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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.53,0:00:06.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the 17th of October, 2009,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.22,0:00:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives\Ndid something unusual.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.81,0:00:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He held his cabinet meeting underwater.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.61,0:00:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He literally took his ministers\Nscuba diving, as it were,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.15,0:00:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to warn the world\Nthat his country could drown
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.66,0:00:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless we control global warming.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.74,0:00:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I don't know whether he got\Nhis message across to the world or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.17,0:00:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he certainly caught mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.91,0:00:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw a political stunt.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.90,0:00:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, I'm a politician,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.60,0:00:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I notice these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.11,0:00:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And let's be honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.78,0:00:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Maldives are distant\Nfrom where I come from --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.77,0:00:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my country is Bhutan --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.52,0:00:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I didn't lose any sleep\Nover their impending fate.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.38,0:01:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Barely two months later,\NI saw another political stunt.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.23,0:01:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This time, the prime minister of Nepal,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.12,0:01:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he held his cabinet meeting\Non Mount Everest.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.10,0:01:16.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He took all his ministers all the way up\Nto the base camp of Everest
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.45,0:01:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to warn the world
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.42,0:01:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Himalayan glaciers were melting.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.17,0:01:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now did that worry me?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.89,0:01:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You bet it did.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.16,0:01:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I live in the Himalayas.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.60,0:01:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But did I lose any sleep over his message?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.20,0:01:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.75,0:01:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't ready to let a political stunt\Ninterfere with my beauty sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.95,0:01:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.75,0:01:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now fast-forward 10 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.86,0:01:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In February this year,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.41,0:01:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw this report.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.16,0:01:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This here report basically concludes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.18,0:02:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that one-third of the ice\Non the Hindu Kush Himalaya mountains
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.36,0:02:02.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could melt by the end of the century.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.08,0:02:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's only if,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.40,0:02:08.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we are able to contain global warming
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.64,0:02:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to 1.5 degrees centigrade\Nover preindustrial levels.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.94,0:02:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Otherwise, if we can't,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.83,0:02:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the glaciers would melt much faster.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.77,0:02:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1.5 degrees Celsius. "No way," I thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.17,0:02:27.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even the Paris Agreement's\Nambitious targets
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.51,0:02:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aimed to limit global warming\Nto two degrees centigrade.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.32,0:02:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1.5 degrees centigrade is what they call\Nthe best-case scenario.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.44,0:02:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Now this can't be true," I thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.51,0:02:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Hindu Kush Himalaya region
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.69,0:02:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the world's third-largest\Nrepository of ice,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.54,0:02:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after the North and South Poles.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.21,0:02:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why we are also called\Nthe "Third Pole."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.36,0:02:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot of ice in the region.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.38,0:02:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yes, the glaciers, they are melting.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.38,0:02:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.25,0:03:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have been to those in my country.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.12,0:03:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've seen them, and yes, they are melting.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.24,0:03:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are vulnerable.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.82,0:03:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But they can't be that vulnerable,"\NI remember thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.28,0:03:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if they are?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.74,0:03:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if our glaciers melt\Nmuch more quickly than I anticipate?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.32,0:03:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if our glaciers are much more\Nvulnerable than previously thought?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.97,0:03:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what if, as a result,\Nthe glacial lakes --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.46,0:03:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now these are lakes\Nthat form when glaciers melt --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.39,0:03:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what if those lakes burst\Nunder the weight of additional water?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.58,0:03:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what if those floods\Ncascade into other glacial lakes,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.38,0:03:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creating even bigger outbursts?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.45,0:03:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That would create unprecedented\Nflash floods in my country.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.11,0:03:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That would wreck my country.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.30,0:03:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That would wreak havoc in my country.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.94,0:03:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That would have the potential\Nto literally destroy our land,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.50,0:03:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our livelihood, our way of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.49,0:04:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that report caught my attention
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.40,0:04:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in ways that political stunts couldn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.76,0:04:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was put together
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.97,0:04:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the International Centre for Integrated\NMountain Development, or ICIMOD,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.56,0:04:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is based in Nepal.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.60,0:04:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scientists and experts have studied\Nour glaciers for decades,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.34,0:04:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their report kept me awake at night,\Nagonizing about the bad news
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.08,0:04:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what it meant for my country
