WELCOME BACK TO
CHEDDAR EVER WE WON THE LAST
DECADE WAS OFFICIALLY THE
HOTTEST.
>> EVER RECORDED ON
THE PLANET THAT'S ACCORDING TO
NEW DATA RELEASED TODAY BY
THE US GOVERNMENT EVEN MORE
TROUBLING HERE THE LAST 5 YEARS
RANK AMONG THE HOTTEST SINCE
RECORD KEEPING BEGAN. 19 OF THE
HOTTEST 20 YEARS RECORDED.
IN THE LAST 2 DECADES,
JOINING US NOW TO DISCUSS ENTER
FREEMAN DEPUTY WEATHER EDITOR
AT THE WASHINGTON POST INJURED
GREAT TO SPEAK WITH YOU HERE ON
THE SOME STARTLING NUMBERS IN
THIS REPORT, WHAT STANDS OUT TO
YOU THE MOST. WHAT STANDS OUT
TO ME
THE MOST.
>> I GUESS IS THE INCREASE IN
WARMING
RATES PROTECTED.
>> WE'RE WARMING FASTER NOW
THAN WE WERE JUST ABOUT 40
YEARS AGO.
>> AND THE FACT THAT WE JUST
KEEP YOU KNOW HAVING EVERY
SINGLE YEAR BE. IN THAT TOP 5.
AND CAN THE NEW US LEE
JUST ADDING TO THAT TOP 5
WARMEST TOP 5 WARMEST TOP
5 WARMEST. THIS YEAR DIDN'T
HAVE
A PARTICULAR AND THE STRONG EL
NINO EVENT WHICH IS A TYPE OF
THING THAT CAN I'M ACTUALLY BE
USE YOUR THAT'S WHAT
2016 HAD GOING FOR IT AND WHY
IT WAS THE WARMEST YEAR
ON RECORD. BUT YET WE STILL
MANAGED TO RANK SECOND WHICH
JUST SHOWS YOU THE HUMAN
INFANTS.
>> AND THAT WAS OUR NEXT
QUESTION. SO WHAT CAN WE FROM
THIS REPORT C IS DIRECTLY
LINKED BACK TO HUMAN ACTIVITY.
>> THERE
IS NO TO EXPLAIN
EVERYTHING THAT GOING ON SO YOU
COULD YOU COULD ESSENTIALLY
TAKE JUST THE GLOBAL SERVICE
TEMPERATURE RECORD AND SAY WELL
MAYBE IF
THIS MOVIE. THE TRENDS ARE SO
STRONG THE TRENDS ARE SEEN
EVERYWHERE AND ALL IN KEEPING
WITH PHYSICS BUT PHYSICAL
THEORIES OF WHAT WE WERE THERE.
SPECTER HAPPEN IF WE WERE
INCREASING GREENHOUSE GASES.
BUT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S
HAPPENING. ALL THESE OTHER
INDICATORS FROM ARCTIC ICE TO
GREENLAND ICE SHEET. THE WAY
THAT YOU KNOW EVERYTHING FROM A
TOP OF MOUNTAINS TO
THE OCEANS. ONE OF THE MOST
STRIKING FINDINGS WAS THAT THIS
WAS HOW THIS YEAR. UPPER PART
OF THAT MISSION THERE WAS EVER
RECORDED AND THE OCEANS ARE
ABSORBING
93% OF THAT EXTRA HEAT FOR
PUTTING OUT AND THE INTO
THE AIR. WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL
FOR BUT
THEY'RE TAKING ALL THIS HEAT
AND AND WHEN YOU DETECT THAT IN
MARION ARE SEEING THAT THEY'RE
OBSERVING MORE AND MORE OF IT
TRYING TO KEEP PACE. I
MEAN THIS IS
>> ALARMING HERE THESE FIGURES
SHOWING CLEAR EVIDENCE OF THE
EARTH'S TEMPERATURE RISE AS
YOUR LAYING OUT
AS WELL TALK TO US ABOUT THE
IMPACT OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE
IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE WORLD
WE TALKED ABOUT THE OCEANS BUT
ON LAND AS WELL WITH IN
DIFFERENT POPULATIONS IN
DIFFERENT REGIONS.
