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Never before in human history have we been richer, more advanced or powerful. And yet we feel overwhelmed in the face of rapid climate change. It seems simple on the surface. Greenhouse gases trap energy from the Sun and transfer it to our atmosphere. This leads to warmer winters, harsher summers. Dry places become drier and wet places wetter. Countless ecosystems will die while the rising oceans swallow coasts and the cities we build on them.
So why don’t we just like… prevent all of that? Well, it’s complicated.
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Hai, i watch all your videos
I literally watched all of your videos and every last one of them is fun to watch ngl
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Iam first Edit : not really 😅
Hi
"we need politicians to..." There's the problem.
Shit happens when we need politicians to do something, it's hopeless, I don't even bother anymore.
That's always been the problem; we always *need* politicians for something. We can never just make the changes ourselves.
@@starryepidemic2532 They got NUCLEAR weapons so not me
Fuck. We're doomed! They're all useless!
Especially the liberals
"You can't do anything besides get corporations and politicians to care" We're fucked...
Just have to get more angry, shout louder and push.
Not if there are a lot of deaths, now, if covid would ha e killed a lot more, all pf this would have slwed down
The only way seems to be violence and getting rid of them
The politicians will gladly take the votes, and print a bunch of money. But god forbid fix anything
@@craz2580 lol yes secretly hoped it would kill alot more but if you say it out loud you're a bad person oof. No matter how you twist and turn it people will die so idk why ppl so upset
This is a video that actually talks about the problem, not like these other videos that just say change to electric and throw away your petrol
This channel is in the pocket of Bill Gates, it’s basically billionaire propaganda.
agreed
Electric for me in Ohio means coal power plants power it. Sometimes hybrids are better.
Splatoon pfp spotted
I was basically waiting for this video, and its kind of surprising that this was sponsored by Bill Gates, a billionaire himself grew on capitalist individualism.
Remember: electric cars aren't here to save the planet, they're here to save the car industry
????????????????? electric cars won't save the car industry, lol. Diesel cars will always exist
If you drive a car, you are climate change.
But electric cars allow people to enjoy the lifestyle they have come to expect while still cutting down on harmful emissions. It's actually a win win, but it's not the total solution.
@@Anuchan yeah, that's the problem, we all love the convenience of everyday life, stuff we're allowed waste but we cannot support it. We now have the options of either cutting back now on conveniences such as cars that are so inefficient and cost so much to maintain, or we get to have a rude wake up call when it's no longer an option and no one prepared for the switch. Where exactly do you think the electricity for these cars will come from?
@@polishane8837 renewables. We charge our car with out own produced power
“We know we dumped 400 billion gallons of oil straight into the ocean and burnt down 9 forests.. but you used a plastic straw last week.”
it gets worse when you look up what oil companies have done in South America. Look up the Ecuador v. Chevron case
Well, they don't pump oil for the fun of it.
@@SweBeach2023 its to line their pockets while the world burns
@@hegaliandialectics4289 Then they'll go to space. Ever notice why all the billionares are going to space nowadays?
@@SweBeach2023 yeah, but by being able to be irresponsible bastards, they distort the market on the supply end and over incentivize being a climate irresponsible bastard for the consumers. which is exactly why the solution must first be to correct the supply issues, then the market will naturally be selecting for more sane options.
"We need politicians who take science seriously." - We are all going to die, aren't we.
and no, we aren't gonna die. they've been saying we're gonna be doomed for years, yet none of their predictions have come true
@@diogenes1351 Just because you're not doomed? Ask anyone in California how their forests are doing, or pretty much anyone in the Caribbean hit by constant hurricanes and you'll find out which predictions have come true real quick
Not all of us, most of us, and the ones who arent dead in a physical sense are in a metaphysical atleast.
@@Double-Negative it's not like hurricanes haven't existed before
@@diogenes1351 no shit. But they are becoming more and more common, and thus no longer natural
One thing that always bugs me on the climate change question is that no one ever mentions how destructive towards the environment the military is. Most notably, the US military is the largest polluter in the world, creating more waste than most developed countries combined. I also find it funny that we are always scolded for our “carbon footprint” at the individual level, which again completely turns the blame away from the real contributors of global warming. We must continue to view this situation with class analysis and an objective view on how the ruling class is the real perpetrator of this debacle.
Yeah and numerous rocket launches we have every year.
Dont you pay any attention? They always blame us.
@@aditisk99 emissions from space flight are 40,000 times less than the commercial aviation industry. it is basically insignificant for the contributions it gives us.
Lets see, the organisation(s) that own everything on the planet, take most of our money/time/attention and repeatedly lie to us ... They seem to be compete hypocrites? That's the history of Humans for the last 25,800 years, possibly longer.
The military also spends more money than everyone put together. They could definitely help out but don't
I would never understand why aren't we doing the only thing that we actually know it's useful: massive reforestation. It's cheap, it captures CO2 but the most important thing it's that mitigate many of the climate change effects. Having extense forest where nowadays we have arid soils helps to regulate the water cycle (smaller floods, shorter drought periods), also helps to have more biodiversity and therefore protection against plagues and diseases. And for an economical point of view, for a small budget, you can create thousands of jobs on places that are being abandoned due to desertification or rural exodus. We are used to see billionaires talking about terraforming Mars but c'mon, we have to start thinking about terraforming earth!!!
precisely!! if stoopid humans are not thinking about doing even that.....what hope is there?
