Fred Krupp: Let's launch a satellite to track a threatening greenhouse gas
Fred Krupp: Pojďme vypustit satelit, který bude sledovat nebezpečné skleníkové plyny
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with global warming.
čelíme velkému problému.
have been watching the floods,
I don't want you to have hope.
nechci, abyste měli naději.
real certainty
in this problem and live to see it.
a výsledky pozorovat za našeho života.
of what that would look like.
jak by to mělo vypadat.
we've shared this publicly.
co to budeme veřejně sdílet.
data about pollution
o znečištění,
in the hands of people
of global warming in our lifetime.
za našeho života.
maybe I should back up.
možná bych to měl vzít po pořádku.
since I was a kid,
in my neighborhood pond
kvůli chemickému znečištění
about environmentalism differently.
abych o enviromentalismu přemýšlel jinak.
for prosperity,
and thriving in this world.
a být úspěšný na tomto světě.
to build those kind of solutions.
a stavěl taková řešení.
for a moment like this --
pro moment jako je tento -
fighting headwinds
and going up in precision.
about climate change that we didn't grasp
co jsme opomíjeli
of the global warming
globálního oteplování,
is far greater than carbon dioxide.
je mnohem větší než u oxidu uhličitého.
over a 20-year period.
za dobu dvaceti let.
of methane pollution
znečištění metanem
because methane is invisible.
protože metan je neviditelný.
at this natural gas storage facility
přírodního uložiště metanu
at the same spot,
na stejném místě.
úniků metanu v dějinách USA.
in the history of the United States.
is displacing our dependence on coal,
nahrazuje naši závislost na uhlí,
oxidu uhličitého.
je z velké části metan.
and businesses across America,
a firem přes celou Ameriku,
and other equipment.
that we're now experiencing.
kterou právě zažíváme.
to understand the problem.
aby lidé pochopili o co jde.
even Google Street View cars.
of this methane pollution
je daleko více
where the gas is being vented and leaked,
místo, kde dochází k úniku,
easily and inexpensively,
otherwise been wasted.
který by byl jinak vyplýtván.
information like that into people's hands,
že když tuto informaci dáme lidem,
and tightened loose-fitting pipes.
a utáhly povolené spoje.
in the nation to limit methane pollution;
který omezil znečištění metanem,
and the public joined in.
a připojila se i veřejnost.
for Washington, especially not now.
na Washington, hlavně ne teď.
what we've done so far
čeho jsme do teď dosáhli
about 10 percent of this pollution.
na tomto znečištění.
musíme hledat v celém světě.
called MethaneSAT,
který jsme nazvali MethaneSAT.
has been able to do until now:
čeho do teď nebyl nikdo schopen:
from oil and gas facilities worldwide,
a plynárenských zařízení celosvětově,
to map that pollution,
mapovat znečištění,
turning data into action,
přeměnit data v akci.
companies with data,
ukážeme společnostem,
pro omezení znečištění.
aby mohla jednat,
will be free and public,
budou zdarma a veřejná,
is being made and where.
by 45 percent by 2025.
o 45 % do roku 2025.
1,300 coal-fired power plants.
the coal-fired power plants in the world.
všech uhelných elektráren světa.
near-term impact at such a low cost.
za tak malou cenu.
on global warming is truly remarkable.
je opravdu pozoruhodné.
change in our lifetimes,
ještě během našeho života,
of the Audacious Project,
od Audacious Project
and I promised you a vision
a já jsem vám slíbil vizi toho,
of the solution would look like.
našeho řešení.
and data and technology?
dat a technologie?
a whole new era of innovation
do nové éry inovace,
of three years till liftoff,
vzlétnout do 3 let.
we'll have a launch party.
uspořádáme startovací párty.
crowds of people,
s modrou oblohou, davy lidí,
na věc nad nimi,
will change their future.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Fred Krupp - Environmentalist, lawyerFred Krupp is a leading voice on climate change, energy and sustainability, and a champion for harnessing the power of the marketplace to protect our environment.
Why you should listen
As President of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Fred Krupp has guided the organization for three decades. Under his leadership, EDF has become one of the world's most influential environmental players. He has focused international attention on the problem of methane emissions from the oil-and-gas industry and led EDF's innovative corporate partnerships with FedEx, KKR, McDonald's, Walmart and others. He has overseen growth of the organization from a membership of 40,000 to more than two million.
Educated at Yale and the University of Michigan Law School, Krupp appears frequently in the media. He co-wrote the New York Times bestseller Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming with Miriam Horn. He was named one of America's Best Leaders by U.S. News and World Report and is a recipient of the 2015 William K. Reilly Environmental Leadership Award.
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