Every year, ocean levels rise and high tides flood the low-lying Marshall Islands in the Pacific, destroying homes, salinating water supplies and disrupting livelihoods. In a stirring poem and talk, youth climate warrior Selina Neirok Leem explains why adaptation using Indigenous solutions is the only choice for people on the front lines of climate change. “These islands are our ancestors, our predecessors, our homes,” Leem says. “We are at the risk of losing all of that for something we contributed very little to.”
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What a beautiful man!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
you dont need knowladge of resurrection. your island is going to die… leaving your island is only an alternate way… and the only thing that you need is a gratitude to accept your fate… im sure a lot of people around the world will accept you…
Not quite.
Brainwashed.
MOVE
Couldn't agree more with @Levi Efrauim, shrill fear mongers…
You won't get the change you want without war, sorry for the spoilers.
Over population is the elephant in the room!
Talk about out of touch, it's sad what the more feeble minded people of this world cling to.
existirá la posibilidad de que sea traducido el video al español me gustaría saber que es lo que tienen que decir sobre este tema tan importante y no se ingles
Just what is it a threat TO? I see any and all Earth overall warming as a net BENEFIT to the planet, and any disruptions to petty human urban planning as trivial. Humans are in population overshoot anyway, and will crash soon no matter what we do.
Sick fs
this video has 750 likes to over 2,000 dislikes just fyi
If I could donate a billion dollars and help adapt your islands to climate change I would, but right now all I can say is …….Godspeed 🤞
keep buying and investing in stocks or crypto,soon Bitcoin will hit $100,000
climate change is a real thing but it is not man made. Leading scientist say there is no threat from it.
No need to predict doom& gloom, it’s already started. I really don’t see a way out at this point. I was hearing about climate change back in the 70s. Now it’s here and the damage has been done. Beyond sad.
enough people are becoming homeless from disasters. We don't need to help the disasters destroy us.
No more evictions from primary residences!
No one should own 10 homes while some have none!!
How tall is she?
Look. I would rather appreciate some citations to papers if you actually want me to listen to your talk. This is mainly because I cant take you seriously if you start acting like a poet.
Get speakers that don think they’re in a poetry reading please.
It's so good to see that huge organizations and conferences such as TED are taking action to inform people about really important global issues, such as climate change in this example. We all should know that we contribute to this change without even knowing it, and we should really try to reduce our negative effect on our planet!
If you are looking for a way to help the Earth and fight climate you can use Ecosia they are a search engine that plants tress….
CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT CAUSED BY HUMANS!!!!!!! IT'S CYCLICAL AND IS CAUSED BY A IRON OXIDE PLANET,AKA PLANET X, THAT COMES THROUGH OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND HEATS UP OUR ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM. THEY LIE TO YOU SO THEY CAN ENACT BILLS AND STEAL MORE MONEY FOR THINGS UNDER THE GUISE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
Our leaders are simply narcissistic wannabe actors who lack beauty and talent. Catastrophe is the only way the system will change at this point. I am livestock.
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'' we are talked a lot about, but we are not listened to '' -why?
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MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT 👍!.
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# Cop 26
SAVE OUR PLANET 🌏🌍🌎!
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'' we are talked a lot about, but we are not listened to '' -why?
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Yes👍
Oh TED ✓ 🤗
yes👍
and yes-.
MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT 👍!.
YES 👍
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# Cop 26
SAVE OUR PLANET 🌏🌍🌎!
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'' we are talked a lot about, but we are not listened to '' -why?
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Thank you.
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