CHLOE DOMBROWSKI PRESIDENT CEO
OF DISASTER RECOVERY INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL CHLOE TELL US
ABOUT SOME OF THE KEY FINDINGS
OF THIS REPORT.
>> SURE SO IT'S A REALLY COOL
AT SCIENTIFIC INNOVATION JUST
LIKE THE LAUNCH THAT WE WERE
JUST COVERING. SO INSTEAD OF
JUST DOING A STUDY OF A
SPECIFIC AREA TO SEE WHETHER WE
ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING
THE GAME PACKS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE WHAT THEY DID IS THEY
USE MACHINE LEARNING TO LOOK
100,000 STUDIES ACROSS THE
GLOBE AND AT THAT
TO SEE WHAT THE IMPACTS THAT
WE'RE ALREADY FEELING LOOK LIKE
IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD
AND SO WHAT THEY SAW IS THAT
85%
OF HUMANITY. IT'S ALREADY
EXPERIENCING EXTREME WEATHER
AND THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF THE
TEMPERATURE
FLUCTUATIONS AND DIFFERENCES IN
COTTON CROP YIELDS AND OTHER
TYPES OF IMPACTS THAT WE'RE
SEEING FROM CLIMATE CHANGE AND
THAT THOSE ARE OCCURRING ACROSS
80% OF THE LAND AREA OF THE
WORLD WHICH IS WHERE THESE
PEOPLE LIVE AND I THINK THERE'S
AN
IMPORTANT CAUSE THEY'RE TOO
WHICH IS SOME OF THE DATA ISN'T
THERE'S JUST NOT
ENOUGH DATA FROM THE GLOBAL
SOUTH SO FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF
AFRICA OR LATIN
AMERICA FOR EXAMPLE, THERE JUST
ISN'T ENOUGH DATA SO IT'S
PROBABLY ACTUALLY AN
UNDERESTIMATE.
THAT'S A CREDIBLE SO WHEN IT
COMES TO THAT OVERALL AVERAGE
OF HOW
MUCH ESSENTIALLY.
>> CLIMATE CHANGE HAS AFFECTED
THESE PARTS OF THE WORLD IS ARE
ALSO 4 CASTING TO SEE WHAT
WOULD HAPPEN IF
HUMANS TOOK APPROPRIATE ACTIONS
AND WHAT THAT EFFECT WOULD BE
OVER TIME.
>> THERE'S PLENTY OF RESEARCH
LOOKING INTO THAT WE'LL SEE A
LOT MORE THAT COMING OUT OF COP
26. THE IMPORTANT THING THAT I
THINK WE'RE SEEING OUT OF THIS
REPORT IS THAT WE'RE ALREADY
EXPERIENCING THE
WHY MITIGATION CONVERSATION IS
REALLY IMPORTANT THAT MEANS
PREVENTING IT FROM GETTING
WORSE PREVENTING THE WORST
EFFECTS FROM HAPPENING AND
WE'VE SEEN REPORTS
OUT OF YOU KNOW THE IPCC WITH
THE U N PREDICTING WHAT THAT
WOULD LOOK LIKE AND HOW
DEVASTATING
WOULD BE. BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT
IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING NOW YOU
SEE THE PHOTOS OF IT YOU FEEL
THE FLOOD I LIVE IN NEW YORK WE
HAD HURRICANE IDA. WE HAVE THAT
CRAZY RAINFALL THAT HAPPENED
THAT FLOODED PEOPLE
OUT THERE. WILDFIRES RAGING IN
CALIFORNIA ALREADY SEEING IT SO
IT'S NOT JUST IMPORTANT FOR US
TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT
HOW BAD THINGS ARE GOING TO GET
BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THE
CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW ABOUT
ADAPTATION AND HOW WE BETTER
PREPARE OURSELVES TO DEAL WITH
THESE IMPACTS THAT WE'RE
ALREADY EXPERIENCING.
>> NOW THERE ARE SEVERAL MAJOR
COMPANIES AND MADE A CLIMATE
PLEDGE TO GO NET 0 CARBON WHAT
KIND OF IMPACTS WILL THAT HAVE
WHEN IT COMES TO THE OVERALL
CLIMATE. CHANGE IN CLIMATE
CHANGE AND ALSO HOW SOON CAN WE
SEE THOSE KIND OF
I GUESS REVERSING OF THE DAMAGE
IS DONE.
