We Actually Have a Shot at Stopping the Climate Crisis | Asmeret Asefaw Berhe | TED
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- How is the US going to reach net zero by 2050? That's the question Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, director of the Office of Science for the US Department of Energy, is urgently trying to answer. She shares the thinking behind what her team is calling "Energy Earthshots" - projects designed to accelerate innovation in the fight against climate change, from nature-based solutions in the soil to the creation of brand-new technologies - and calls for innovative, equitable policies backed by science.
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Yea it's very easy... stop cutting down the trees to pour concrete!!! HOW HARD IS THAT!!!
Oh and tell them to stop interfering with mother nature! This weather is far from natural... man definitely has his hand in all of this madness
You are correct! You get a gold star for excellence! 🌟
It’s amazing to how divided this comment section is.
Aren't they all? lol
……. Just like we can stop homelessness, addiction and everything else……. Heard it all.
The sad thing is, we could, but not as long as corporations own the politicians. cutting carbon emissions, giving housing and healthcare hurt the bottom line of those really in power.
@@jmillart Eventually, we have to remind them that they serve the people.
"Heard it all." Yeah, and have you actually tried to DO anything about it?
@@TheMercilessEye I've advocated for better policies. Nothing.
@@peachmango5347 Yeah, well the solutions lie in repairing society and adjusting a few viewpoints. Advocating is one thing, jumping in and actually doing something is what actually helps.
sound more like a Gov ad then a ted talk.
More tax dollars and poorer people giving up cars, meat, freedoms.. Yeah, that's what we need... LOL
@@poppadan4270 Enjoy your house on the coast...and don't forget your water wings...
The current climate crisis is avoidable, but it demands immediate action from all of us. Procrastination is a luxury we can't afford in this critical situation.
Get off the glue and koolaid. There is no crisis, stop fear mongering and pandering for money.
Welcome to old Rome. enjoy life while you can. It’s over
Let's talk about the elephant in the room. Weather modification/solar mitigation programs
those have been thought up for a long time, we considered blocking out the sun before we started properly recycling
It's not an elephant. It's a mammoth.
Not because it is easy but because it is hard!
This is your legacy America, go for it! Strive once more!
Money and greed are the only things destroying the planet.
Don’t forget intellectual ignorance especially in the US
This was from 1988, right? lol
The climate crisis we have these days is preventable. However we must all take action as quick as possible. We wouldn't want to waste too much time on this.
There is no crisis dipstick. FFS people wake up you have been lied to!!
ChatGPT, write me a 7 minute speech about tackling the climate crisis from a 15 year-old's point of view...
Right? The most nothing burger talk on climate change I have heard.
Wow Thanks~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
No, no we don't. The Capitalists wont allow it. Why do the right thing, when you can do the wrong thing and make those quarterly profit margins.
You know just right there, I agree with you coz. The junk in the world makes billions for someone because junk is cheaper and easily attainable, and they would much rather keep it that way.
Famous last words.
Famous last meme.
If we stopped all carbon emissions right now, this instant, in one hundred years we would be lucky to notice the very minor change it would make to the climate. That was the story last year. What's changed in the current hottest year on record? 🤣
Technology. You need to get out more often.
@@TheMercilessEyegovernment has it but won’t use it towards climate change…..why do you think that is?
@@mr.midnight8090 What evidence do you have to support your claims?
@@TheMercilessEye China Refuses to make changes with climate change along with other countries. Better yet what about over 5 years ago we were told if we didn’t make a drastic change then our population would be wiped out? Oh look it’s changed now
We can't surrender. I'll fight it from where am I
Why was Coleman Hughes’ talk censored based on TED censorship and bunk/irrelevant meta analysis? Why did he receive more scrutiny than others?
Don’t worry we are the last generation Jesus is coming and he will fix everything
Climate "crisis" is the greatest hoax of all time. There is warming, but there is no crisis! All that this is doing is making the current generation incredibly anxious.
Yeah, just one thing...how do you know that? You dont. Prove it then.
Climate change occurs naturally, that is true. But the rate at which it is changing has been expedited exponentially and is caused by human caused greenhouse gas emissions. This can lead to the extinction of humans.
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, is director of the Office of Science for the US Department of Energy - It is difficult to get a man - or woman - to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. Upton Sinclair.
What can our efforts effect when in ongoing wars day by day massive pollution and an incredible waste of precious ressources have the opposite effects?
That's the spirit! Way to pitch in and help out! Awesome!
What was the solution?
stop emiting, and dont build more co2 emmiting infraestructures
Please hold your breath first@@HugodaPaz27 that is what EarthShot is saying first.
I'll assume that the new thing they are talking about is "enhanced rock weathering".
you give the crazy people buku money until they shut up and make things worse. trees and fusion reactors hopefully
Can we get a TED Talk that details an actionable plan for going after greedy fossil fuel corporations that are almost entirely responsible for ruining the planet? That would be a good start. The cool future tech can happen at the same time as a failsafe measure, but we're missing the forest for the trees here in the meantime by letting those companies run roughshod instead of nationalizing fossil fuels to ramp down usage quickly and imposing severe criminal penalties for any company that violates universally agreed upon green standards determined by an independent scientific oversight body
Couldn't you have done this talk without mentioning politicians? Once a politician is named, a segment of the population goes crazy and can no longer process logic for 15 minutes.