The thing is this is possible, but the amount of people that know is so insurmountably small that it is never brought up. It is so cheap comparatively...
no because theyre just going to catch on fire eventually
We don’t have enough land to plant enough trees to fix what even have done, we are fucked
@@childeryeeter4202 exactly
"Let's all save the world!" everyone said collectively, not knowing how
_wait a minute_
someone say *business*
"Be the change you want to see in the world."
Bill wurtz?
@@samitkashyap5948 Correct, why did I get 200+ likes in less than an hour by quoting funny jingle man
"Not wasting our time on banning plastic straws" Starbucks: *_Nervously sweating_*
I wished they’d bring the plastic straws back in the Netherlands cause these damn cardboard ones are just ruining milkshakes lol
@@BMN_Prime just don't use straws, I honestly don't understand why people like them so much, you don't need them for anything, just drink normally xD
@@BMN_Prime Just get a metal straw, that way you won't kill turtles
@@varma101 wait…
@@BMN_Prime Blame the EU that banned them
Wow, I really want to thank you, Kurzgesagt, for that realistic and inspiring video. You don't try to simplify the issue, it's even the opposite. But precisely thanks to that, once we understand the complexity of the problem/tragedy, we can start having a real discussion. I'm going to share this right away !
None of the solutions this channel proposes will ever be carried out. They don't understand human needs, economics, or physics. They claim solar panels are getting cheaper while glossing over the huge amount of subsidies they get. They claim batteries are getting better but don't realize there is a physical cap on battery storage because the electrons just can't be contained any further.
This is one of the best written and most informative videos I've seen on climate change. But you left out one solution: Throwing food on paintings and blocking major roadways... that ought to solve the problem
The scary truth is, some humans will not care about something until they lose it
Hmm people see check mark and they like even though it is worthless
What's up checkmark
Just like most Filipino politicians but even more visceral. They steal funds and money from the civilians and uses Corona virus as business.
That's clear as day with how many antivaxxers finally get the Covid shot after they watch a loved one die in agony.
Collapse is coming, don't fool yourself into believing anything else. Prepare, it's all that can be done. Humanity is too inherently flawed and selfish for it to turn out any other way. Everything else is delusion.
Earth is slowly turning into that one school project you ignored and procrastinated for a whole week, and now the feeling of dread and panic is slowly eating you because the deadline's tomorrow.
Oh shit you’re right
I feel like the deadline is more like in a few minutes and how fucked we are is just now dawning on us as we search holistically for solutions.
And the deadline is the end times
@@moistsquish the deadline was like a decade ago. The end of times is the big fat F our grade will get. Lol 😔
Yes, just that the school project gradually increases difficulty over time
I struggled for a long time with how my love for the environment converted to a deep desire to save it and yet how overwhelming and ineffective it felt. Eventually I realized I’m neither a politician or social savant, but I do love fish and I know how important they will be both as an ecological force and as a nutrient rich protein source. I cannot make a change by driving myself mad saving one more gram of CO2, but I can join and innovate in a growing industry essential to creating a cushion around the effects of climate change. Focus is essential, and community is essential to fostering the group mindset to keep positive change in place.
Some people want to build solar panels in their backyard, while others don't want it.
The title should be : "Will we all be able to work together to fight climate change/global warming. Ans. = YES ".
It's the old saying, A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they will never sit.
Too bad often these old men are torching a whole forest and planting some sickly saplings which will never take root in its place.
but that is where the problem lays.. we won't care about that tree because we will not benefit from that tree.. especially with the economic weather of today and social media influence
@@dadadenied6032 hence the saying
@@MubQ10 hence where i say that is the problem
@@dadadenied6032 congrats on getting it
I work in the concrete repair industry in the DC metro area and one of the things that DC has implemented is a requirement that 50% of all concrete waste from demolition is recycled. At first we thought this was going to be a huge financial impact but it turned out to be cheaper to recycle rather than send it as trash. Now we recycle more than our minimum because it’s cheaper to do so. Incentivizing really does work! Edit: I forgot to clarify, DC subsidizes the recycling of concrete to incentivize companies to use the service more than required and is part of the reason why it ended up being cheaper.
Nice! I like reading about positive changes, and things like this is exactly what the video ment. And if it works, it will spread to other cities and countries.
A requirement is not an incentive. There is also very little sand available in many parts of the nation (sand is the most mined resource)
But if you get an incentive or subsidies to recycle the concrete then how is it cheaper?
@@conrmckocoa9352 it is an incentive, but good on you for wanting to play semantics
@@RadicalJack1 He JUST SAID that it was a REQUIREMENT that 50% is recycled. A REQUIREMENT is not the same as an INCENTIVE. One is an OPTION, the other is NOT. How stupid are you?
This reminds me of a project that my school did where we must try our best to reduce our carbon footprint by changing our source of energy. For those student who legitimately were trying to get a solid solution, they were struggling to keep up with price of the energy and if we will have enough of it. I barely made the margin to reduce the carbon footprint but we have to make it a long term even since we can’t just shut down high carbon emissions without the world going bankrupt or stable…
I like how the thumbnail is just NO*
"Powerful People Don't care, and those who care are not Powerful enough." - Thank you for this great video.
