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How to tackle the crisis is still a low welcome to the program and its the Climate Change is an Urgent National security issue says joe bidens transition team. So hes given john kerry a seat on the National Security council to drive home his commitment to the environment. Before my secretary of state has been sharply critical of Donald Trumps dismantling of climate policies. Will now join a National Security team that biden says is ready to lead the world, not retreat from it. John kerry was a leading architect of the 2015 Paris Agreement, which the president elect has pledged to rejoin as soon as he enters the white house. Mr. President elect, youve put forward a bald transformative climate plan. But youve also underscored that no country alone can solve this challenge. Even the United States for all of our industrial strength, is responsible for only 13 percent of global conditions. To end this crisis, the whole world must come together. Youre right to rejoin paris on day one. And youre right to recognize that paris alone is not enough. President donald trump pulled the u. S. Out of the paris climate agreement in 2017. He considered the pact a disaster and said the cost to meet its goals would harm the u. S. Economy. Be a cord commits nations to reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions to curb Global Warming,. The u. S. , the worlds 2nd largest emitter, pledged to reduce levels by about 25 percent by 2025, but biden is now targeting net 0 emissions by 2050 and has pledged to trillion dollars to boost the use of clean energy over 4 years. Lets bring in our guests bill. Mckibben is the shoeman distinguished scholar at middlebury, college, and leader of the Climate Campaign group, 350 dot org. He joins us from ripton. In vermont from london, were joined by nick may be chief executive of the Climate Change. Think tank ether, e g, and in detroit we have Michael Dorsey cofounder of the Sunrise Movement and former e. P. A. National Advisory Committee member during the obama administration. Welcome to you all, michael. 1st of all joe biden wants to put Climate Change on the agenda in the situation room. What effect will that have on getting the Global Community to endeavor intensify the battle against Climate Change . Putting Climate Change on the situation room, as you say, is critically important for welfare in United States as well as its essential that we get back into these talks and lead them just as a special are going to hear a mention. Not just for paris alone because thats not an hour really delivering on high ambition. That means bowing out more Renewable Energy. That means. d tackling the unfolding Climate Crisis. Were so its absolutely critical that we get Climate Change square on in a multilateral conversation, in the u. S. Role bill after 4 years of the trumpet ministration. Will it make a big difference globally to having somebody like john kerry as joe biden says, in the situation room . Yes, i think it will. The, the great one of the great shames of the Trump Administration was that the country to dump more carbon into the atmosphere than any other. It was also the only country in the world, not participating in the global process to do something about Climate Change. But as michael said, i think the key remark that kerry made was that we need to go beyond paris. We know that the agreement, as its written, doesnt take us far enough to really much slow down the pace of Global Warming. Its a beginning, but kerry, who is their own. It was written, understood from the start that it was the beginning if that. And so if the need quickly to push on to higher ambition, im sure hes aiming already for the next conference of the parties that will be a year from now in glasgow and a real opportunity for nations to ratchet up their commitment to climate action. Nick, anything this appointment of kerry will do that will ratchet up the campaign to tackle the Climate Crisis. Well, its from the outside. John kerry is, a great appointment and the pennsic he is positioned in s. C. , gives us hope that the us will be rather more joined up on Climate Policy at the heart of its Foreign Policy than weve seen to date. Because as the others have sent, its not just about the un climate agreement. We need climate to be a golden thread through the world bank. The i. M. F. Trade talks geopolitics with china. So thats critical, i think for the rest of the world has been getting on with delivering parents for the next 4 years. They want to be a us that comes back into the fold, but perhaps as part of a leadership group, not as a leader on its own. Everybody is comfortable. The Paris Agreement is a framework inside which we increase ambition. No one is looking to renegotiate paris. The real focus of the next year led by the u. K. And italy, is to get countries to commit to the mall, which is what they promised in paris. And actually what were seeing around the world countries, even china stepping up with our ambition. Michel, you were at those paris negotiations in the u. S. Green zone. I know youve said before that perhaps the agreement lacked teeth and weve just touched on. Not so do you think kerry is the right appointment taken considering. I mean hes a veteran diplomat, so he has the gravitas, but is he the right man to take this forward . You know, i think hes clearly a skilled diplomat. I think were going to have to wait and see what younger, you know, skilled or mass he brings on his team. Weve got a big structural problems in the past agreements and weve got to get beyond. d last, you know, adequate reduction commitments at last an accountability system and a lack of commitment on climate that blackguard to use for a green