1 00:00:02,100 --> 00:00:04,375 This is not a drill. 2 00:00:04,375 --> 00:00:06,651 My name is Greta Thunberg. 3 00:00:07,222 --> 00:00:10,212 We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction. 4 00:00:11,451 --> 00:00:13,612 Our climate is breaking down. 5 00:00:14,322 --> 00:00:18,217 Children like me are giving up their education to protest. 6 00:00:18,791 --> 00:00:20,877 But we can still fix this. 7 00:00:20,957 --> 00:00:22,963 You can still fix this. 8 00:00:23,492 --> 00:00:26,577 To survive, we need to stop burning fossil fuels 9 00:00:27,507 --> 00:00:29,822 But this alone will not be enough. 10 00:00:30,202 --> 00:00:32,692 Lots of solutions are talked about. 11 00:00:32,692 --> 00:00:35,412 But what about the solution that is right in front of us? 12 00:00:35,912 --> 00:00:38,112 I’ll let my friend George explain. 13 00:00:38,331 --> 00:00:42,721 There is a magic machine that sucks carbon out of the air 14 00:00:42,721 --> 00:00:45,796 costs very little, and builds itself. 15 00:00:46,676 --> 00:00:47,929 It’s called... 16 00:00:47,929 --> 00:00:48,872 a tree. 17 00:00:49,212 --> 00:00:53,692 A tree is an example of a natural climate solution. 18 00:00:53,692 --> 00:00:56,952 Mangroves, peatbogs, jungles, marshes, seabeds, 19 00:00:56,952 --> 00:00:59,952 kelp forests, swamps, coral reefs 20 00:00:59,952 --> 00:01:02,692 they take carbon out of the air and lock it away. 21 00:01:03,342 --> 00:01:07,883 Nature is a tool we can use to repair our broken climate. 22 00:01:08,902 --> 00:01:12,392 These natural climate solutions could make a massive difference. 23 00:01:12,655 --> 00:01:14,012 Pre y cool, right? 24 00:01:14,362 --> 00:01:17,622 But only if we also leave fossil fuels in the ground. 25 00:01:19,942 --> 00:01:22,172 Here’s the crazy part 26 00:01:22,172 --> 00:01:24,402 right now we are ignoring them. 27 00:01:26,114 --> 00:01:29,478 We spend 1000 times more on global fossil fuels subsidies 28 00:01:29,478 --> 00:01:32,843 than natural based solutions. 29 00:01:33,102 --> 00:01:35,797 Natural climate solutions get just 2% 30 00:01:35,797 --> 00:01:39,053 of all the money used on tackling climate breakdown. 31 00:01:39,534 --> 00:01:41,321 This is your money. 32 00:01:41,321 --> 00:01:43,468 It is your taxes and your savings. 33 00:01:44,003 --> 00:01:45,188 Even more crazy 34 00:01:45,188 --> 00:01:47,211 right now when we need nature the most, 35 00:01:47,211 --> 00:01:50,094 we’re destroying it faster than ever. 36 00:01:50,133 --> 00:01:54,228 Up to 200 species are going extinct every single day. 37 00:01:54,672 --> 00:01:57,250 Much of the arctic ice is gone. 38 00:01:57,250 --> 00:01:59,209 Most of our wild animals have gone. 39 00:01:59,209 --> 00:02:01,228 Much of our soil has gone. 40 00:02:01,362 --> 00:02:02,852 So what should we do? 41 00:02:03,003 --> 00:02:04,492 What should YOU do? 42 00:02:04,664 --> 00:02:05,458 It’s simple... 43 00:02:05,458 --> 00:02:06,295 We need to 44 00:02:06,295 --> 00:02:07,489 PROTECT 45 00:02:07,489 --> 00:02:08,501 RESTORE 46 00:02:08,501 --> 00:02:09,513 and FUND. 47 00:02:10,464 --> 00:02:11,258 Protect. 48 00:02:11,258 --> 00:02:13,355 Tropical forests are being cut down 49 00:02:13,355 --> 00:02:16,113 at the rate of 30 football pitches a minute. 50 00:02:16,163 --> 00:02:18,679 Where Nature is doing something vital 51 00:02:18,679 --> 00:02:20,645 we must protect it. 52 00:02:20,645 --> 00:02:22,278 Restore. 53 00:02:22,278 --> 00:02:24,841 Much of our planet has been damaged. 54 00:02:24,841 --> 00:02:26,871 But Nature can regenerate 55 00:02:26,871 --> 00:02:30,042 and we can help ecosystems bounce back. 56 00:02:31,051 --> 00:02:31,881 Fund. 57 00:02:32,752 --> 00:02:35,582 We need to stop funding things that destroy Nature 58 00:02:35,582 --> 00:02:38,412 and pay for things that help it. 59 00:02:39,112 --> 00:02:40,786 It is that simple 60 00:02:40,786 --> 00:02:42,088 Protect 61 00:02:42,088 --> 00:02:43,114 Restore 62 00:02:43,114 --> 00:02:43,801 Fund. 63 00:02:44,422 --> 00:02:46,592 This can happen everywhere; 64 00:02:46,592 --> 00:02:49,727 Many people have already begun using natural climate solutions. 65 00:02:49,887 --> 00:02:52,652 We need to do it on a massive scale. 66 00:02:52,912 --> 00:02:54,672 You can be part of this. 67 00:02:55,362 --> 00:02:57,771 VOTE for people who defend nature. 68 00:02:58,321 --> 00:02:59,471 SHARE this video. 69 00:02:59,471 --> 00:03:00,621 Talk about this. 70 00:03:01,221 --> 00:03:03,696 All around the world there are amazing movements. 71 00:03:03,696 --> 00:03:04,933 Fighting for Nature. 72 00:03:05,493 --> 00:03:06,171 JOIN them. 73 00:03:13,882 --> 00:03:15,768 Everything counts. 74 00:03:17,928 --> 00:03:19,915 What you do, counts.