WEBVTT 00:00:02.100 --> 00:00:04.375 This is not a drill. 00:00:04.375 --> 00:00:06.651 My name is Greta Thunberg. 00:00:07.222 --> 00:00:10.212 We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction. 00:00:11.451 --> 00:00:13.612 Our climate is breaking down. 00:00:14.322 --> 00:00:18.217 Children like me are giving up their education to protest. 00:00:18.791 --> 00:00:20.877 But we can still fix this. 00:00:20.957 --> 00:00:22.963 You can still fix this. 00:00:23.492 --> 00:00:26.577 To survive, we need to stop burning fossil fuels 00:00:27.507 --> 00:00:29.822 But this alone will not be enough. 00:00:30.202 --> 00:00:32.692 Lots of solutions are talked about. 00:00:32.692 --> 00:00:35.412 But what about the solution that is right in front of us? 00:00:35.912 --> 00:00:38.112 I’ll let my friend George explain. 00:00:38.331 --> 00:00:42.721 There is a magic machine that sucks carbon out of the air 00:00:42.721 --> 00:00:45.796 costs very little, and builds itself. 00:00:46.676 --> 00:00:47.929 It’s called... 00:00:47.929 --> 00:00:48.872 a tree. 00:00:49.212 --> 00:00:53.692 A tree is an example of a natural climate solution. 00:00:53.692 --> 00:00:56.952 Mangroves, peatbogs, jungles, marshes, seabeds, 00:00:56.952 --> 00:00:59.952 kelp forests, swamps, coral reefs 00:00:59.952 --> 00:01:02.692 they take carbon out of the air and lock it away. 00:01:03.342 --> 00:01:07.883 Nature is a tool we can use to repair our broken climate. 00:01:08.902 --> 00:01:12.392 These natural climate solutions could make a massive difference. 00:01:12.655 --> 00:01:14.012 Pre y cool, right? 00:01:14.362 --> 00:01:17.622 But only if we also leave fossil fuels in the ground. 00:01:19.942 --> 00:01:22.172 Here’s the crazy part 00:01:22.172 --> 00:01:24.402 right now we are ignoring them. 00:01:26.114 --> 00:01:29.478 We spend 1000 times more on global fossil fuels subsidies 00:01:29.478 --> 00:01:32.843 than natural based solutions. 00:01:33.102 --> 00:01:35.797 Natural climate solutions get just 2% 00:01:35.797 --> 00:01:39.053 of all the money used on tackling climate breakdown. 00:01:39.534 --> 00:01:41.321 This is your money. 00:01:41.321 --> 00:01:43.468 It is your taxes and your savings. 00:01:44.003 --> 00:01:45.188 Even more crazy 00:01:45.188 --> 00:01:47.211 right now when we need nature the most, 00:01:47.211 --> 00:01:50.094 we’re destroying it faster than ever. 00:01:50.133 --> 00:01:54.228 Up to 200 species are going extinct every single day. 00:01:54.672 --> 00:01:57.250 Much of the arctic ice is gone. 00:01:57.250 --> 00:01:59.209 Most of our wild animals have gone. 00:01:59.209 --> 00:02:01.228 Much of our soil has gone. 00:02:01.362 --> 00:02:02.852 So what should we do? 00:02:03.003 --> 00:02:04.492 What should YOU do? 00:02:04.784 --> 00:02:09.513 It’s simple. We need to protect, restore, and fund. 00:02:09.764 --> 00:02:16.113 Protect. Tropical forests are being cut down at the rate of 30 football pitches a minute. 00:02:16.163 --> 00:02:20.715 Where Nature is doing something vital, we must protect it. 00:02:21.085 --> 00:02:25.132 Restore. Much of our planet has been damaged. 00:02:25.641 --> 00:02:30.042 But Nature can regenerate, and we can help ecosystems bounce back. 00:02:31.051 --> 00:02:31.881 Fund. 00:02:32.802 --> 00:02:38.412 We need to stop funding things that destroy Nature, and pay for things that help it. 00:02:39.302 --> 00:02:43.801 It is that simple. Protect. Restore. Fund. 00:02:44.812 --> 00:02:52.652 This can happen everywhere. Many people have already begun using natural climate soluøons. We need to do it on a massive scale. 00:02:53.262 --> 00:02:54.672 You can be part of this. 00:02:55.362 --> 00:02:57.771 Vote for people who defend nature. 00:02:58.321 --> 00:03:00.621 Share this video. Talk about this. 00:03:01.351 --> 00:03:06.171 All around the world there are amazing movements. Fighøng for Nature. Join them. 00:03:14.282 --> 00:03:19.915 Everything counts. What you do, counts.