A truer statement might be ‘powerful people can only focus on attaining and retaining power, as Kurzgesagt has stated; voters eventually show politicians how to get power, to support the greener tech’
Because them and their offsprings will always get the best seats on the ARK and have the highest chance of survival
Yeah
The current political landscape won’t allow for a candidate to emerge that is invested in using science to better the future. Our democracy has collectively regressed at the absolute worst time.
The fact that this very good video is sponsored by Bill Gates is messing with my sanity
"We need politicians to-" We're fucking doomed EDIT: Ik y'all have your opinions, but stop flooding my comments. It's been a week and what I said was a joke.
oh wait FBI i dont want to kill them myself i'm not even 18 yet
@@orangejuice6266 CIA will
It's a shame on how much we seem to rely on politicians to do this and that since they supposedly have the power, but time and time again it's proven how little they care about anyone that's not them. Best we can do is prepare, since so few people are willing to do anything.
the politicians you so despise are voted in by members of our community ... make better decisions and be more educated - things will improve.
Flowman Lol, they can just "fortify" the elections and get whoever they want in there. It's cute that you think your vote still matters. Don't blame the people, blame the blatant cheaters in the system.
Oh... You people almost made me cry...❤ Thanks for the precious knowledge delivered sapiently with humour! 👍🏿
14:10 I love the design off that car, just add a tire on the back then it would look like that De-Vil car from 1961 although only in the back not the front. I also call it the Philip Mercury⚡️car.
“A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.”
Our society will grow great when Gates and his Davos buddies start paying their fair share of taxes.
These are both true, great comments 👍
@@akashsinha2880 They're paying their "fair share" by sponsoring this video 🤣
@@akashsinha2880 God fucking dammit, when will people understand that taxing the rich isn’t the ultimate solution? They will keep avoiding taxes, no matter what dumb policies people will try to implement. Their wealth should be directly appropriated by use of force if necessary
“I’m sort of guessing, ‘e liked gardening anyway’
If the solution is to fix politics, we're truly and utterly fucked.
Sen bide türkiyeyi gör.
@@bilimuzayveilgincbilgiler2250 lol
@@aegeanharrier6648 he is rigth ;-;
Fix the politicians. After all, the residents are publicly listed
I don’t think that that’s the problem, we are fully capable of influencing politicians. The problem would lie more with people not being able to afford being climate-friendly, and so they do not vote for green parties. And their reason is valid. It’s more than just disadvantages to poor people, some changes can impact them pretty badly…
Currently, I'm studying car design and am contemplating doing a final year project that explores the idea of using bamboo as car body panels and extruded aluminium and 3D printing for chassis production. I'll spare the details but basically, smaller factory floors, lower production emissions and more sustainable cars on top of the switch to electric. I don't know if the tech will ever take off but this is my contribution, at the very least, get a conversation going.
This is probably the BEST video about climate change and carbon emission, not only in the channel, but in the entire internet. I have to admit, the last time you guys talk about climate change you didin't touch the topic of the "carbon footprint TM" and I admit I was kind of pissed about. All the propaganda (because it was) about the topic in 2019-2022 focused on how the change was responsibility of the individual and honestly, I was tired of it, unable to bring myself to the idea that somehow we as individuals had that ammount of power in the matter and angry about the tale that developed countries had about the issue. Why we, a developing country in the prime, should worry to fix a problem the great powers are telling us to do, when the enriched themselves by the same behavior they are telling us to stop? F*** Thunsberg! we are dying from starvation! we have no time for your 1st world problems!... that was my entire opinion. we never had seen an Electric vehicle in our entire lives, because nobody here has the money to buy it. Now I see with more clarity, and this video made me realize, OK, maybe I can contribute, not because its somehow my responsibility but because I can actually do a little part, and that could be enough. Asking for better policies, and voting for better people in the country, but also buy less bottle watter, and truning of lights. And probably, we are not doomed as species, as I used to think
“Can YOU fix climate change?” Kurzgesagt: well its a lot more complicated than that. The thumbnail: no❤️
But yeah on an individual level we can't fix climate change it needs to be done on a government level.
I'm extremely disappointed with the thumbnail and their framing of individual action as a question worthy of debate. It's not a question!! The whole third act of the video is telling us to act, as individuals, at the ballot box!! I could scream!!!
@@sharpsusan I mean, they are just saying that one person alone can't do shit, and even the whole world can't, he makes us realize we need to pressure those on top, andi. Incentivise them to become greener
@@sharpsusan ikr the thumbnail should be "yesn't"
@@motapota4883 aa
"we need to elect politicians that are genuinely motivated to solve the problem and unelect the corrupt ones that don't" we're screwed
That statement was somewhat of an oxymoron in itself I think.
@@Argornash Yeah, that was a surprisingly naïve statement from such a well-researched channel.
Such politicians don't exist.
Quick! In 7ish years!! Change the entire political system!!!
Maybe he said it from his standpoint as a German, because in Germany the green partie has an actuall chance.
This video is one of the best gifts you have given to the entire humanity 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 your efforts are very much appreciated! Knowing what we can do will propel us in the right direction and that's how taking action happens.
