1 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:04,135 This is not a drill. 2 00:00:04,375 --> 00:00:06,651 My name is Greta Thunberg. 3 00:00:06,852 --> 00:00:10,212 We are living in the beginning of a mass extinction. 4 00:00:11,171 --> 00:00:13,612 Our climate is breaking down. 5 00:00:14,022 --> 00:00:18,217 Children like me are giving up their education to protest. 6 00:00:18,561 --> 00:00:20,897 But we can still fix this. 7 00:00:20,897 --> 00:00:22,963 You can still fix this. 8 00:00:23,372 --> 00:00:26,577 To survive, we need to stop burning fossil fuels. 9 00:00:27,217 --> 00:00:29,822 But this alone will not be enough. 10 00:00:30,112 --> 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 00:00:35,682 --> 00:00:38,112 I’ll let my friend George explain. 13 00:00:38,211 --> 00:00:42,721 There is a magic machine that sucks carbon out of the air 14 00:00:42,721 --> 00:00:44,418 costs very little 15 00:00:44,418 --> 00:00:46,466 and builds itself. 16 00:00:46,576 --> 00:00:47,929 It’s called... 17 00:00:47,929 --> 00:00:48,872 a tree. 18 00:00:48,952 --> 00:00:53,692 A tree is an example of a natural climate solution. 19 00:00:53,692 --> 00:00:56,502 Mangroves, peat bogs, jungles, marshes, seabeds, 20 00:00:56,502 --> 00:00:58,772 kelp forests, swamps, coral reefs, 21 00:00:58,772 --> 00:01:02,692 they take carbon out of the air and lock it away. 22 00:01:03,212 --> 00:01:07,883 Nature is a tool we can use to repair our broken climate. 23 00:01:08,502 --> 00:01:12,325 These natural climate solutions could make a massive difference. 24 00:01:12,325 --> 00:01:14,012 Pretty cool, right? 25 00:01:14,222 --> 00:01:17,622 But only if we also leave fossil fuels in the ground. 26 00:01:19,702 --> 00:01:21,892 Here’s the crazy part... 27 00:01:21,892 --> 00:01:24,402 right now we are ignoring them. 28 00:01:25,744 --> 00:01:30,548 We spend 1000 times more on global fossil fuels subsidies 29 00:01:30,548 --> 00:01:32,842 than natural based solutions. 30 00:01:32,842 --> 00:01:35,377 Natural climate solutions get just 2% 31 00:01:35,377 --> 00:01:39,053 of all the money used on tackling climate breakdown. 32 00:01:39,394 --> 00:01:41,021 This is your money. 33 00:01:41,021 --> 00:01:43,468 It is your taxes and your savings. 34 00:01:43,773 --> 00:01:44,958 Even more crazy 35 00:01:44,958 --> 00:01:47,211 right now when we need nature the most, 36 00:01:47,211 --> 00:01:50,094 we’re destroying it faster than ever. 37 00:01:50,094 --> 00:01:54,228 Up to 200 species are going extinct every single day. 38 00:01:54,462 --> 00:01:57,050 Much of the arctic ice is gone. 39 00:01:57,050 --> 00:01:59,029 Most of our wild animals have gone. 40 00:01:59,029 --> 00:02:01,012 Much of our soil has gone. 41 00:02:01,012 --> 00:02:02,813 So what should we do? 42 00:02:02,813 --> 00:02:04,374 What should YOU do? 43 00:02:04,374 --> 00:02:05,458 It’s simple... 44 00:02:05,458 --> 00:02:06,225 We need to 45 00:02:06,225 --> 00:02:07,429 PROTECT 46 00:02:07,429 --> 00:02:08,501 RESTORE 47 00:02:08,501 --> 00:02:09,513 and FUND. 48 00:02:10,084 --> 00:02:11,198 Protect. 49 00:02:11,198 --> 00:02:13,325 Tropical forests are being cut down 50 00:02:13,325 --> 00:02:16,153 at the rate of 30 football pitches a minute. 51 00:02:16,153 --> 00:02:18,679 Where Nature is doing something vital 52 00:02:18,679 --> 00:02:20,505 we must protect it. 53 00:02:20,505 --> 00:02:21,878 Restore. 54 00:02:21,878 --> 00:02:24,581 Much of our planet has been damaged. 55 00:02:24,581 --> 00:02:26,581 But Nature can regenerate 56 00:02:26,581 --> 00:02:30,042 and we can help ecosystems bounce back. 57 00:02:31,051 --> 00:02:31,881 Fund. 58 00:02:32,702 --> 00:02:36,172 We need to stop funding things that destroy Nature 59 00:02:36,172 --> 00:02:38,412 and pay for things that help it. 60 00:02:39,112 --> 00:02:40,756 It is that simple 61 00:02:40,756 --> 00:02:42,018 Protect 62 00:02:42,018 --> 00:02:43,044 Restore 63 00:02:43,044 --> 00:02:43,801 Fund. 64 00:02:44,502 --> 00:02:46,452 This can happen everywhere; 65 00:02:46,452 --> 00:02:49,727 Many people have already begun using natural climate solutions. 66 00:02:49,887 --> 00:02:52,652 We need to do it on a massive scale. 67 00:02:52,952 --> 00:02:54,672 You can be part of this. 68 00:02:55,372 --> 00:02:57,771 VOTE for people who defend nature. 69 00:02:58,131 --> 00:02:59,611 SHARE this video. 70 00:02:59,611 --> 00:03:00,621 Talk about this. 71 00:03:01,051 --> 00:03:03,816 All around the world there are amazing movements 72 00:03:03,816 --> 00:03:04,933 fighting for Nature. 73 00:03:05,313 --> 00:03:06,171 JOIN them. 74 00:03:13,842 --> 00:03:15,768 Everything counts. 75 00:03:17,918 --> 00:03:19,915 What you do, counts.