card and financing. And so what, so that stuff has got to be charged and weve got to move out with something much more ambitious. And so weve got to wait and see who you put on this team to get this done. Its going to be critical that weve got a Younger Generation really thinking about, you know, the reality. You never know, pricing when kerry was doing that. The prices were what i think you can call in the so drastic period. d when Jurassic Period they were 89 percent higher than they are today, we can do much, much more, much faster, to deliver really well the head of any kind of 25th generation. We can begin to tackle this problem in crisis. You know, out at 202530 percent, we need to really perform that. So that when he puts on his team bill john kerry certainly has the contacts. Hes well known internationally. But is he, as you say, the right person to move this forward to build on paris . Does it depend on who he has working with him . I guess. Well, just has joe biden has said he plans to be a transitional figure in the presidency. I think its pretty clear that john kerry will have to be a transitional figure in climate diplomacy. The hope is to get us set for the next 101520 years, michaels absolutely right talking about 2050. And this point doesnt get us very far in the key questions are about 2030, and that means kerry putting in place a team internationally. And then the domestic climate czar who biden has promised to name in the next week doing the same thing internally in the u. S. Between the 2 of them, thats a lot of firepower, and it may be enough to really get the u. S. Off the dime and moving in a new direction, nick, just a quick reminder for us plays on some of the practicalities of what paris is supposed to achieve. One of those is to keep, keep global temperature rises below 2 degrees c. Ideally no, no more than 1. 5 degrees. Just for the people to understand if the temperature, rises a cat to about 1. 5 degrees c. What does that mean . What difference does that make . Well, basically the new science some expect actually even more times next year to confirm. Thats what hes talking about on the hockey. Greasy. Youre in real risk of having irreversible tipping points in the out system. While thats upticks, sea ice car race the amazon, and that means we get damage when it runs away with itself. So we still can control planet, but less than we could to full sight. So void that highly dangerous sign of irrepressible catastrophic change. We need to keep temperatures as low as possible as to the 1. 5 degrees threshold. There is no place of no risk, but this is all about managing and keeping risk as last possible. But the response of the others, i think again, you know that what has moved on while trump has been in power, weve launched a huge amount of new ambition. And europe will agree a 2030 target, hopefully and december the u. K. Will as its legislation in place one out more the next few days. So my new zealand, australia, canada, the us needs to show it for 2030 target before it can push others to move forward. So again, the world is looking for the us strength of the senate, understood by everybody. George are understood by everybody to really show think its domestic hard yards and join an International Effort and i do. Through tonight my father climaxed within the us. Please dont come out thinking im going to redesign the Paris Agreement and people being working within it. Weve been working, around it through them of less developed bank. The i. M. F. , the central bank has done an awful lot of work. We dont want to have an argument about the framework we want to admit of our ambition and about delivery and us. We want us to join the argument. So we dont want to in the u. S. U. K. As president of caught, not want a big argument about rules structure in glasgow. The one argument about action and deliberate. Michael, you dont an argument about rules and structures . Do you want an argument isnt about delivering now one of the us is having an argument or you know, 5 or older group, were really committed to delivering for future. Making sure that we deliver welfare domestically and certainly booklet, and really increasing our vision. Thats really not a part of that discussion that were having here, despite the fact the outgoing president , were having that discussion. Many Civil Society businesses are not having that conversation and have been having an asteroid yet, but they continue to actually deliver on companies that are now committing real results of financial resources, structure resources to tackle this problem of a firing rocket group. So its not so not really going to be an idea, is that what youre coming in and leaving by walking the talk of ok, a bill does bringing that, bringing that 1. 5 degrees. C. Limit does biden, sorry, rejoining the paris accord, bring that 1. 5 degrees c. Limit within striking distance. Now, many people given up on it before. Well, i mean the true and true answer is we dont know. Theres a lot of momentum in physics this situation now. Weve watched around the world this year from the fires in australia to the fires in california to the fires in south america. The move to the 30 plus hurricanes in the atlantic basin. We were seeing change at a scale we havent seen before. And what it underlines is the need to move with true aggression to true speed. Winning slowly on Climate Change is just another way of losing. So at this point, Civil Society, those of us in the activist world, are trying to push and push really, really hard. Theres no room for complacency among our officials and bill, i want to ask you as well. The fact is moving towards a cleaner energy economy, an easy a sell now than it was 15 to 20 years ago. Oh, absolutely. I