EXTREME WEATHER THAT'S WREAKING
HAVOC RIGHT NOW ONE OF THE MOST
RECENT EXAMPLES, THE DEADLY
WILDFIRES THAT ARE SCORCHING
THE WEST COAST AT LEAST 35
PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND MILLIONS
OF ACRES OF LAND HAVE BURNED.
THE FIRES HAVE PROMPTED
WIDESPREAD EVACUATIONS AND
DESTROYED HOLMES THE SKIES
ABOVE MAJOR CITIES LIKE SAN
FRANCISCO,
THEY TURN ORANGE WITH HEALTH
OFFICIALS WARNING RESIDENTS
ABOUT DANGEROUSLY LOW
AIR QUALITY ELSEWHERE, THE
OPPOSITE PROBLEM TOO MUCH WATER
SOUTHERN STATES ARE CURRENTLY
DEALING WITH HIGH WATER AND
FLASH FLOODS WHILE SOME AREAS
ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM HER
CAIN DAMAGE. AND HURRICANE
SEASON. IT'S NOT EVEN OVER
DISASTERS LIKE THESE ARE
PROMPTING RENEWED CALLS FOR
ACTION AS EARTH IS RAPIDLY
APPROACHING A TIPPING POINT IN
THE CLIMATE CRISIS JOINING US
NOW IS EMILY ACT AND WHO IS
THE FOUNDER AND AUTHOR OF THE
CLIMATE NEWSLETTER AND PODCAST
HEATED EMILY SUCH A PLEASURE
HAVE YOU HERE WITH US TODAY TO
KICK THINGS OFF LET'S GO BACK
TO THE ONGOING WILDFIRES HOW DO
WE GET TO THIS POINT.
>> WE LEARNED A
LOT OF FOSSIL FUELS AND THEY
RELEASE A LOT OF CARBON IN THE
ATMOSPHERE THAT THE ATMOSPHERE.
>> HOTTER AND.
>> EASIER TO SPREAD.
>> AND SO BEFORE THIS YEAR'S
FIRES, CALIFORNIA. THEIR
BIGGEST FIRE SEASON ON RECORD
WAS 2018 ALMOST 2 MILLION ACRES
BURNED WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH
2020 IN THIS FIRE SEASON IN
ABOUT 3 AND A HALF MILLION
ACRES HAVE BURNED ALREADY AND
SO ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE
SEEING INTENSIFYING DISASTERS
IF WE DO NOT DO ANYTHING AND
WHAT IS IT THAT WE CAN DO RIGHT
NOW.
>> WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
SEEING INTENSIFYING DISASTERS
EVEN IT WE DO SOMETHING AT THIS
THAT'S JUST SORT OF HOW CLIMATE
CHANGE WORKS. WE HAVE
SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN WARNING US
FOR.
WE DIDN'T IMPLEMENT POLICIES TO
SINCERELY.
IS THE AND TO SWITCH TO CLEAN
ENERGY ECONOMY. THE CONSEQUENCE
OF THAT IS THAT WORLD HAS
ALREADY WARMED
ONE DEGREE AS A WHOLE AND
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT
NOW. CONSEQUENCE OF JUST ONE
DEGREE CELSIUS. IF WE DON'T THE
CAR.
THE SCIENTISTS TELL US THAT.
EVENTS WILL CONTINUE TO GET
EVEN MORE SEVERE SO WHAT YOU
SEE RIGHT NOW IS SOMETHING THAT
EVEN IF WE.
WE'LL STILL SEE EVENTS LIKE
THIS FOR THE NEXT 2030 YEARS.
BUT WHAT WE WILL PREVENT.
GETTING EVEN WORSE AND WORSE
AND WORSE. IF WE DON'T
DO ANYTHING.
>> CERTAINLY SO SHIFTING YEARS,
IT'S TURNING OUT AS WELL TO BE
AN INTENSE HURRICANE SEASON.
AND IT JUST KIND OF COMES DOWN
TO THE COAST THAT YOU FIND
YOURSELF IN WHAT'S THE OUTPUT
WITH THE EFFECTS OF SOME OF THE
CAUSES ARE.
AND SO AS WE'RE CONTINUING TO
WATCH THE HURRICANE SEASON,
EUROPE THAT STORMS LIKE SALLY
ARE NOT NATURAL AS HUMANS.
HOW MUCH HAVE WE PLAYED A PART
OF THAT.
>> ISN'T SELVES ARE TOTALLY
NATURAL THERE SOMETHING THAT
THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
WHAT HUMANS DEAD AND REALLY
WHAT.
WHAT PEOPLE
IN POWER WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO
IGNORE SCIENTISTS AT DOT.
HE'S CONTINUED TO WARM THE
ATMOSPHERE AND MADE THOSE
STORMS MORE INTENSE THAN THEY
WOULD HAVE BEEN WITHOUT.
AND MISSIONS
SO WHAT CAUGHT MY INNER IN THE
MOST SIMPLE
PUTTING A LOT OF CARBON INTO
THE ATMOSPHERE MAKES IT MORE.
IT MAKES THE ATMOSPHERE MORE
ABLE TO RETAIN MOISTURE SO WHEN
STORMS COME THERE
MORE THERE THEY'RE MORE FULL OF
WATER THAN THEY WOULD BE BEFORE
THE RAIN HERE THAN THEY WOULD
BE BEFORE THERE'S A LOT OF
SCIENCE SHOWING THAT AS WE'VE
WARMS THE CLOCK. HURRICANES
ARE.
RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING RIGHT
BEFORE THEY HIT THE COAST.
SO WHEN YOU THINK YOU'RE
BEGINNING TO GET HIT WITH A
CATEGORY EVERYONE IN THE COURSE
OF 2448 HOURS. IT GRANTS UP TO
A CATEGORY 4. MAKE MAKE IT EVEN
MORE DAMAGING THEIR SCIENCE
SHOWING THAT.
HURRICANES THEY ALMOST SLOWDOWN
CASE ONCE THEY DO IT SO THEY
RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AND THEN THEY
SLOW DOWN AND THEY DON'T MOVE
AS FAST ACROSS. SITTING IN A
STORM FOR MUCH LONGER.
SO AGAIN THESE STORMS WOULD
HAVE HAPPENED EITHER WAY.
A CARBON EMISSIONS THEY JUST
GOT.
>> EMILY JUST VERY QUICKLY WE
ONLY HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS HERE
WHICH IS THE PLAN TO LOOK LIKE
10 YEARS FROM NOW IF WE KEEP
ACTING AS WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
>> AS WE KEEP ACTING AS WE ARE
RIGHT NOW IT JUST LOOKS MUCH
WORSE SAID IN THE ECONOMIC
DAMAGES ARE NEARLY.
THERE'S 2 YEARS AGO JET I JUST
AN EXTREME WEATHER. I WOULD SAY
THAT YOU KNOW CAUTIOUS
ESTIMATES THAT ONE.
NOT TO MENTION THE TOLL ON
HUMAN LIFE BUT THE GOO