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

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[br]We are living in the beginning of a mass exøncøon.

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[br]Our climate is breaking down.

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[br]Children like me are giving up their educaøon to protest.

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[br]But we can søll fix this. You can søll fix this.

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

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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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[br]I’ll let my friend George explain.

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[br]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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[br]A tree is an example of a natural climate soluøon.[br][br][br]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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[br]Nature is a tool we can use to repair our broken climate.

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[br]These natural climate soluøons could make a massive difference.

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[br]Pre y cool, right?

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

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

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

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

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[br]This is your money. It is your taxes and your savings.

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

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[br]Up to 200 species are going exønct every single day.

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

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[br]So what should we do?

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[br]What should you do?

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

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

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

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[br]Restore. Much of our planet has been damaged.

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

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[br]Fund.

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

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[br]It is that simple. Protect. Restore. Fund.

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[br]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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[br]You can be part of this.

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[br]Vote for people who defend nature.

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[br]Share this video. Talk about this.

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

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[br]Everything counts. What you do, counts.