mean, you know, look, 15 or 20 years ago solar power, wind power was an expensive and somewhat fringe technology. Now its the cheapest way to generate power around the world. Wed be fools not to do it. Were going to move in that direction. But if we just go with the pace, the economics dictates, we wont get there fast enough. Well have a solar powered but broken planet. So the job of everybody is to speed up that transition mightily. And that means pushing not just on washington, not just on governments around the world. It means pushing hard on wall street and on Financial Markets around the world. I think thats one place for the biden ministries and is going to make big difference. Its going to be easier for those of us who are pushing hard on the banks and Asset Managers and Insurance Companies to finds real leverage. Nic people can see and feel Climate Change getting was caught in a 2020 set to be one of the hottest years on record. So is there a greater appreciation, at least that there is a Climate Crisis facing us practically now . And the famed global polling recently that how about doing kind of it just saying that even in oil rich countries, people already concerned about Climate Change because they can see it being that im not totally agree with. This is about moving fast of the economics who want the opportunity agenda. We want that this is the economic economy of the future, even in china. The question is how cost to go that because thats what determines our climate risk. So some of the things a lot of looking for the u. S. To do now is to stop funding of fossil fuels, fear that export finance, the u. S. Ancestral investment corporation. The European Investment bank that was largest public bank has is going to phase out fossil fuel funding. Next, yet most and even a lot. So fossil fuel, fuel free, public banks across the globe who want us in that want us using it c. Of the well, im just a little while bank fund any projects, 1st things we can do. Stop fueling the problem. And devote most funds to building the dream economy. And the u. S. President has lots of leaves. He doesnt need the senate. So after mission of the senate to get going on that immediately on day one, michel 2 thirds of americans, including a majority of republicans say they want the government to do more on Climate Change. But then the republicans are more interested in capturing carbon from coal fired plants, expanding Nuclear Energy biden wants to phase out fossil fuel, their power electricity. So how do you, in a divided congress, bring those 2 differing views of controlling Climate Change together . Well, a few wayward republicans, lads that arent really leaving a message. The smart money is already decided that Renewable Energy is the cheapest way to produce energy. You know the thing about paris that was about billions at whats new tomorrow and even today, i really dont know whats really in it because indeed solar and wind are Generating Energy and thats going to continue to be the case into the future. And so the Business Growth has moved our front, you know, as you, you know, nonconsequential, a republican state folks, and theyre really committing on this and they were bill, what tools does president elect biden . And john kerry, i guess, have to pressure countries to reduce their Greenhouse Gas emissions to limit deforestation. And to push the use of clean energy technology. What, how can they twist oms . Well, i mean, they, the u. S. Is no longer washingtons no longer the center of the world in the way that it was even a decade or 2 ago. And thats probably for the better job of the u. S. Is not to go and twist arms around the world. To get everybody to do what it wants, its job is to be part of an important part of a Global Coalition thats moving in this direction. There are plenty of tools to take on real criminals like balsa naro in brazil who is, you know, trying to torch the amazon and people will have to go after those go after them hard. But the real job here is to make sure that everybody is moving together fast. We dont call it Global Warming for nothing. You cant solve it in one place. One place. Nick, what tools would you think a president would have in terms of trade deals or other International Agreements to to persuade like gods to, to increase that fight against Climate Change . I think to be honest, that the most countries the merit of a few rogue left, but most countries, its small. How can i go across this . I can, because this doesnt set, you know, this is good for your economy. I mean, im going to get Foreign Investment if youre building up that economy. So i find that its really important. 3 things which the well kind of campaigns which, i mean you kind of as a launching the next year with lots of us in firstly, committing to an internal combustion engine. Is you case just announcement up by 2030, others like 2035 or 2040. If you just go california in that group with china, we could drive the global kamarck at the right direction. So thats one. Secondly, being part of a discussion, as you case building with countries who export that commodities like soil, palm oil, to stop any imports of commodities, commission driven by deforestation. We should go to so that i call up 26. Another said before, if we can get the money that the public banks to be in the right place and us to be there that be great too. So there are some sort of connotations already in the price of being from the us. U. S. Could slot in brilliantly to put its whole muscle diplomatic and Financial Market behind driving everything faster. Next year. Michael President Trump council though loosened nearly 100 rules and regulations on pollution in the air and water in the atmosphere. Now you can clean up and water