The economic benefits of climate action | Marcelo Mena

Marcelo Mena, the former environment minister of Chile, is on a mission to create a zero-emission economy in his country by 2050. In a conversation about climate action, he discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing Chile's ambitious plan to tackle climate change -- and explains why the green recovery needs to be powered by both political leaders and citizens alike. (This virtual conversation, hosted by TED current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers and global curator Bruno Giussani, was recorded on May 26, 2020.)

[QuestionEverythingButWHY]

"Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."
--Warren Buffett

[gamemations]

You know it's serious when ted doesn't have animation in them

[.Koreans.American]

The audio quality of TED videos got so much better!

[mondaypositivitea]

So glad Ted is still making content. That was such a valuable information.

[hallandpascals]

You can never over emphasize the importance of investments and most of all finding the right

[QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

[itouchtheskyilovetrentino]

Thank you so much for talking about conserving and protecting the environment using clean energy. Lovely watching and listening to both of you here on the top of the mountain of Italy.

[waytoprogramming]

Makes sense. These videos are helping me keep sane.

[ripmorld]

Protect the environment for your own goods

[kkjj]

Hi, I am a Japanese high school student. My cousins who are American and Japanese half live in America now. And one of them is doctor, so he treating coronavirus patients everyday. I hope this disease will dissppear soon.

[drenillsacademy]

Hey! Just wanted to say thank you on your videos. I watched one on public speaking which really inspired me to begin my own channel. Happy to share my knowledge with others too. Thanks 🙏🏻

[HamboPlayzMC]

From what I've seen, among Latin Americans, Chileans definitively have english tamed the best, accent and grammar wise. Mexicans tend to have very iffy english, with very ñoor pronounciation, Colombians I've met are decent, but the Argentineans are abismal at it. I've gone entire conferences where a single word couldn't be understood from the Argentinean guest and even in Spanish I'd rather get anyone else, since it is it's own sort of dialect and accent (yes, I genuinely preffer the Chileans and their garbled up Spanish). Point is, Chile really is an example to follow after in Latin America.

[chrisfernandes]

Way to go, Chile! Guess your people heard the wisdom whispered by those 3, 000+ year old trees in the Patagonian region. Problem is, nature isn't selectively purging the vermin; she's poised to swat away entire populations when pushed any further. I fear human beings have overstayed their welcome in this beautiful blue oasis

[WenPangShuoShi]

Only White here to listen the speech?One thing I want to know that how many guys here have ever been to China or just listen to the online speaker?

[A.yackub]

I want to learn English ...
what are you suggesting, my friends

[lilithisop]

Kudos for any climate action, though carbon net zero by 2050 isn't ambitious enough. I do hope they update that goal for it to be by 2030 like they mentioned. Climate "mitigation" path is already gone. I wish they'd stop saying it. There's no "saving" or "fixing" or "solving" climate change. Not anymore. We're already irreversibly committed to a dangerous over 2 degree Centigrade global warming regardless of what we do (so the Paris Agreement with its 1.5-2C aim is also a lie). At least 2 degrees is already locked in: the oceans have absorbed most of the heat, the soil will start releasing additional carbon once it warms, the load of methane being released from the melting permafrost, the fact that even if we stopped all emissions tomorrow the last 10-30 years' CO2 will still come through and start heating the planet LATER due to "carbon lagging", and the fact that if we stopped the fossil fuels and the air pollution clears, more sun rays will shine through, etc. The IPCC report upon which the Paris Agreement leans does not take any of this into account. And There is no "carbon budget" left. It's already overspent. We have to stop all emissions. Stat. Industrial-growth-based civilization as we know it is at its end.

Here's another climate scientist's explaining what sort of climate action we need and why if we kept ON the Paris Agreement trajectory, we'd be heading towards 3-4 degree global warming and this civilization is finished. He's with the Extinction Rebellion.


Please stop the lies.

[dwayneblaine]

The rich will get richer, that's the benefit!!! Piss off!!!