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본 연설은 2024년 4월에 진행된 "The Climate Change Conspiracy... Conspiracy | Anjali Appadurai | TEDxSurreySalon"입니다.

본문 편집을 해서 유튜브 영상이랑 조금 다를 수 있습니다. 글로서리는 없습니다. 

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For the past 20th century decades, the fossil fuel industry masked climate change from the public to embed itself as our primary form of energy, making billions in the process, and becoming one of the most profitable Industries in the world. They worked hard to reinforce the message that fossil fuels are the only form of energy that makes sense. That without fossil fuels the world would be colder, scarier, more uncertain, that fossil fuels are an essential part of our culture and our lives. Now fast forward to today and the industry is still invested in the public believing this message.

The superpower of fossil fuel disinformation is that it thrives on our fear. It makes us think that we live in a world of scarcity and it leads us to want to protect ourselves and our own with the broader societal good being an afterthought. It's no wonder that many pro- oil groups and demonstrations and recent years have actually shown concerning levels of anti-immigrant sentiment. Fear of the other. The industry has subtly messaged to us that it is the only thing standing between us and dystopian chaos. Underpinned by a strong strain of xenophobia. The industry has created so much more than a simple transaction when you fill up your car at the gas pump. It's created a culture, a worldview, and even though that worldview has a long history that's rooted in the interests of the most powerful industries and individuals in the world, the industry still makes us think that it's working in our interests.

So now we know, decades of disinformation have hindered the truth on climate change and blocked any real action to stop it. But when you look at the world around us today, the scorchingly hot summers, the worryingly mild winters, it's hard to deny that climate change is already upon us. 2023 was the hottest year on record globally and by the end of the year scientists told us that we'd lost an extra 20% of glacial ice more than any predictions had allowed for. And here in Canada we didn't just break our record for wildfires last year, we crushed it. And air quality across the country plummeted from all that smoke.

So then how do we respond to this crisis that lives in the pit of our stomachs, and makes the future uncertain? We could respond by leaning into the fear that the fossil fuel industry has encouraged in us, and we could double down on oil and gas like they want us to. Milking the industry for the last few jobs and the stability that they can provide. Or instead of that fear, we could choose hope. Hope is a powerful and healing force, and it's our best tool to combat the disinformation all around us. Fear says I must take care of me and mine. I cannot look further than my own backyard. While hope says what's best for me is what's good for everyone. The way we get to hope is through our imaginations of course.

The most effective solutions to climate change are the ones that get us off fossil fuels, while making us all better off, creating a safer and healthier society with a stronger economy and a higher quality of life for all.

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