sort of reasonably quickly. It is not the same with greenhouse pollution. Is it . So how long those heat trapping gases admitted is a little as elusive as a consequence of loosening regulation. Stay up in the, at how much damage has been done now. So one thing we know is that president elect biden is committed to broadly the idea of climate justice, environmental justice. That means hes going to really focus on picking someone to head Environmental Protection agency to tackle many of the problems that you identify. The reality though, in terms of tackling Greenhouse Gas emissions, thats going to have to see a big, you know, injection of resources and capital, some government monies to, to really accelerate the build out of the new technologies, spread our alliances through the u. S. Renewable technologies, solar and wind production make up really high single digit percent of the mix of energy thats got to get really, you know, 2345 times higher or lower todays prices. So one of the big things thats going to drive the reduction of Greenhouse Gas emissions out of that green new solar and Wind Technology happening in the u. S. Got to happen much faster. Its happening around the world because many countries are deciding really, theyre not going to focus on and invest in that old 20th century, dirty technology or old particular technology to make them become eproms, are around the world in asia and africa, latin america. And thats all happening, thats going to be keeping a lot of movement over, particularly when its well below 0 laws and regulations that were loosened by the trumpet. Ministration of that left us with irreversible damage. Look, the Trump Administration robbed the world of the momentum that we had coming out of paris. It was a big pot hole in the road. And theres going to have to work hard to get that kind of momentum bax. We can get into the virtuous circle knicker describing are things really start to move their own court. The key part to keeping that happening is going to be lots of pressure from Civil Society movements. Have to keep increasing that pressure and thats been the most important thing thats happened over the last 10 years, alongside those advances in engineering. The rise of movements that have millions of people in the streets remains crucial to keeping this at the very top of the agenda because its difficult. It takes lots of focus, lots of commitment on our leaders who are go, always going to have day to day problems that are more pressing that particular afternoon. Thats why there has to be, it is just ongoing push from Civil Society every single day. Nick burns Prime Minister, baraks johnson has invited joe biden to glasgow next year. This time next year. Is that sort of a sigh of relief . Those concerned about the environment that there is going to be a new new to us leader, that the last 4 years things have been left adrift. Of course, theres a lot of relief that we dont have to deal with. They are actually much more incompetent than we expected from fossil fuel diplomacy. But yeah, the view from outside the us going to see is not about drift. Its actually about a huge momentum. Weve had. Now the fridays for the futures markets across europe. , exxon except for betty and in the u. K. , similar movements around the world. Weve seen renewables and actually because, except right, much faster than we thought. So there is actually paris didnt have a huge amount of momentum saying the u. S. Was disconnected from that for a while. And its great, the u. S. Is back, the problem is as the others have said, is not enough momentum. And as bill says, this tough decisions weve done, easy bit of decolonization are going to get in peoples cars, their homes, that diet, you know. So we need to deepen and strengthen our social movements, expand beyond the usual suspects if were going to keep people on the side for what is a beneficial transformation, but its a huge and destructive transformation nonetheless. So yet that getting up to the speed we need to get to him is unprecedented in Human History as a transformation and that so its not where lacking moment is just we need to rise this guy out of the challenge because we cant go see a planet so michael, what are your ambitions for the u. N. Climate conference . China Climate Change conference in glasgow next year . Do you think theyll be a firming up of the paris accord now that john kerry is leading the biden administrations and by Mental Campaign . You know, i think theres at least 3 key things that we need and thats really going to shoot raw, youre wrapping up and weve got to have, you know, adequate, you know, reduction commitments for continuing to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions. Were also going to have an accountability. Countries ought to make sure that they stay on course and not just volunteers. And then were going to really commit resources, i think, to those new groups out to really deliver on this and where its going to take resources. Money in particular, its going to take real commitment on building our look. Energy receiving a lot of actors are we dont need governments to get, im there and to commit not just a volunteer to do well. Unfortunately, just as weve got so much more to talk about, were out of time, im afraid. But thanks to all our guests to Bill Mckibben to nick maybe and to Michael Dorsey. And thank you for watching. You can see the program again any time by visiting our website, aljazeera dot com and for more debate, go to our Facebook Page at facebook dot com, forward slash a. J. Inside story. You can also join the conversation on twitter. Our handle is at a. J. Inside story and i am asked, is there a bonus for me . 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