I am going to translate everything to swedish and tell people around me about this, thanks for the information this is so much more information than i ever going to get from my school thank you, Ill do my best!❤
"something something sustainability"is the most meaningful statement i've ever heard
You must be new on Earth if that's the Most Meaningful thing you've heard
@@anthonyernst999You must be new on earth, because that statement is also the most sentimental I've ever heard
Why is that?
*laughs in veganism*
@@ChrisRobinson-hl5sz I stand by what I said. If no one has ever said something that meant more to you than this statement, then I feel bad for you, honestly.
Thank you. I was really crying out of frustration until the last part, where you said that yes it is not going to solve the problem to make these changes in our lives, but it will be a tiny little very little help. So thank you. There's still hope.
Lol just because the climate shifts does not mean life on this planet is just going to die out. This planet is in a constant state of change, this ball of rock we live on used to be covered head to toe in molten lava and has been dealt numerous extinction level events, yet this planet still thrives. Climates change regardless of human intervention. We will either be long dead as a species or have moved on to inhabit many worlds by the time we doom this planet. It will be quite some time before we will even have the ability to destroy this planet.
Not only it helps a little, but it helps raise awareness, promote good habits, send the right signals to markets... I think there are a lot of good secondary consequences to individual lifestyle changes, as long as we know they are insufficient and don't get too fanatic about them.
if kurzgesagt owned the world we would be living in a space utopia right now
Agreed
These next ten years will be very interesting indeed…
"Interesting" more like depressing
My will country drown more n more
And also will be Tuvalu gone... :(
yo vars!! hello how is your channel monetisation?
i dont belive things will change, specially in a democracy. Its like he said it, politics need to change for real change to happen.
“Why don’t we just like prevent all of that” best line
Well, it's complicated
@@Fedama-lg9gl Or is it? *Insert Vsauce theme song*
Well, gonna be a little hard to prevent it if you go along with it.
It's funny but, a lot of people actually still have that mindset.
@@wrongthinker843 I'm currently in 702 in a alternate universe on a cooling earth, I don't think carbon is gonna be much of a problem
1:39 1. berlin tv tower reference 2. the "WURST =)" truck located near the brandenburg gate reference
If KZhead gave out awards, this video should win the award for Best Thumbnail because that is one hell of a thumbnail
"Let's save the planet!" said everyone, not knowing how - bill wurtz
R/ im14andthisisdeep
"how did this happen?!"
@SearchingForAnswers And then destroy Mars too? That's all that we do.
@@Ballsucker933 uhhhhh. . . . no.
@@Ballsucker933 What? No
"Not waste our time by banning plastic straws" everyone to Nestle: Apply ice on burned area.
It’s so dumb how at Tim Hortons, they give you your drink in a plastic cup, and they give you a paper straw. Come on guys, paper cups work so much better than paper straws.
@@Kowen959 I know really , but I personally prefer paper starws over plastics
small bits of metal pipe that can be thrown in a dishwasher and reused like cutlery would be best.
DID KLAUS SCHWAB SPONSOR THIS VIDEO. WE THE PEOPLE ARE NOT THE PROBLEM THIS CORUPT POLITICIANS(corporate prostitutes) AND ENERGY MONGOLS (Shell, BP, Exxon) are the problem How much POLUTION DOES THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX PRODUCE YOU ARE PERPETUATING ESG LIES! BAN ALL BIG CORP
@@tunderstormax Maybe watch the whole video?
I'm of the opinion that if "voting" and "persuading" involves more aggressive approaches, then so be it. It always seems as though change for the good of the less affluent necessitates resistance, aggression, and overthrowing. The ballotbox only works as far as those above us allow it to. What we need above all else is the will to unite and make our needs achieve their solution(s), one way or another.
We need to accept there isn’t much we can actually do right now and wait for scientists to come up with real solutions
There is a ton we can do right now???
"Well it's complicated." is definitely Kurzgesagt's catchphrase
Tim Pool wants to know your location.
@Savetion Lmao bruh ok
@Savetion Lmao You sir managed to show how stupid you are in only one sentence. I'm impressed 👏
finding Kurzgesagt has catchphrase is TIGHT!
And yet climate change isn't. The dinosaurs were around for close to two hundred million years. They were clearly fine with global mean temperatures 10°C higher than today (CO2 levels were 3-4 times higher back then). Burning ALL the fossil fuels in the ground would raise current temperatures by roughly 10°C. If the dinos can survive it, I'm confident we can too. And we have air conditioning.
Also, be cautious about companies that pretend to be climate friendly, like Apple. They say that they care about the environment, but at the same time they're fighting to remove the right to repair your stuff (not just tech, but everything). This leads to a HUGE waste of resources.
And this video sponsored by corporate, shifting responsibility on public for the most part
They also moved all their manufacturing to China to dodge all the pesky regulations. But no, totally listen to the "greater good" people who want you to give up everything while they live by a different set of rules.
Can’t be stated enough. Don’t listen what companies say, but look what they do. Apple does opposite of what it preaches, the term is “greenwashing”
Apple tried to eliminate the Lightning port on their devices... that would have been literal billions in peripherals made useless overnight.
@@chotabeta6561 if that’s your take home point, you weren’t paying attention.
If these guys had a podcast, I would watch it all the time!