You still have to include all factors.
maybe it goes beyond that, these people are global slavers, 3:06 Are they asking for 100$ per ton/// which equates to nearly 15k in the us per person depending on wind. Is this right? also they do this with absolutely zero ground to stand on, infact every nut case who has come out to make some exaggerated claim has also been debunked over time.
Nice PowerPoint slides, nice talk about getting together and having faith to achieve EarthShots, but where is the mention in what has already been done, past and future actions and also data to back the notion of "we actually have a shot" ?
This whole video felt like a presentation to cheer up people (much like the ones I was watching 5 years ago), and not a science/data backed presentation of initiatives to solve the climate problem 🤷♂
There's no "crisis". There is change, there has always been change, & there always will be change. Remember the ice age?
The scientific consensus on anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change is based on extensive research and evidence. Here are some key points that support this conclusion:
Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Human activities, primarily the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas) and deforestation, have significantly increased the concentration of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2).
Rising Temperatures: Global average temperatures have been consistently rising over the past century. This is confirmed by temperature records, satellite data, and extensive climate modeling. This warming is consistent with the expected effects of increased greenhouse gas concentrations.
Sea Level Rise: The melting of glaciers and the thermal expansion of seawater due to higher temperatures have led to rising sea levels. This is a direct consequence of global warming.
Ocean Acidification: Increased CO2 levels in the atmosphere lead to the absorption of more CO2 by the oceans, causing ocean acidification. This has a detrimental impact on marine ecosystems.
Extreme Weather Events: There is a growing body of evidence linking the increase in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events (such as hurricanes, droughts, and heatwaves) to anthropogenic climate change.
Consensus Among Scientists: The overwhelming majority of climate scientists agree that human activities are a primary driver of climate change. This consensus is supported by organizations such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Attribution Studies: Climate scientists use sophisticated methods to attribute observed climate changes to specific causes. These studies consistently show that human activities are the primary driver of recent global warming.
In summary, the scientific evidence for anthropogenic climate change is based on a combination of observational data, physical principles, and climate models. It's important to note that the scientific consensus on this issue is robust and supported by research from around the world.
Well according the the CO2 Coalition and many other scientific communities, world temperatures have fluctuated/changed consistently over the last 10,000 years and guess what, they always will.
In the last 100 years, world tmps have increased only 0.8-1 degree depending upon which study you review AND at our current world temps, we are LOWER than 2000, 4000, 6000, 8000, &10,000 years ago. It's not until approximately 10,200 years ago that our world's temps were CONSISTENTLY lower than they are now.
If you are looking at a close proximity of time to create your "crisis", you are flawed in your perspective without looking at the big picture.
I restrict myself in the consumption of co 2 producing items on adventures ,or activities.
Park 12 oil tankers and drill and refine here in the USA , WOW it just offset all auto emitions.... Burn natural gas - WOW just got rid of all windmill garbage.... Use Nicolas Tesla power , towers are allready built in Texas , New Jersey , New York , Oaklahoma and California - WOW pollution free unlimited power
Easy? Yeah if we do the impossible and get along, that’s basically impossible so…
Also, this is old data, the off shoot is far worse
May the Anthropocene (Pyrocene (?)) epoch make the Permian-Triassic extinction event seem like a minor footnote in the pages of Earths history. Seems more and more likely, scenario SSP5-8.5 of the IPCC assessment may become a reality. If it does, enjoy what you can, while you still can; pity the next 3 to 5 generations to come.
Dont you think you are being a little dramatic?
what?
Life will still adapt. As it always does. It's unlikely, though, that humanity will remain at the apex of the food chain, if they manage to cling to life.
Tax the carbon!
Brilliant!
Wasted 17 mins.
Get rid of cows (and her hot air) and you’re 1/3 there.
OMG! Hilarious satire! This is comedy right? I mean there is zero reputable science so it has to be for entertainment purposes..
Pay attention to the words people use. They tell you a lot from which perspective they are pushing on these high level vids. The goal is admirable, but I have serious doubts when the word "climate justice" is brought in. This is from. the same set of people who brought us carbon offsets, which turned out to be snakeoil of selling off responsibility for carbon produced to another group, who in turn would package and sell it off to another and another until it was just ignored and nothing was done other than the original company was absolved of responsibility.
and the rich get richer
Unless some changes happen to the system.
Yea, there's bigger things going on in the world at the moment that need to be addressed.
There's a fire in the engine compartment AND the car is headed toward a cliff. You have to work on both things at once my dude.
Whats one bigger thing for instance?
(Hint: combo of Manhattan project tier resources for nuclear fusion research and atmospheric geoengineering)
BS
Prove it.
Hard to stop something that doesn’t exist.
After covid, it's hard to believe anything.
you'll notice it if you step out of your cave from time to time mate
@@tiagobelo4965 i don’t buy into the propaganda and lies. Climate has been changing for millions of years. Man made climate crisis is a way to instill fear into you and to manipulate you. Look around my friend. How many predictions have ever come true? None. You are being manipulated not for your own good but so you can be more compliant and better controlled.