>> WELL RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT
EVEN TALKING ABOUT RESEARCH
REVERSING DAMAGE THAT THEY'VE
DONE THEY'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT
PREVENTING THINGS FROM GETTING
WORSE AND WE NEED ALL OF THESE
COMPANIES AND CONSUMERS TO GET
ON BOARD WITH THAT AND I DON'T
KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A
LARGE CAR,
A NATION OF YOU KNOW
GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITY AND
INVESTMENT BUT ALSO CONSUMERS
CHANGING THEIR
PREFERENCES SO THE THE PRIVATE
SECTOR IS PRETTY GOOD
AT MAKING THINGS COOL OR TRENDY
OR NEW AND EXCITING AND I THINK
THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS IN WHICH
WE CAN MAKE TECHNOLOGICAL
INNOVATION WE CAN MAKE THESE
NET
0 PRODUCTS OF THE PREFERENCE
FOR CONSUMERS AND THAT WILL
HELP TO DRIVE THE CHANGE THAT
WE WANT WE NEED WHILE WE'RE
STILL WORKING ON SOME OF THE
BIGGER THINGS THAT GOVERNMENTS
HAVE TO WORK ON LIKE HOW WE GET
OUR ENERGY SOURCES FOR THOSE
THINGS THAT ARE
LESS CONSUMER-FACING.
>> THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE
AVERAGE PERSON CAN DO TO START
KIND OF PREVENTING SOME OF THE
CATASTROPHIC WEATHER CHANGES WE
MIGHT BE SEEING IN
THE FUTURE.
>> YEAH WE CAN ABSOLUTELY ALL
DO OUR PART ONE OF THE THINGS
FORCES TO YOU KNOW TO ENGAGE
WITH YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO
TO MAKE YOUR PREFERENCES KNOWN
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WE'RE
SEEING MORE OF THAT ESPECIALLY
COM COMING UP WITH THE COP 26
CONVERSATION THAT'S GOING TO BE
HAD IN GLASGOW
AND WEEKS. AND THEN ALSO
CONSUMERS CAN CHANGE THEIR OWN
BEHAVIOR YOU CAN TRY ON AN
ELECTRIC CAR FOR ESPECIALLY IF
YOU LIVE IN A CITY AND YOU CAN
TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT YOU CAN DO
THESE THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY
FUN AND CAN IT CAN IMPROVE YOUR
QUALITY
OF LIFE AND NOT JUST THINK
ABOUT ABOUT THIS SOME SORT OF
SOMETHING BEING TAKEN
AWAY BUT ACTUALLY TRY OUT THE
LATEST MODERN INVENTIONS AND
TECHNOLOGIES AS WE MOVE BEYOND
THE INDUSTRIAL AGE INTO MESIROW
AND
CLEANER WORLD.
>> NOW YOU MENTION WE HAVE TO
TAKE STEPS TO
MAKE PREVENTATIVE THAT'S
ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT'S GOING TO
GET BETTER WE CAN MAKE IT LESS
BATS ARE WE STILL GOING TO BE
DEALING WITH CONSTANT
HURRICANES. THESE HUGE
FLOODINGS WILDFIRES ALL THAT.
>> UNFORTUNATELY THE ANSWER IS
YES BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY
EXPERIENCING THEM WORK
EXPERIENCING A LOT OF
EXTREME WEATHER THAT THE GOOD
NEWS IS THAT DISASTERS
MAYBE NOT TROLL BUT OR
INCIDENTS ARE NATURAL BUT AND
MAYBE THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT
WE CAN ACTUALLY DO
TO PREPARE. OURSELVES OUR
COMMUNITIES AS INDIVIDUALS
AND AS AS THE BROUGHT OUR
CITIES ET CETERA
TO BETTER THE CAROUSEL SUPPORT
FOR THESE KINDS OF IMPACTS AND
PREVENT THEM FROM GETTING SO
BAD THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE
FOREST MANAGEMENT. THOSE ARE
INVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE
AND FLOOD MITIGATION AND A LOT
OF THAT KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE
STUFF THAT WAS THAT IS VERY
IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO
TALK ABOUT SO I DON'T THINK
THAT'S NECESSARILY THAT WE'RE
GOING TO BE SEEING THE HUMAN
IMPACT SO MUCH IF WE INVEST IN
WE FOCUS OUR
OUR RESOURCES BETTER
ON PREVENTING THE WORST EFFECTS
FROM OCCURRING WHERE PEOPLE ARE