Climatologists warned in the '90s. They also warned in 2000 again. Also warned in 2010, 2015, 2020. Candidates who claim to consider the environment did little. And candidates who ignored the environment stepped on the accelerator. Nothing good happened, and I'm not sure what to do. We seem to have to accept the end of us, with our neighbors who choose to close their eyes.
correct...CO2 levels keep going up and up,...and global temperatures also....nobody has been willing to really tackle this problem...humans are selfish...humans are doomed.
@@livethemoment5148 Um... I've searched a lot in a few days and felt like, 'But the world did something and didn't abandoned this problem'. Inflation Reduction Act started few days ago, activist investment firm won a shocking victory at Exxon Mobil, even china and india spending tons of money to build up less-carbon producing electiricity system. Now I believe that if we fall, it will not be because we do nothing. I don't believe we have a zero chance of overcoming the world's greatest challenge - overcoming fossil fuel infrastructures.
@@inyeroum ok, let's check the CO2 levels in a couple of years, the methane levels, temperatures, droughts, sea ice melting, heatwaves , fish depletion, ocean acidification, etc . let's see if that improves
I learned something new in this video: The reason governments subsidize fuel is to lower transport costs. That's a huge thing I've never really thought about before, given that I did know that every single industry relies on a global network of shipping in order to source supplies.
We need to fund teleportation.
yeah its one of those things that play a huge role but you kinda dont think about, and people dont make videos on it because its not exciting or clickbaity
@@batuhanyldz1095 teleportation is killing yourself and creating a clone somewhere else. No thanks
Didn't you know? Diesel gets subsidies since forever. Edit: Atleast in Germany i know of it.
The “personal responsibility” is probably the most useless approach to CC…. In my opinion
"Well it is complicated." Always gets you.
When he says that you know it will go on and on and on and o-
Indeed
gosh this comment is gonna explode
No
The core of this channel, it seems. Always taking something complicated and messy, and explaining it a way we can understand. Love the way they teach us
Personnal efforts are useful for systemic change cause they make you more mobilized, conscious of problems and solutions, and eager for political and industrial change. They also allow to cut a part of the emissions that neither politicians and industries can cut.
This is a very important one. I think the most important one in our times. Don't find excuses. Do you part. And please, share this video or talk about it to bring awareness. For the future of the planet, please.
11:02 "The concept of your personal carbon footprint was popularized by the oil producer BP in 2005" that one hits hard
Just as Exxon Mobile funded the first study on the impact of humans on the climate in the 60s and 70s, and when THEIR OWN SCIENTISTS told them they need to stop burning oil and invest in renewables, paid politicians off to fake a debate about it, slander and deny scientific results and facts and directly caused the climate change denying believes today. Anyone who seriously thinks that capitalists are good people is living with their head so far up their ass that it'd need surgery to pull them back out.
@@thatangrygerman2076 yeah that story is horrible
@@thatangrygerman2076 It's not a capitalist thing. It's a human thing. I'm damn sure Castro, Stalin and Mao would've done the same thing if it threatened their power. The big companies felt threatened, they eliminated that threat, simple as
Kurgz talked about the personal responsibility bit but I think it wasnt framed properly. If we all stopped producing emissions, that means we all stop consuming emission creating products. If we stopped consuming emission creating products, then companies no longer sell emission creating products. If companies no longer sell emission creating products, then companies no longer produce emission creating products. If companies no longer produce emission creating products, then companies no longer produce emissions.
@@opinionatortv6457 ig but who cares if it’s this or that it’s fucked up and they did it
I remember seeing an ad from Chevron saying “We’re planning on going zero carbon in 2050. What are you doing to help the planet?” I just couldn’t help but think that it’s going to take Chevron another 30 years to become neutral carbon, but no, I’m not doing enough to keep the planet healthy.
Jesus christ, 30 years? They're out of their minds.
Help the planet? Lmao the planet doesn't care, humans are fucked
2050 is way too late. It's a joke.
This video was supported by Bill Gate’s money and “personal blog.” A man with billions who at the end of 2019 still had $100 million invested in oil stocks. This channel is not supporting climate action. They support the billionaires pretending to care.
Spoiler alert: if this video would care about climate action it would talk about nuclear energy
It is in the nature of climates to change as it for time to pass. A temperature can be defined only for a homogeneous system. Furthermore, the climate is not governed by a single temperature. Rather, differences of temperatures drive the processes and create the storms, sea currents, thunder, etc. which make up the climate.
Everyone who watched this doing their part is nice, but we should share this video and spread the message!
This one's a heavy hitter. Thank you for making this and bringing awareness!
Nice
Helo I'm a fan :)
We can't do much unless the big companies try to do their part as well
One moment was - *"Heavy Hitler?"*
Correction: every video of Kurzgesagt is a heavy hitter
“When politicians are reluctant to change we need to vote them out and vote in people who respect science” Ah so that’s where the 18k dislikes comes from
Meanwhile some countries will use 'magic tricks' like "turning off the electricity", to replace the ballot boxes during the vote counting.
The truth is if you put ANY politician in charge of "climate change" we're all doomed.
@@RaphBuzz I don’t honestly believe that tho yes most politicians are corrupt but I do believe there are some that haven’t been lobbied out yet
What dislikes? I don't see them
@@wemikoussg4991 youtube used to show how many dislikes a video had right next to how many likes it had, as well as a blue/grey bar showing like/dislike ratio but for some reason they hid the number so now it literally says "dislike" instead of actually showing how many a video has ive heard some people complain that this makes it harder to track scammers on youtube as their videos tend to have awful like/dislike ratios for obvious reasons
also lab grown meat is a very interesting thing scientists have been studying, it can dramatically drop green house gasses, and free up a lot of land if we get it going on mass, and replace animal grown meat wherever we can. my earth science class did a week studying it in like 2018, very awesome stuff.
