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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never planned\Nto become a climate activist,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but now things have changed,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now, standing here\Nas a climate activist,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ask you all to become one too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's why,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most importantly, how.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ten years ago, when I was 13 years old,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I first learned about\Nthe greenhouse effect.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back then, we spent\N90 minutes on this issue,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I remember finding it quite irritating
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that something so fundamental
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be squeezed\Ninto a single geography lesson.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of this irritation remained,\Nso when I graduated from high school,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided to study geography
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to make sure I was on the right track\Nwith this whole climate change thing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is when everything changed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the first time\NI looked at the data,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the science behind the climate crisis,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I couldn't believe what I was reading.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like many of you,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought that the planet\Nwasn't really in a good state.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had no idea that we are rushing\Ninto this self-made disaster
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in such rapid pace.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was also the first time\NI understood what difference it makes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you consider the bigger picture.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take the CO2 concentration\Nin the atmosphere, for instance,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the number one driver for global warming.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, this looks bad.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This looks like we are on\Na pretty bad track,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's only once you don't\Njust consider the last 60 years,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the last 10,000 years,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you understand\Nhow terrifying this really is.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is just one aspect\Nof the crisis we are seeing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to get into details here,\Nbut let me tell you so much:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are in a point of history
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the most destructive force\Non the planet is humanity itself.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are in a point of history
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that no scientist could guarantee you\Nthat you will survive this.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are in a point of history
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that humanity is creating an environment
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not safe for humans anymore.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, there I was,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first year of a geography,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pretty overwhelmed,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there was good news.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The very same year\NI first learned about all this,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaders from across the globe\Ncame together in Paris
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to decide on the common target to limit\Nglobal warming to below two degrees.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pictures went around the world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was told that history\Nwas made that day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How relieving, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Except, something didn't quite\Nwork out about this.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After this agreement was signed,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things didn't really get better.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, they got much worse.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Decision-makers and industries,\Nleaders and politicians,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they went back to business as usual,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exploiting our livelihoods\Nlike there is literally no tomorrow,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,building coal power plants again and again
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though we know that needs to stop,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the Paris agreement.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So while there are also\Ngood developments, of course,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are installations of wind\Nand solar energy all over the globe, yes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but these positive changes\Nare slow, too slow in fact.