>> SO THIS IS PLAYING
OUT IN OUR WEATHER THIS IS
PLAYING OUT IN EXTREME WEATHER
EVENTS AROUND THE AUSTRALIA HAD
THEIR HOTTEST AND DRIEST YEAR
OBVIOUS, SO YOU ARE VERY
FAMILIAR WITH THE BUSH
FAR CRY THIS THAT'S GOING ON
THAT'S BEEN LYING IS SHE IN
PART TO CLIMATE CHANGE RELATED
TRANS SAME THING WITH WILDFIRES
IN WE'VE SEEN
MAKING LANDFALL THAT HAVE
INTENSIFIED
MORE QUICKLY. HURRICANE DORIAN
WAS ONE EXAMPLE IN 2019 THAT
INTENSE, BUT
EXTRAORDINARILY RAPIDLY AND
DEVASTATED THE NORTHWEST
BAHAMAS WE'VE SEEN BECAUSE
THOSE THESE ARE NOW STORMS ARE
ABLE TO AND MORE WATER VAPOR
I'M PICKING UP MORE WATER VAPOR
FROM THE OCEANS AND THERE'S
WARMER THEY'RE ABLE TO
CARRY THAT AND WORRYING THAT
OUT IN THE FORM OF
PRECIPITATION OVER
LAND SO WE'RE SEEING WETTER
STORMS ARE SEEING STRONGER
STORMS AND WE'RE SEEING MOST
THESE HEAT RELATED
EXTREMES. SO MORE SEVERE AND
LONG-LASTING EVENTS AROUND THE
WORLD THAN WE SAW THAT
IN EUROPE IN JULY WHERE I THINK
AT LEAST 6 COUNTRIES ARE SO SET
THEIR
ALL TIME HE AND THAT'S THE
HAPPENING MORE AND MORE
UNFORTUNATELY.
>> TURN TO THE SKEPTICS BECAUSE
THERE ARE STILL. A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE DENYING THAT
CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL.
>> IN THE REPORT IS THERE
ANYTHING THEY COULD.
>> RATIONALIZE WEIGH IN AND
STILL CONTINUE
TO DO I THAT CLIMATE CHANGE
THAT THESE IMPACTS OF OUR HUMAN
ACTIVITY IMPACTING THE WEATHER
IS AN ACTUAL THING.
>> I REALLY NEVER DOUBT THE
ABILITY OF CERTAIN FOLKS TO
DENY I THINK THAT YOU
KNOW THERE ARE
SOME QUESTIONS THAT CLIMATE
SCIENTISTS ARE STILL TRYING TO
ANSWER BUT THEY ALL RELATE
TO THE HOW MUCH WARMING AND HOW
FAST AS AND HOW ABOUT IS THIS
GOING TO THE E AND WHAT AND HOW
QUICKLY
CAN BE. GET A HOLD OF THE
MORE COUNTRY AND OUR CLIMATE
THE NILE FOR SAYS IN THE UNITED
STATES
AND ELSEWHERE. YOU KNOW THEY
CAN PICK APART SOME OF THE
SURFACE DATA THEY CAN SAY SOME
OF THE
THE OCEAN TEMPERATURE
MEASUREMENTS HAVEN'T BEEN
CONSISTENT OVER BUT YOU KNOW
THERE'S NEW STUDY ON THE OCEAN
TEMPERATURES RELEASED THIS PAST
WEEK WHICH HELPED SOLVE SOME OF
THOSE ISSUES.
SCIENTIST YOU KNOW THE WAY I
PUT IT TO SOME PEOPLE IS THE
BIGGEST INCENTIVE. IF YOU ARE A
CLIMATE SCIENTIST IS TO
PROVE THIS WHOLE THING WRONG.
YOU KNOW
IF YOU WERE THE ONE WHO GLOBAL
WARMING IS NOT HUMAN CAUSED WE
HAVE NO. THAT'S
NOT HAPPENING. AND I'VE PROVEN
THAT UM
THAT WOULD OR YOU KNOW A SPOT
IN THE ACADEMIC HALL OF FAME.
BUT THEY'VE TRIED THAT THEY'RE
TRYING THAT
OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN
AND THAT HASN'T WORKED IT'S
ALWAYS BEEN EVERYWHERE THAT
THEY LOOK THEY SEE THE SIGNAL
OF HUMAN ACTIVITY THAT YOU CAN
ONLY EXPLAIN THESE THINGS YOUR
NATURAL VARIABILITY AND HUMAN
ACTIVITY IS NOT THE SON DID NOT
CALL CAME AS IT'S NOT THESE
OTHER THINGS SO TO SEE ALL THE
LAID OUT BEFORE US TODAY THE UK
TO THE US TO EVEN SOME PRIVATE
GROUPS ARE COMING OUT WITH IT
PUT IT REALLY
START REALLY.
>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST NAYSAYERS
OF CLIMATE CHANGE IS IN THE
OVAL OFFICE
RIGHT NOW AS YOU HAVE MORE THAN
100 COUNTRIES WHO HAVE ALREADY
VOWED TO SUBMIT MORE AMBITIOUS
PLANS TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE
BY
THE END OF 2020 WE STILL HAVE
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WHICH
PLANS TO EXIT THE INTERNATIONAL
FORD LATER THIS YEAR, US AND
CHINA COUNT FOR 2 OF THE
LARGEST EMISSIONS GLOBALLY AND
SO WHY IS IT THAT WE STILL FIND
OURSELVES IN A STATE WHERE
YOU'VE GOT POLITICIANS THAT ARE
NOT HEARING TO CLEAR SCIENCE.
>> WELL I THINK THAT THERE IS A
STRONG INCENTIVE OR
I'M CERTAIN POLITICAL A
COUPLE THINGS BARN ON I MEAN IF
UP.