Electric Cars actually do emit CO2. The CO2 and electricity comes from factories. Hybrid cars can partly prevent CO2 emissions.
More people need to realize the truth about the "personal carbon footprint" lie. Thanks for reiterating it, Kurzgesagt!
USA, UK, Russia, France, Germany, Japan should be fined for the climate change.
@@molamola8305 your forgetting china and India too
@@molamola8305 France is one of the most eco friendly countries lol stfu
@@Sanglierification stfu France produces many weapons are the eco friendly??
@@molamola8305 China and India are the biggest carbon producers by far. If anyone needs to be fined it's them. Problem is, China doesn't like the world right now, and is liable to throw a fit if everyone gangs up on them.
The "personal responsibility" angle is so nasty, millionaires are out there pointing at us and saying "if only YOU would recycle more, or eat less, or stop driving, we could save the planet. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to hop on my private jet to fly to the other side of the country so I can attend a party"
The worst part is when they call you a hypocrite for using a smartphone. Smartphones have made information dramatically more accessible around the world, and changed the pace that we share and debate important topics like this. They are low-key discouraging you from learning and participating in these issues. Buying a new phone every year is wasteful, but HAVING access to the internet is VITAL. They want you to bury your head in the sand, like the right wing ignorance-is-bliss voters.
@@SubjectiveObserver proof?
You think it's lowly millionaires? Haha it's the billionaires and politicians. On a scale that big millionaires are just lucky peasants.
@@gustavoinostroza1441 just because he is criticizing the right doesnt mean hes a leftist. if he is a leftist though, nice because so am i. its okay to listen to other opinions
@Alive Outside based
I like how after this one Kurzgesagt treats our simple brains to a little encouragement by telling us we can do something to fix climate change.
“Fruip Poop”. I love these little details. Nice job, artist/animator 👏🏻
"NO*" as thumbnail and "Can YOU Fix Climate Change?" as title is by far the best combination i've ever seen.
YOU alone NO
@@boykatol1798 kid
It is like that Nature cover "Was Darwin Wrong?" With a big NO on the first page
@@user-ii1ii5sm9e hes right
"No, but..."
"All the personal efforts will only save 1 second . " Broke my spine
Made me double take. We have to work together.
Consider that a small change will still have an impact. For example eating less meat will cause an animal less to die. That might not sound like a lot, but it's a whole lot for that animal.
@@tero2444 unrelated emotional argument
@@tero2444 but does it tho?. I mean veganism and vegetarianism has increased exponentially the last 10 years compared to what we had 50+ years ago but can you actually say as fact that meat consumption has decreased or even more importantly, has meat production decreased? Wich is what essentially produces CO2 and harms the atmosphere, so I think that unless there's a very radical change of more than half of Earth's population we won't actually have any valuable change.
@@tero2444 the only reason I will eat less meat if it means good for humans I don't care about non intelligent animals so keep your emotional bs to yourself
In the past few years I’ve seen large swings in the jet stream that brought cold air or warm air into my area. This caused highs or lows.
This video by far has the best thumbnail ever. It's my favorite.
Damn, you could feel how even kurzgesagt team was a little depressed about the individual responsibilities Don't worry guys I trust you that your doing your part
Let us do our part too
personal responsibility isn’t how this problem will get solved, you have to ban large corporations from dumping and get corporations to clean up their act.
wby
@@joshskslg9302 I’m still gonna do my part at the same time though. Any way that I can help, I will.
@@joshskslg9302 so in other words: You have to vote. Whihc is personal responsibility. Voting is the highest power any citized in a democratic country posesses. Use it
I wrote a thesis about this topic and ended up with a similar conclusion. Very reassuring haha.
I mean, what else were you expecting?
Good job 👏🏽
Scary thing that some humans actually believed 15 days to flatten dem curves
@@Starius2 no it was only made to convince people to stay at home but everyone knew we would need to wait for a vaccine
curently studying environment and development and yeah that point occasionally rises whenever i try to make assignments and writings
Always a good reminder + watch. Thanks guys!
Public transit and nuclear energy are the two most helpful solutions to date.
i wish kurzgesagt had enough money and resources to upload weekly, its a breath of fresh air watching these videos
AHAHAHAGG “BREATH OF FRESH AIR” AGAHAHAG 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Get a patreon membership for them, if you really want more videos
@@republicofitaly1828 i am
Same I miss their episodes it’s been a while!
That's because Kurzgesagt is the embodiment of quality over quantity.
I love that you guys make it clear when an opinion is being displayed.
yeah, if you think about it in a place like california that tried to implement regulations towards climate change and stuff like that ended up loosing population that migrated to texas, and several other states just because the cost of life was increasing a lot and taxes were very high. so you cant just "impose regulations" or "promote green energy" without fucking up the population (or at least for now). i really want a solution for the way of "you emmit, you pay" in a global scale that increases over time and makes contaminating industries no loger profitable in all of the world.
@@somedude8468 solar particle forcing not human exhalation gas is to blame for climate.
