, difficult,\Npessimistic meetings transformed
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.10,0:11:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as more and more people decided\Nthat this was our moment to dig in
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.01,0:11:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and determine that we would not\Ndrop the ball on our watch,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.84,0:11:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we would deliver the outcome\Nthat we knew was possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.73,0:11:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More and more people transformed\Nthemselves to that perspective
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.85,0:11:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and began to work,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.13,0:11:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the end, that worked its way\Nup into a wave of momentum
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.75,0:11:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that crashed over us
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.38,0:11:52.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and delivered many\Nof those challenging issues
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.62,0:11:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a better outcome\Nthan we could possibly have imagined.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.40,0:11:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even now, years later and with\Na climate denier in the White House,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.66,0:12:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much that was put in motion\Nin those days is still unfolding,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.41,0:12:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have everything to play for\Nin the coming months and years
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.54,0:12:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on dealing with the climate crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.14,0:12:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So right now, we are coming through\None of the most challenging periods
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.83,0:12:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the lives of most of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.73,0:12:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The global pandemic has been frightening,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.41,0:12:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether personal tragedy\Nhas been involved or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.92,0:12:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it has also shaken our belief\Nthat we are powerless
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.65,0:12:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the face of great change.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.95,0:12:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the space of a few weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.89,0:12:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we mobilized to the point where\Nhalf of humanity took drastic action
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.64,0:12:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to protect the most vulnerable.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.80,0:12:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we're capable of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.61,0:12:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe we have not yet tested\Nthe limits of what humanity can do
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.79,0:12:45.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it rises to meet a shared challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.74,0:12:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We now need to move beyond\Nthis narrative of powerlessness,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.09,0:12:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because make no mistake --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.88,0:12:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the climate crisis will be orders\Nof magnitude worse than the pandemic
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.49,0:12:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we do not take the action\Nthat we can still take
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.73,0:13:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to avert the tragedy that we see\Ncoming towards us.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.47,0:13:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can no longer afford the luxury\Nof feeling powerless.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.91,0:13:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is that future generations
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.68,0:13:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will look back at this\Nprecise moment with awe
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.19,0:13:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we stand at the crossroads\Nbetween a regenerative future
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.63,0:13:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one where we have thrown it all away.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.93,0:13:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the truth is that a lot is going\Npretty well for us in this transition.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.03,0:13:23.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Costs for clean energy are coming down.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.93,0:13:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cities are transforming.\NLand is being regenerated.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.76,0:13:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are on the streets\Ncalling for change
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.94,0:13:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a verve and tenacity
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.53,0:13:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have not seen for a generation.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.03,0:13:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genuine success is possible\Nin this transition,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.28,0:13:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and genuine failure is possible, too,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.63,0:13:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which makes this the most\Nexciting time to be alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.75,0:13:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can take a decision right now\Nthat we will approach this challenge
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.65,0:13:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a stubborn form of gritty,\Nrealistic and determined optimism
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.09,0:13:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do everything within our power\Nto ensure that we shape the path
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.82,0:13:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we come out of this pandemic\Ntowards a regenerative future.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.62,0:14:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can all decide that we will be\Nhopeful beacons for humanity
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.50,0:14:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if there are dark days ahead,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.80,0:14:06.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can decide\Nthat we will be responsible,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.15,0:14:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will reduce our own emissions\Nby at least 50 percent
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.87,0:14:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the next 10 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.34,0:14:14.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will take action to engage\Nwith governments and corporations
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.63,0:14:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ensure they do what is necessary\Ncoming out of the pandemic
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.85,0:14:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to rebuild the world that we want them to.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.84,0:14:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, all of these\Nthings are possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.57,0:14:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's go back\Nto that boring meeting room
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.37,0:14:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I'm looking at that note\Nfrom Christiana.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.68,0:14:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And looking at it took me back
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.84,0:14:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to some of the most transformative\Nexperiences of my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.85,0:14:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the many things I learned as a monk
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.74,0:14:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that a bright mind and a joyful heart\Nis both the path and the goal in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.84,0:14:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This stubborn optimism\Nis a form of applied love.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.63,0:14:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is both the world we want to create
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.41,0:14:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the way in which\Nwe can create that world.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.62,0:15:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is a choice for all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.48,0:15:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Choosing to face this moment\Nwith stubborn optimism
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.59,0:15:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can fill our lives\Nwith meaning and purpose,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.75,0:15:10.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in doing so, we can put a hand\Non the arc of history
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.63,0:15:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bend it towards the future\Nthat we choose.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.27,0:15:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, living now feels out of control.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.02,0:15:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It feels frightening and scary and new.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.68,0:15:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But let's not falter\Nat this most crucial of transitions
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.38,0:15:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is coming at us right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.78,0:15:31.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's face it with stubborn\Nand determined optimism.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.54,0:15:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, seeing the changes\Nin the world right now
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.65,0:15:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be painful.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.63,0:15:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But let's approach it with love.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.80,0:15:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.