An urgent call to protect the world's "Third Pole" | Tshering Tobgay
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- čas přidán 4. 09. 2019
- The Hindu Kush Himalaya region is the world's third-largest repository of ice, after the North and South Poles -- and if current melting rates continue, two-thirds of its glaciers could be gone by the end of this century. What will happen if we let them melt away? Environmentalist and former Prime Minister of Bhutan Tshering Tobgay shares the latest from the "water towers of Asia," making an urgent call to create an intergovernmental agency to protect the glaciers -- and save the nearly two billion people downstream from catastrophic flooding that would destroy land and livelihoods.
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Bhutan is the only carbon negative country in the world. Huge respect!
We don't care until we are personally affected. Best line - it's heart touching truth
We need leaders like Mr. Tshering Tobgay, who work for the environment and for the world. This is the requirement for the present. Time is running out. We need to act upon the solutions proposed by respected sir. And solve this problem effectively and efficiently.
What about these climatologists with about 40 years of experience saying our climate, droughts, floods, hurricanes etc. was way worse in 1950, and even worse in 1930, but the current stats go only back to 1960.
He rocked the Ted last time he visited the stage. Kudos from India !
TED talks should be aired live on CZcams
This genial monk - earth politician opened my eyes with his talk "this country is carbon negative".. the world needs to study and implement the Bhutan model ASAP! My state Goa has a sacred energyprint like this Himalayan kingdom, but our people have lost the connection to the land, sea, forest and are unable to interpret the warnings from the Universe
I AM WITH THIS MAN COMPLETELY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THESE OTHER COUNTRIES!!!! TIME IS DEFINITELY RUNNING OUT!!! I AM FROM ALASKA AND I SEE THE WARMING LOUD AND CLEAR!!!!
Good prime minister of Bhutan
I wish all world leaders where shown this TED talk
The world needs leader's like him!
Agreed with him
Dear mister prime minister
He is my new hero... I am so in awe of how he speaks with intelligence and sincerity and he gets the message across, my only hope is that we take his message with all seriousness and see the extent of how global warming threatens our survival as a species not in the future but now and make a collective move to prevent this disaster as global citizens and not as dependents of governments who use politics strictly for the gain of a few!
A video worthy of TED after a long time , Still I don't understand who could dislike it?
Being a Indian, I hope we take this message seriously & get the team together to collaborate with Bhutan & other SAARC countries.
Mr Tobgay, this is so far the most relevant spiritual message for humanity in the 21st century.
I’m from Nepal and I don’t just want to blame the corrupt government for not caring about the environment. It can’t be solved by the government while the intelligent people are not even in the country, every youths who are highly educated are in Australia, USA or other “LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES”. Everyone must stand together we all can help minimize in a huge amount, just using electrical vehicles would make a great difference. So people, it now is not a thing about nations, it is about the WORLD. Stand together and fight along everyone🙏
Money is the root of all problems and education is key to solve all problems.
The average CO2 emission for living of a person is much more higher in the west than in the east. Yet we suffer the impacts. If we think together as mankind, limit our pp CO2, stop the greed of corporate, focus together to invent renewable energy and elect those political leaders in power, we can save the mother earth. But things are happening in reverse, countries are choosing more nationalistic and ignorant leaders. We will find so many patriots in the world but find very few earth lover as a whole. We are divided for the interest of corporate and political leaders. May be this the beginning of the end...or not?