Climate change will displace millions. Here's how we prepare | Colette Pichon Battle

Scientists predict climate change will displace more than 180 million people by 2100 -- a crisis of "climate migration" the world isn't ready for, says disaster recovery lawyer and Louisiana native Colette Pichon Battle. In this passionate, lyrical talk, she urges us to radically restructure the economic and social systems that are driving climate migration -- and caused it in the first place -- and shares how we can cultivate collective resilience, better prepare before disaster strikes and advance human rights for all.

[ClimateChanged]

6:50-7:50 she gives me goosebumps! Well said!

[kimhayes]

"Climate change is the...symptom of an economic system that has been built for a few to extract every precious value out of this planet and its people...we must have the courage to admit that we have taken too much..."
Wow. So beautifully put. Love you Ms Pichon <3

[kiyohshi]

Whether or not you believe climate change is natural or man made, it’ll still affect us.

[chrisparsonson]

Hurray for you. I've got so tired of the people who keep saying "We're all going to die". Let's hope there are enough people like this lady for a hard core of humanity to survive and prosper.

[chrisbedwards]

This video is full of heart but doesn't provide any concrete answers. "Respect, justify, acknowledge, transform, seek justice. We can do it. We must do it". Okay cool. Now how do we actually do those things, beyond just feeling them?

[andrewb.]

Man, this comment section is a really great collection of complete misinformation

[magnusc]

Great to hear a slightly different angle on what humankind is doing to the planet - it has to be long term. It has to be happening now.

[brianscates]

Thank you for this presentation. I'm an old man living in England; never really took climate change very, very seriously until the past 15 years or so; you have to think forward; the ultra rich and rich nations must share their wealth globally - the rich are those who have done the most severe damage to the eco-environment; I live very close to the English Channel and can see the sea from my window; I have left the small wealth I have to the youngest children of my extended family; I have also advised my friends and relatives to do the same. Many won't - some do so.

[ShadowLady]

Can't believe there are still people in 2020 who don't believe climate change is a real issue. Wonderful TED talk.

[ZeriocTheTank]

TED talks used to be so good. It breaks my heart to see how far it's fallen.

[donavonwayne]

Excellent presentation and profound words. Thank you for leading. 100% agreed

[inthewoods]

Left and right need to get together and make climate change illegal, then they could subpoena Mother Nature hold her accountable for melting all the ice caps, and then make her pay for flooding the below sea-level Louisiana areas with that not needed hurricane.

[SuperTonyony]

If you want to migrate just once from the harshest effects of climate change, and not have to keep moving every time a new latitude becomes unliveable, the best places to go are:
Alaska, the three northern territories of Canada, northern Greenland, Iceland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, northern Norway and Sweden, northern Finland, northern Russia and northern Siberia, Patagonia, Tasmania, and the South Island of New Zealand.

[OliverStClair-wctq]

It’d be great if we could bring everyone together. We’re all the same, one species, but that’s just not how most people see things. People don’t like change and they don’t like things that are different. I wish it was possible but it just isn’t.

[amandac]

The science deniers won’t believe until they walk into Walmart and there’s no more mountain dew

[SickYeti]

Is it just me, or did that talk lack substance? It was more pep talk than a lecture on concrete solutions..

[conversationsfromthefringe]

500 billion was spent on y2k so it didn’t become a problem. Failures are known and success is not recognized. To pretend it’s not real, some day you may thank those who fought for you while you stood by and believed in lies of the rich.

[seantap]

Turn the power off... Problem solved, everybody wants to save the world as long as it doesn't affect them directly. Nothing will be solved as long as Profit is involved.

[정은진-uu]

I'm looking forward to the world will be peaceful someday.

[reflect]

What is usually missing in talks on climate change is the over-population of our planet. Smaller families, fewer consumers, less waste, less pollution, less suffering. Add to this climate-friendly lifestyles and our planet could survive.