What, like your argument?
What doesn't exist? Air? Carbon dioxide? Gas? Coal? Pollution? Heat?
"The world will end by 2030 if we don't blah blah blah"
"We might have a chance if we wait until 2050 blah blah blah"
I still remember the time where in all the newspapers worldwide it was mentioned world was gonna end by 2020 and here we are.
I also read something like all the ice glaciers would melt by 2010 but here we are.
Starting to realise if this is bullsht or not.
Got anything constructive to add?
I did, the ever changing goal post.
@@chocomalk 1) science is a learning process, not laws set in stone. 2) Conditions keep changing (giant forest fires, torrential storms, etc.) 3) That's not 'goalpost moving'. It's trying to adapt to reality.
No way, in this case any detractor is told to trust the science yet if it is not resolved enough, in fact, to make such incredibly bad predictions there is nothing to base trust on because that is what science does, make accurate predictions. Not "in 5 years the world will end" and then "by 2030 the world will end" and now "2050". FWIW I am not saying GW is a hoax or not a threat but so far there has been more rhetoric than tangible evidence. Better they focused on the Seas becoming acidified since that is a process anyone can understand, predict and duplicate in a lab or even at home. @@TheMercilessEye
THERE IS NO CRISIS!!!! SCAM SCAM SCAM
😂
Show us your data.
Famous last words.
weakest bait ever
@@ClannCholmain If there is a crisis, there has always been a climate crisis because bad weather has always been a thing.
It is the most over exaggerated problem ever!
Come on guys... do you really, really want to avoid climate crisis? Simple, reduce militar budget by 95% and apply all that money to reasearch, development and implementation on new renewables energy... or deeper: change this system from pathetic consumerism to more nature and sustainable way of live...
Anything else anr just empty chatting...🙄
We already have a great source of energy, its called nuclear. Who is stopping nuclear? So called deniers or alarmist?
What ended the first ice age?
Climate change
You know you're getting the deep questions when they're asked by farticusmaximusOG.
No crisis ... nothing to see here
Go and plant trees if you want to help climate
Even if we could plant enough trees, it still wouldn't be enough as trees only store so much carbon once fully grown.
@@ddpwe5269 they convert co2 to oxygen and release energy
👍
Funny fact:
Planet Earth without humans would still have global warmings every now and then.
Funny fact: That doesn't mean human activity isn't still accelerating the process. :)
@@TheMercilessEye Sure, messing with the chemicals of Earth's atmosphere might change the climate overtime in a way but at the time that Earth is completely unhabitable we and our childrens children will be long gone.
@@thesecretcouncil Life will adapt. As it always has, through multiple mass-extinction events. Whether or not humanity will remain at the apex of the food chain...let alone exist anymore...is a more open question.
"It's OK for me to pee in the pool because pools get polluted naturally every now and then."
@@TheMercilessEyeikr! Maybe instead of coming down on your neighbors you should contact your government and ask them to stop trying to modify the weather to suit their agenda and allow nature to take it's course. 🤷🏼♀️
Lol. Oh please. 🙄🤯
I think there is hope too. I dont think it is as bad as we have been lead to believe but changing our ways again definitely is not going to hurt.
Just want to put this here as a reminder :)
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Phillippians 4:6-7
"i dont think it as bad as we been lead to believe" - Its far worse. Big corporations and academy always go into the opposite direction of fear, trying to make the bad to look better.
Yeah, whatever. The rest of us will get to work while you fiddle with your prayer beads.
Wonderful ideology ❤ - let's get to work ! ♻️🌍
Yes, and if the Carbon Negative shot is successful, then all the plants die ! Brilliant !
yes because logically we should take the term literally and not think maybe the scientists are using science and will avoid that
Wow...massive, BS-meter just x-ploded
Gotta love the mouth breathers with zero credentials who all know better than this expert, lol
Really? So tell me why an expert is saying that carbon capture is a thing? It literally takes MORE energy to capture than it does to produce carbon to use.
After the last 3 years of seeing people like you trusting the "experts" on things, your kind and "experts" are the last ones to have any credibility.
LMAO!! Experts.... LOL Experts like the ones who sold us the vaccine... Experts... Yup.. They would Neverrrr lie just to make million$..
@@ddpwe5269 Because there's an insufficient-as-yet supply of renewables. Also, more nuclear reactors would help.
Fake news. Un subbed from ted talks now
You won't be missed.
Decarbonization is fake? Those power generation windmills and hydro-electric turbines and nuclear power plants are all fake and don't produce electricity?
With current birth rates and death rates by the time it would actually start to become a crisis (if world trends and conditions continue) the world population would be in the millions, not in the billions anymore basically removing so much carbon dioxide that we'd be at risk of dropping below the low number required to sustain plant life.
Humans are not the exclusive suppliers of CO2 to the plant kingdom. There's a few TRILLION OTHER LIFE FORMS out here, too, y'know...
Is there any sources for this claim
LOL. No... no we don't.