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Climate has changed in the past, but nowhere as fast as we're pushing it today. For the same rate of change we'd have to go back millions of years!
Is doing nothing an option? Well, it's a gamble. A big gamble. With our kids and grandkids.
Kerry thinks back to the enormous sacrifices his parents' generation made in fighting WWII and communism, leaving a better world. And he wonders, will enough good people stand up today so our kids can think of us the same way?
To Kerry, the range of possible outcomes, including some possibly dire ones, is not a reason to throw caution to the wind!
Young people, why should you care about this? Because we're facing a problem that could really impact your future. We could get into a situation that's very hard to even contemplate today.
With a message both frank and encouraging, Kerry urges the young generation today to get involved. You can well make the difference!
Know any climate scientists who disagree? Kerry says no, the question is how much risk we're taking. Listen to his thoughtful analysis of how we handle risk in our lives.
In this thoughtful video, Kerry suggests that the basic elements of security are food, water, shelter, and avoidance of wars. And it is just those elements of life that climate change puts at risk for our children and grandchildren.
Our human civilization has developed during a remarkably stable climate, and it is finely tuned to this climate. But Earth's climate not always been this way!
In Kerry's view, it's important that we leave our children and grandchildren a world that is as habitable as the world we found and hopefully better.
We will make it happen. People will lead it. Here's how Kerry thinks it will happen...
In Kerry's view, the most important thing is to be engaged politically, advocating for change. But don't think that change needs to be economically costly -- it offers opportunities too.
Kerry has been studying climate science for 33 years. Along the way he stumbled upon the risks and effects of climate change. He wasn't looking for it, but he couldn’t ignore it when he found it. Here's his story...
Ocean acidification is making it difficult for the fish. Yes the ocean acidity has changed in the past, but that's been over millions of years.
Is doing nothing an option? Well, it's a gamble. A big gamble. With our kids and grandkids.
Using our parents generation's great sacrifices fighting fascism and communism as a backdrop, Kerry gives us a primer on the risks of climate change and why he thinks we should care.
Please meet one of the leading scientists and public voices for climate. Kerry has studied climate at MIT for 33 years now, specializing in hurricanes.
There will be economic opportunities created by addressing climate change. Greater than the costs? That's the wrong question -- the cost of not addressing it will be far greater regardless.
Young people, why should you care about this? Because we're facing a problem that could really impact your future. We could get into a situation that's very hard to even contemplate today.
As a society, emitting less CO2 is the goal. Kerry describes what this means.