Absolutely, as it should be
I didn’t even read this comment before liking. There was 999 likes. It was my duty
@@ccriztoff wach out what you say buddy😐
5:09 froop poops, my favourite
Guys, this is was like commercial for the green parties, these parties had majority in EU parlament for last 5 years, during that time prices of energy have trippled, stagnation has turned to staglation, and prices of real estates have doubled, farmers are pushed really hard and at the same time EU import meat from Mercosur, in the meantime China has built more coal poweplants compare to the rest of the world combined. Funny is, that during the time the EU CO2 trace has not decrease! Different countries have different approaches to the climate, there is no united global effort, never was never will be, only thing that can help are new technologies, but for that we need functional economies that are not choked down by central restrictions
Thank you for mentioning that BP came up with this whole carbon foot print thing. Everyone needs to know. We all have to do our part but companies need to do the biggest step
don't buy stuff from them and they won't produce it, easy
@@Mollkiller What is easier and more likely ? All people of earth making an educated choice, or forcing people to make the educated choice ?
@@Mollkiller sabo their oil rigs. Blow up their offices. And abduct their families in return for - not ransom - but solid steps to tackle this problem.
yeah but, in the end.. it's the Sun that controls our climate.
@@BlackMasterRoshi that's... not really how it works... the Sun hasn't changed in intensity since the Industrial Revolution
Politicians and media in general survive and profit from distracting from the big issues. That’s all. It’s systemic and we eat it up willingly because we’ve been trained that way.
Didn't expect you here!
Herkules
harning
Too true. There isn't a single politician in any Western country that would perform any solution and risk themselves being unpopular.
Have we been trained that way or is it just because we don't have the capacity? I don't remember going to "getting distracted by politicians school"
i am so scared for my future. Summers in the UK used to be like 21• everyday when i was younger, now they are going up to 28• daily and the really hot days are 34•… wtf! I was extremely ill on the 40 degree day and felt dizzy and seriously thought if that was how i felt then we are so screwed in the near future on even hotter days
AWWW 🥰 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR JOB GUYS!! 🥳🔥✨ STAY GREEN 💚
"Complain about windmills in their backwards." Germans quietly watching this video: 👀
If there's one key-word it is "FREiER HORIZONT"
Backyard?
I find windturbines beautiful, not because they are physically beautiful but I find it so freakin cool that they can produce so much clean energy just spinning around.
wind TURBINES please, thank you
@@juliaconnell stop commenting on KZhead
9:58 Yes, shifting responsibility to us the consumer was the dirtiest trick the oil companies ever played on us! Selling a product then divorcing them selves from the environmental impact of it and refusing to create solutions for the problem with all of the money that they made because it will lower their profits is just PURE GREED!
But still, we're indirectly and collectively responsible. In the end, companies build products for us to consume. Cars, oil, transport, meat, houses... That's the problem, that we can't stop emissions right now without vastly changing our lifestyles.
@@TheJaviJB The fact is that no single thing can solve climate change, that's why shifting the blame on other sectors or other people is useless, as everybody will have to do their own
@@TheJaviJB Only if you ignore the vastly greater amount of influence all of that money gave those small number of executives to ensure our society was steered this direction. Then the blame is equal.
@@TheJaviJB they have become way too powerful, someone needs to put them back in their place
@@TheJaviJB "ain't no way dem librawls are gonna take away me gawddam MEAT gawddammit I cannot just eat something that tastes just like it gawddam commies - OW my HIP!"
Que coisa legal da parte do KZhead! Agora dá pra assistir tudo na língua que quiser no canal original. Agora espalhar conteúdos científicos fica mais barato e dá pra focar mais na vida pessoal do time. Obrigado KZhead!
um speak english😢
@@Ocarus0Cycle um not everyone needs to speak English😢
@@BreadIsBestBread ok but what does this guy mean
@@Ocarus0Cycle Just translate it
14:17 god i love the way this little guy walks
Thank you for saying that negative pressure doesn’t help, telling people who can’t afford solar panels that they are the problem and they’ll never be able to be a good person does *not* help whatsoever. We all need to figure out solutions together.
Let's not forget the people who invest in Bitcoin. So much energy for something already considered obsolete.
Solar panels are also absolutely shit when it pertains to long term energy production they lose roughly 1-2% of their energy production capabilities per year ...
@@cavity131 i highly doubt thats true of every possible type of solar panel, making huge generalizing statements like that isnt exactly best practice
@@Supremax67 ignorance
agreed! especially when being a good person should never depend on what things you own or dont own, all it takes to be a good person in my opinion is to try to be kind and helpful whenever you have a chance, and try to be fair and be open to the idea that you might be wrong about something!
At 3:40 I really liked how animators first removed the nearby forest areas, and once the place got developed then they planted small trees at the edges. Which is completely true regarding current 'Greenification' process.
All the visuals in this video are insane.
@@csar07. Yes! Great work by the team!
And a lot of the trees that are planted as part of these campaigns are just ignored once the PR stunt of planting them is over
I have some news for you. Grasslands trap MUCH MORE CO2 than trees... except tree-hugging hippes and total weetads would lose their sh!t if companies started cutting trees making room for grasslands... which is why they have to plant trees as a showoff.