>> POSE A CERTAIN SOLUTIONS TO
A PROBLEM SUCH AS BIG
GOVERNMENT ABSOLUTELY AND THERE
ARE CERTAIN
FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS. YOU MAY
FIND A POLITICAL ADVANTAGE IN
DENYING THAT THE PROBLEM IS
THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT
ROAD TOWARDS ARGUING ON THE
POLICY THAT'S GOING
ON IN AMONG SOME MEMBERS OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY I WOULD FOR
FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP. YOU KNOW THE
WAY HE'S EXPLAINING
THE SCIENCE. HE HAS
CONSISTENTLY MAKES TOP CLIMATE
AND WEATHER OVER AND OVER AND
OVER AGAIN. HIS EXPLANATIONS
REALLY HAVEN'T MADE ALL THAT
MUCH SENSE BUT.
IS THE CASE THAT THERE ARE
VESTED INTERESTS AND THE UNITED
STATES IN
OTHER COUNTRIES. BEHIND
CONTINUING TO BURN FOSSIL FUELS
AND NOT REALLY MAKING A A SHARP
TRANSITION AWAY
FROM THEM. SO I THINK YOU CAN'T
REALLY LOOK AT THE
CERTAIN POLITICAL LEADERS
WITHOUT LOOKING AT THAT I WILL
SAY THOUGH THAT THERE IS
PROGRESS BEING MADE. IN
REDUCING EMISSIONS AND IN
ROLLING OUT NEW SOLUTION BOTH
AT THE STATE LEVEL CITY LEVEL
AND EVEN IN COUNTRIES LIKE
CHINA WHERE A POLITICIANS OFTEN
LIKE TO SORT OF SCAPEGOAT THEM.
YEAH, WELL,
WHY SHOULD WE DO SOMETHING IF
THEY'RE GOING TO YOU KNOW BURN
ALL THESE AND SENT IF THEY'RE
GOING TO RUN DOLLARS ALL RIGHT
AND ALL THAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY
BEEN DOING QUITE A BED TO
REDUCE THEIR EMISSIONS
NOT NOT NECESSARILY ENOUGH
DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR POINT OF
VIEW IT. YEAH, BUT THERE HAS
BEEN QUITE A BIT OF ACTION
TAKING PLACE OVER.
>> AND THAT'S THE DANGER RIGHT
WHEN ONE ISN'T PULLING HIS OR
HER WEIGHT OR IN THIS CA IN
THIS CASE THAT THE THERE ARE
FEWER INCENTIVES THEN FOR
EVERYBODY ELSE
TO KEEP ONE OTHER ACCOUNTABLE
AND I WANT YOU TO LEAVE US WITH
A LITTLE HOPE IN THE UN HAD A
DAMAGING CLIMATE
CHANGE REPORT. LAST YEAR SAYING
THAT YOU KNOW AFTER A CERTAIN
TIME THERE WILL BE A SWORD.
THE POINT OF NO RETURN FROM THE
REPORT TODAY WAS THERE ANY
INDICATION THAT WE VIEW THEIR
REACH DID OR ARE CLOSE TO A
DOOR OR THAT WE
MAYBE HAVE A CHANCE TO MAYBE
EVEN PULL BACK IN AND GAIN SOME
MORE TIME TO BE ON OUR SIDE.
>> YES, A SCIENTIST
I TALK TO REJECT THE RHETORIC
THEY'RE BEING REALLY A POINT OF
NO RETURN. WE'RE ALWAYS ON SORT
OF A CONTINUUM
OF OUTCOME. SO CLIMATE CHANGE
IS MORE LIKE IT'S NOT A CLIP
THAT WE JUST SUDDENLY FALL OFF
OF AND WE'RE TRYING TO GAIN
ALWAYS THAT EDGE WORDS THE AD.
HOW CLOSE CAN WE GET IT OF THE
HILL BUT WE'RE GAINING
SPEED GOING AND DOWN AND THE IT
JUST MEANS THAT YOU KNOW IF YOU
START APPLYING THE BRAKES
LEADER YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
APPLY THE BRAKES MUCH HARDER
AND IT WILL BE YOU KNOW HARDER
TO STOP IF WE TRY TO DO IT
EARLIER. YOU KNOW IT'S KIND OF
US COSTLY IT'S GOING
POTENTIALLY EASIER TO DO.
YOU KNOW
YOU DON'T ONE TIME THE SENT TO
US TO REPORTER BRADY DENNIS AND
MUCH OF THAT YOU
KNOW THAT FUTURE COURSE OF
CLIMATE CHANGE THE FUTURE OF
THESE TYPES
OF TRIPS COURTS OF YOU KNOW THE
2020 REPORT TO THE 2025 REPORT
AND SO ON THAT'S UP
TO US THAT THE POLICYMAKERS
THAT UPS THE PUBLIC RIGHT NOW
TO DECIDE HOW THEY WANT THAT
THE TURNOUT.