WEBVTT 00:00:01.560 --> 00:00:04.135 This is not a drill. 00:00:04.375 --> 00:00:06.651 My name is Greta Thunberg. 00:00:06.852 --> 00:00:10.212 We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction. 00:00:11.171 --> 00:00:13.612 Our climate is breaking down. 00:00:14.022 --> 00:00:18.217 Children like me are giving up their education to protest. 00:00:18.561 --> 00:00:20.897 But we can still fix this. 00:00:20.897 --> 00:00:22.963 You can still fix this. 00:00:23.372 --> 00:00:26.577 To survive, we need to stop burning fossil fuels 00:00:27.217 --> 00:00:29.822 But this alone will not be enough. 00:00:30.112 --> 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? 00:00:35.682 --> 00:00:38.112 I’ll let my friend George explain. 00:00:38.211 --> 00:00:42.721 There is a magic machine that sucks carbon out of the air 00:00:42.721 --> 00:00:44.418 costs very little 00:00:44.418 --> 00:00:46.466 and builds itself. 00:00:46.576 --> 00:00:47.929 It’s called... 00:00:47.929 --> 00:00:48.872 a tree. 00:00:48.952 --> 00:00:53.692 A tree is an example of a natural climate solution. 00:00:53.692 --> 00:00:56.502 Mangroves, peatbogs, jungles, marshes, seabeds 00:00:56.502 --> 00:00:58.772 kelp forests, swamps, coral reefs 00:00:58.772 --> 00:01:02.692 they take carbon out of the air and lock it away. 00:01:03.212 --> 00:01:07.883 Nature is a tool we can use to repair our broken climate. 00:01:08.502 --> 00:01:12.325 These natural climate solutions could make a massive difference. 00:01:12.325 --> 00:01:14.012 Pretty cool, right? 00:01:14.222 --> 00:01:17.622 But only if we also leave fossil fuels in the ground. 00:01:19.702 --> 00:01:21.892 Here’s the crazy part... 00:01:21.892 --> 00:01:24.402 right now we are ignoring them. 00:01:25.744 --> 00:01:30.548 We spend 1000 times more on global fossil fuels subsidies 00:01:30.548 --> 00:01:32.842 than natural based solutions. 00:01:32.842 --> 00:01:35.377 Natural climate solutions get just 2% 00:01:35.377 --> 00:01:39.053 of all the money used on tackling climate breakdown. 00:01:39.394 --> 00:01:41.021 This is your money. 00:01:41.021 --> 00:01:43.468 It is your taxes and your savings. 00:01:43.773 --> 00:01:44.958 Even more crazy 00:01:44.958 --> 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. 00:01:50.094 --> 00:01:54.228 Up to 200 species are going extinct every single day. 00:01:54.462 --> 00:01:57.050 Much of the arctic ice is gone. 00:01:57.050 --> 00:01:59.029 Most of our wild animals have gone. 00:01:59.029 --> 00:02:01.012 Much of our soil has gone. 00:02:01.012 --> 00:02:02.813 So what should we do? 00:02:02.813 --> 00:02:04.374 What should YOU do? 00:02:04.374 --> 00:02:05.458 It’s simple... 00:02:05.458 --> 00:02:06.225 We need to 00:02:06.225 --> 00:02:07.429 PROTECT 00:02:07.429 --> 00:02:08.501 RESTORE 00:02:08.501 --> 00:02:09.513 and FUND. 00:02:10.084 --> 00:02:11.198 Protect. 00:02:11.198 --> 00:02:13.325 Tropical forests are being cut down 00:02:13.325 --> 00:02:16.153 at the rate of 30 football pitches a minute. 00:02:16.153 --> 00:02:18.679 Where Nature is doing something vital 00:02:18.679 --> 00:02:20.505 we must protect it. 00:02:20.505 --> 00:02:21.878 Restore. 00:02:21.878 --> 00:02:24.581 Much of our planet has been damaged. 00:02:24.581 --> 00:02:26.581 But Nature can regenerate 00:02:26.581 --> 00:02:30.042 and we can help ecosystems bounce back. 00:02:31.051 --> 00:02:31.881 Fund. 00:02:32.702 --> 00:02:36.172 We need to stop funding things that destroy Nature 00:02:36.172 --> 00:02:38.412 and pay for things that help it. 00:02:39.112 --> 00:02:40.756 It is that simple 00:02:40.756 --> 00:02:42.018 Protect 00:02:42.018 --> 00:02:43.044 Restore 00:02:43.044 --> 00:02:43.801 Fund. 00:02:44.502 --> 00:02:46.452 This can happen everywhere; 00:02:46.452 --> 00:02:49.727 Many people have already begun using natural climate solutions. 00:02:49.887 --> 00:02:52.652 We need to do it on a massive scale. 00:02:52.952 --> 00:02:54.672 You can be part of this. 00:02:55.372 --> 00:02:57.771 VOTE for people who defend nature. 00:02:58.131 --> 00:02:59.611 SHARE this video. 00:02:59.611 --> 00:03:00.621 Talk about this. 00:03:01.051 --> 00:03:03.816 All around the world there are amazing movements 00:03:03.816 --> 00:03:04.933 fighting for Nature. 00:03:05.313 --> 00:03:06.171 JOIN them. 00:03:13.842 --> 00:03:15.768 Everything counts. 00:03:17.918 --> 00:03:19.915 What you do, counts.