@@PravinDahal from a very quick search it sounds like grasslands hold less carbon, but can hold it more securely because it's held underground
not a shocker. have never tried to change my lifestyle for climate change bc i knew it would have little to no effect. i’ve always been interested in the science for a long time but have always known that it has to be up to big companies etc to make a change, we have the science technology but there’s still a lot more efforts especially as emissions increase as we try to make new technology. not a big hitter for me but maybe for some people, i always love kurzgesagt climate change videos
Wow thank you so much I now have a bunch of points for my IELTS Writing
This is the best summary of this subject I have ever seen, and I’m studied climate change for my PhD! Well done Kurzgesagt, now we’re just need everyone with access to KZhead to watch it and vote with ballot and wallet for a habitable planet
Yeah, well that already excludes >1 bn people right now, thanks to the Great Firewall of China
How did you get in this job Sir ? Is there any hope of saving humanity at all ?
Our planet will always be habitable if you have money enough, sadly other animals doesn't have any money and a lot of humans don't too.
We won't vote climate change activist in until it is too late. If anything we are actively voting for the worse people time and time again. Only when the shit hits the fan will people vote accordingly
I prefer war. If we kill off a few billion people the rest of us can emit as much as we want and it'll be fine.
"So why don't we like........prevent that?" *-Politicians and celebrities in a nutshell*
When Monke is smarter than the politicians. But yes, this is a very serious problem.
Ye tho
how about stop buying products that cant be repaired like apple shit not be obsessive about every apple product release. stop using airpods that cannot be repaired but only thrown away, stop buying products that are extremely difficult to fix is a good first step. Stop living a disposable lifestyle. But no, we love our Apple shit. So shiny...
"But I like money" - unchecked corporations
@@Decco6306 kurzgesagt: placing all the responsibility of climate change on the individual is not only unfair and unrealistic, but shifts attention away from the people who truly need to change their behavior: the lavish rich and corporations you: ITS BECAUSE OF THAT DAMN PHONE ISNT IT
Im gonna cycle🚲to school here after 😊. I go in bus becuase its cheap but now thinking of it it even cheaper to use my bicycle🚲(its a win win situation if you can do it too) I think if everyone can use cycling and walking as their main way of transportation it would help a lot to change the world more than you can imagine.
Great work! It’s very good for you too.
Kurzgesagt: Politics... "Me living in italy": yea ok I'm dead
"something, something, sustainability" I need this on a T-shirt
Yes let's print more dumb things on more dumb t-shirts please. How very sustainable.
@@mosqit4324 that isn't very sustainable
downplaying this isn't wise
I can actually make it lol
@@viktroll if you can type a comment, you most likely can lol
The video makes so more sense, when you know that "kurzgesagt" are german youtubers (or based in germany) and this week are the german elections, which will decide the climate politic for the next 10-15 years in germany. I really hope your video will make a difference, so we can finally do the right thing
Wtf,i thought they were russians at first
@@ryosuaitisi lol how so?
@@pangaea5258 i assumed they are cuz of their channel name
@@ryosuaitisi kurzgesagt means "in a nutshell" in german. It literally translates to "said shortly". Just so you know, if I sounded like a douche that wasn't my intention
@@ryosuaitisi it doesn't sound even remotely russian lol
it's insane that we only had 3 billion people on the earth in 1960, but 8 billion in 2022, a 5 billion increase in just the last 62 years
Something I’d say would be very good. Would be better, and also more advanced public transportation. It would make you more likely to take it instead of your car. Or making more cities with better mapping so you can ride a bike or walk everywhere without taking an hour. I’m not a professional, but I just think this would work.
As someone from a developing country - thanks for raising awareness on this (specifically the emissions vs poverty debate). It's nice to know that the narrative on climate change is starting to include our sentiments.
Yeah, it's not poorer working peoples fault, they should not be sterilised, and their elderly and disabled should not be killed to "save the planet", that is disgusting malthusian "over population" degrowth nonsense
i feel this has always been the MAIN talking point brought up when climate change is mentioned, it hardly needed "raising awareness" the US, China, and India are always brought up as rising due to factories and "but what about them!"
Don't keep your hopes up humanity will start caring about climate change when people will be dying here and there on first world countries,humanity will pay soon but will be aware to care when the rich who own those companies start getting hurt themselves
Wdym rasing awareness. People are already aware of this at least in the countries where they can at least vote. But they dont have any choosing option. Every single politician only cares about their fking pockets. They just select the option which fills their pocket more but at the same time not damaging the image of their's too much and totally ignore about the environment. We will see what will happen in the next 50 years. If they continue like this these kinds of people wont be able to get elected cuz there will be no need for that cuz of the lack of a government cuz there will be envronment to live in
@@jhinabloomingflower807 well be then everything will have gone to shit and we'll spend the hundred years cleaning that shit up
I trust Kurzgesagt to do an episode on Bird Law.
yes
Yes please
I love that you are here. I love you. Pls gibe German ratchet screwdriver thx.
Are you sure he has a degree in Bird Law?
yes
Some people are just those type of teammates in games that does nothing until were about to lose and blames you that you didnt do anything
True
Well, the most telling part of this quite smart & beautiful video is the Walmart ad that makes it possible. Also, there's a world-size hole where an economic critique should be---of how our economy is designed to maximize profits and growth at the expense of the health and well-being of people and environments.