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.42,0:04:26.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.75,0:04:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So after several sleepless nights,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.100,0:04:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to Nepal to visit ICIMOD.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.89,0:04:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found a team of highly competent\Nand dedicated scientists there,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.32,0:04:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and here's what they told me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.83,0:04:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number one:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.71,0:04:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Hindu Kush Himalaya glaciers\Nhave been melting for some time now.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.72,0:04:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take that glacier, for instance.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.28,0:04:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's on Mount Everest.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.12,0:05:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you can see, this once massive glacier\Nhas already lost much of its ice.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.03,0:05:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number two:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.56,0:05:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the glaciers are now melting\Nmuch more quickly --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.94,0:05:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so quickly, in fact, that at just\N1.5 degrees centigrade of global warming,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.21,0:05:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one-third of the glaciers would melt.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.08,0:05:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At two degrees centigrade\Nof global warming,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.33,0:05:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,half the glaciers would disappear.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.82,0:05:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if current trends were to continue,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.96,0:05:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a full two-thirds\Nof our glaciers would vanish.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.34,0:05:31.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number three:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.30,0:05:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,global warming means that our mountains\Nreceive more rain and less snow ...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.78,0:05:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, unlike snowfall, rain melts ice,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.50,0:05:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which just hurts\Nthe health of our glaciers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.40,0:05:47.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number four:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.46,0:05:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pollution in the region has increased\Nthe amount of black carbon
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.48,0:05:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's deposited on our glaciers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.67,0:05:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black carbon is like soot.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.04,0:05:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black carbon absorbs heat
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.37,0:06:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just accelerates\Nthe melting of glaciers.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.24,0:06:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To summarize,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.34,0:06:06.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our glaciers are melting rapidly,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.78,0:06:11.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and global warming is making them\Nmelt much more quickly.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.04,0:06:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what does this mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.54,0:06:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means that the 240 million people
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.33,0:06:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who live in the Hindu Kush\NHimalaya region --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.87,0:06:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India,\NChina, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.14,0:06:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my own beloved country, Bhutan --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.79,0:06:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these people will be directly affected.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.93,0:06:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When glaciers melt,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.90,0:06:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when there's more rain and less snow,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.84,0:06:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there will be huge changes\Nin the way water behaves.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.68,0:06:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There will be more extremes:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.80,0:06:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more intense rain,\Nmore flash floods, more landslides,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.99,0:06:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more glacial lake outburst floods.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.95,0:06:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All this will cause\Nunimaginable destruction
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.39,0:07:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a region that already has\Nsome of the poorest people on earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.97,0:07:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not just the people\Nin the immediate region
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.82,0:07:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who'll be affected.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.13,0:07:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People living downstream\Nwill also be hit hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.62,0:07:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's because 10 of their major rivers
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.34,0:07:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,originate in the Hindu Kush\NHimalaya mountains.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.03,0:07:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These rivers provide\Ncritical water for agriculture
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.59,0:07:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and drinking water
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.07,0:07:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to more than 1.6 billion people\Nliving downstream.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.09,0:07:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's one in five humans.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.15,0:07:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why the Hindu Kush\NHimalaya mountains
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.28,0:07:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are also called\Nthe "water towers of Asia."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.82,0:07:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when glaciers melt,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.21,0:07:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when monsoons turn severe,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.85,0:07:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those rivers will obviously flood,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.43,0:07:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there will be deluges\Nwhen water is not required
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.42,0:07:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and droughts will be very common,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.18,0:07:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when water is desperately required.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.15,0:08:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In short, Asia's water tower\Nwill be broken,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.97,0:08:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that will be disastrous\Nfor one-fifth of humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.76,0:08:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should the rest of the world care?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.90,0:08:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should you, for instance, care?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.47,0:08:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember, I didn't care\Nwhen I heard that the Maldives
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.67,0:08:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could disappear underwater.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.54,0:08:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is the crux\Nof the problem, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.69,0:08:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't care.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.43,0:08:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't care until\Nwe are personally affected.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.73,0:08:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, we know.\NWe know climate change is real.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.44,0:08:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that we face\Ndrastic and dramatic change.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.04,0:08:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that it is coming fast.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.55,0:08:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet most of us
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.66,0:08:48.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,act as if everything were normal.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.36,0:08:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we must care,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.73,0:08:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.33,0:08:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you can't care for those who are\Naffected by the melting of glaciers,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.07,0:09:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should at least care for yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.19,0:09:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's because the Hindu Kush\NHimalaya mountains --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.29,0:09:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the entire region\Nis like the pulse of the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.82,0:09:13.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the region falls sick,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.22,0:09:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the entire planet will eventually suffer.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.16,0:09:18.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.97,0:09:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our glaciers melting rapidly,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.67,0:09:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the region is not just sick --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.54,0:09:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is crying out for help.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.81,0:09:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how will it affect\Nthe rest of the world?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.28,0:09:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One obvious scenario\Nis the potential destabilization
