00:00:00.02 --> 00:00:00.07 This is not a drill. My name is Greta Thunberg.
00:00:00.08 --> 00:00:00.10 We are living in the beginning of a mass exøncøon.
00:00:00.11 --> 00:00:00.13 Our climate is breaking down.
00:00:00.15 --> 00:00:00.18 Children like me are giving up their educaøon to protest.
00:00:00.19 --> 00:00:00.23 But we can søll fix this. You can søll fix this.
00:00:00.24 --> 00:00:00.30 To survive, we need to stop burning fossil fuels. But this alone will not be enough. 00:00:00.31 --> 00:00:00.35 Lots of soluøons are talked about. But what about the soluøon that is right in front of us?
00:00:00.36 --> 00:00:00.38 I’ll let my friend George explain.
00:00:00.39 --> 00:00:00.49 There is a magic machine that sucks carbon out of the air, costs very li le, and builds itself. It’s called, a tree.
00:00:00.49 --> 00:00:00.53 A tree is an example of a natural climate soluøon. 00:00:00.54 --> 00:00:01.03 Mangroves, peatbogs, jungles, marshes, seabeds, kelp forests, swamps, coral reefs, they take carbon out of the air and lock it away.
00:00:01.04 --> 00:00:01.08 Nature is a tool we can use to repair our broken climate. 00:00:01.09 --> 00:00:01.12 These natural climate soluøons could make a massive difference.
00:00:01.13 --> 00:00:01.14 Pre y cool, right?
00:00:01.14 --> 00:00:01.18 But only if we also leave fossil fuels in the ground.
00:00:01.20 --> 00:00:01.24 Here’s the crazy part: right now we are ignoring them.
00:00:01.26 --> 00:00:01.32 We spend 1000 øme more on global fossil fuels subsidies than natural based soluøons.
00:00:01.33 --> 00:00:01.39 Natural climate soluøons get just 2% of all the money used on tackling climate breakdown.
00:00:01.40 --> 00:00:01.43 This is your money. It is your taxes and your savings.
00:00:01.44 --> 00:00:01.50 Even more crazy, when we need nature the most, we’re destroying it faster than ever.
00:00:01.51 --> 00:00:01.54 Up to 200 species are going exønct every single day.
00:00:01.55 --> 00:00:02.01 Much of the arcøc ice is gone. Most of our wild animals have gone. Much of our soil has gone.
00:00:02.01 --> 00:00:02.02 So what should we do?
00:00:02.02 --> 00:00:02.04 What should you do?
00:00:02.05 --> 00:00:02.09 It’s simple. We need to protect, restore, and fund.
00:00:02.11 --> 00:00:02.16 Protect. Tropical forests are being cut down at the rate of 30 football pitches a minute.
00:00:02.17 --> 00:00:02.20 Where Nature is doing something vital, we must protect it.
00:00:02.21 --> 00:00:02.24 Restore. Much of our planet has been damaged.
00:00:02.25 --> 00:00:02.30 But Nature can regenerate, and we can help ecosystems bounce back.
00:00:02.31 --> 00:00:02.312 Fund.
00:00:02.33 --> 00:00:02.39 We need to stop funding things that destroy Nature, and pay for things that help it.
00:00:02.39 --> 02.40 It is that simple. Protect. Restore. Fund.
00:00:02.45 --> 00:00:02.53 This can happen everywhere. Many people have already begun using natural climate soluøons. We need to do it on a massive scale.
00:00:02.54 --> 00:00:02.55 You can be part of this.
00:00:02.56 --> 00:00:02.58 Vote for people who defend nature.
00:00:02.58 --> 00:00:03.01 Share this video. Talk about this.
00:00:03.02 --> 00:00:03.06 All around the world there are amazing movements. Fighøng for Nature. Join them.
00:00:03.14 --> 00:00:03.20 Everything counts. What you do, counts.