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.69,0:09:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,caused by tens of millions\Nof climate refugees,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.59,0:09:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who'll be forced to move\Nbecause they have no or little water,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.79,0:09:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or because their livelihoods\Nhave been destroyed
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.77,0:09:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the melting of glaciers.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.39,0:09:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another scenario we can't take lightly
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.14,0:09:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the potential of conflict over water
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.41,0:10:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the political destabilization\Nin a region that has three nuclear powers:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.35,0:10:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China, India, Pakistan.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.18,0:10:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that the situation\Nin our region is grave enough
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.46,0:10:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to warrant the creation\Nof a new intergovernmental agency.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.02,0:10:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as a native\Nfrom that part of the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.90,0:10:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to propose here, today,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.14,0:10:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the establishment\Nof the Third Pole Council,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.85,0:10:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a high-level,\Nintergovernmental organization
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.37,0:10:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tasked with the singular responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.05,0:10:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of protecting the world's\Nthird-largest repository of ice.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.72,0:10:45.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Third Pole Council
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.87,0:10:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would consist of all eight countries\Nlocated in the region
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.84,0:10:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as member countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.12,0:10:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as equal member countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.79,0:10:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and could also include\Nrepresentative organizations
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.56,0:11:00.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other countries\Nwho have vested interests in the region
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.34,0:11:01.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as non-voting members.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.92,0:11:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the big idea
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.99,0:11:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to get all stakeholders together\Nto work together.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.58,0:11:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To work together to monitor\Nthe health of the glaciers;
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.15,0:11:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to work together to shape and implement\Npolicies to protect our glaciers,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.05,0:11:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, by extension,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.83,0:11:23.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to protect the billions of people\Nwho depend on our glaciers.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.60,0:11:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to work together,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.78,0:11:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because thinking globally,\Nacting locally ...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.55,0:11:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does not work.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.02,0:11:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've tried that in Bhutan.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.46,0:11:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've made immense sacrifices\Nto act locally ...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.70,0:11:49.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and while individual localized efforts\Nwill continue to be important,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.86,0:11:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they cannot stand up\Nto the onslaught of climate change.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.68,0:11:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To stand up to climate change,\Nwe must work together.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.27,0:12:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must think globally and act regionally.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.02,0:12:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our entire region must come together,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.96,0:12:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to work together,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.52,0:12:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fight climate change together,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.51,0:12:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make our voices heard together.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.75,0:12:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that includes India and China.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.84,0:12:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They must step up their game.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.20,0:12:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They must take the ownership\Nof the fight to protect our glaciers.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.48,0:12:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for that, these two countries,\Nthese two powerful giants,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.57,0:12:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,must reduce their own greenhouse gases,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.65,0:12:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,control their pollution,\Nand lead the fight.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.13,0:12:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lead the global fight\Nagainst climate change.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.95,0:12:48.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all that with a renewed\Nsense of urgency.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.91,0:12:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only then -- and that, too, only maybe --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.93,0:12:54.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will our region
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.83,0:12:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other regions\Nthat depend on our glaciers
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.29,0:13:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have any chance to avoid\Nmajor catastrophes.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.55,0:13:04.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Time is running out.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.26,0:13:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must act together, now.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.40,0:13:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Otherwise, the next time\NNepal's cabinet meets on Mount Everest,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.92,0:13:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that spectacular backdrop ...
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.53,0:13:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may look quite different.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.32,0:13:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if that happens,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.03,0:13:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if our glaciers melt,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.27,0:13:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rising sea levels\Ncould well drown the Maldives.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.23,0:13:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while they can hold\Ntheir cabinet meetings underwater
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.58,0:13:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to send an SOS to the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.25,0:13:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their country can keep existing
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.70,0:13:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only if their islands keep existing.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.26,0:13:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Maldives are still distant, away.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.09,0:14:00.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their islands are distant\Nfrom where I live.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.93,0:14:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now, I pay close attention\Nto what happens out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.26,0:14:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.05,0:14:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)