David Titley: How the military fights climate change
David Titley: Comment les forces armées combattent le changement climatique
Scientist and retired Navy officer Dr. David Titley asks a big question: Could the US military play a role in combating climate change? Full bio
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about climate and change,
sur le climat et le changement,
pas sur les ours polaires.
and not polar bears.
that we lived in in the mid-2000s.
au milieu des années 2000.
météo et océanographique de la Marine
for the Navy's weather and ocean service.
au centre spatial de Stennis
called Stennis Space Center
une petite ville du Mississippi
called Waveland, Mississippi,
vous le voyez, résiste aux tempêtes.
it's up against a storm surge.
de neuf mètres,
storm surge does
ce qu'il se passera ensuite.
this is, like, right after Katrina --
c'était juste après Katrina,
sur les rails du chemin de fer,
up there in the railway tracks,
in the Gulf of Mexico,
dans le Golfe du Mexique,
we really, we lost our house.
on a perdu notre maison,
pour obtenir de la sympathie,
les plus chanceux du Golfe du Mexique.
the luckiest people on the Gulf Coast.
est très importante, là.
is probably pretty important there.
s'est passé ici va s'empirer ?
you know, what happened here?
car vous l'avez entendu dire,
because as you've heard,
to do something like this.
provoquent ce genre de choses.
and kind of look at this.
et réfléchissons là-dessus.
climate's really complicated,
du climat est complexe,
qu'il s'agit uniquement d'eau.
it's all about the water.
petits points bleus là, en bas ?
there down on the lower part?
that's all the water in the world.
c'est toute l'eau dans le monde.
those are the fresh water.
c'est l'eau douce.
that as the climate changes,
le changement climatique
is changing very fundamentally.
se modifie radicalement.
au mauvais endroit, au mauvais moment.
wrong place, wrong time.
it's liquid where it should be frozen;
elle est liquide, au lieu d'être gelée ;
of the ocean itself is changing.
est en pleine mutation.
sécuritaire ou militaire,
from a security or a military part
environment that we're working in,
de travail opérationnel,
which sounds kind of fancy
ce qui a l'air fantaisiste
by that in a second.
dans quelques instants.
a couple examples here.
and humanitarian catastrophe
was one of the causes
était l'une des causes
en matière de blé et d'orge.
in things like wheat and barley.
d'Assad lui ait dit :
in Assad's office that said,
dans l'est de la Méditerranée,
we're in the eastern Mediterranean,
peut-être pas la meilleure idée. »
maybe not the best idea."
and handsome man. We'll get right on it."
et puissant. On s'y met tout de suite. »
incroyable mais vrai,
dans le domaine nutritionnel,
self-sufficient in food,
avec l'eau de surface.
of their surface water.
de problèmes non climatiques
many nonclimate issues
by that lower blue line there,
ont rejoint les villes.
come into the cities.
et une sécheresse,
heat wave and drought --
to the changing climate --
au changement climatique,
of a million farmers
They had nothing.
de la terre. Ils n'avaient rien.
ils sont dans les villes,
he's taking care of his people,
qui prend soin de son peuple.
we have just this huge issue here
d'instabilité majeure
dans le milieu de la sécurité,
a risk to instability.
un « risque d'instabilité ».
it makes bad places worse.
or about 1,200 miles, north of Oslo,
à 2 000 km au nord d'Oslo,
you've never heard of.
entre les deux voies maritimes
to get out and go into warmer waters.
pour rejoindre les eaux plus chaudes.
every single polar orbiting satellite
placé en orbite polaire
réduit les glaciers de la région,
the sea ice around here,
Parlementaire de l'OTAN
Parliamentary Assembly
on Svalbard next month.
pas du tout cette décision.
very unhappy about that.
a flashpoint in the Arctic,
une poudrière en Arctique,
voire des siècles,
if not centuries,
ou des changements stratégiques,
a typhoon or strategic changes,
notre secrétaire à la Défense,
he understands that as well,
is that climate is a risk.
c'est que le climat est un risque.
au Congrès et il a dit :
responses to Congress,
that understands this.
pas les seuls à comprendre cela.
dans d'autres marines et d'autres armées
in other navies and other militaries
au sujet du risque climatique.
about the climate risk.
to speak for a half-a-day seminar
lors d'un séminaire d'une demi-journée,
« Seapower Symposium »
is alleged to have said,
but he's alleged to have said
mais il est censé l'avoir dit -
les Américains pour faire ce qu'il faut
be counted upon to do the right thing
we're still in the process
d'exploiter toutes les possibilités.
nous allons nous en sortir.
your recycling out on Wednesday,
vos déchets tous les mercredis,
with every business leader,
avec chaque chef d'entreprise,
every government leader,
chaque chef politique
faites-vous pour stabiliser le climat ? »
to stabilize the climate?"
s'inquiéteront assez,
won't lead on this issue --
ignorent ces problèmes,
the ice doesn't care.
la glace s'en fiche.
qui habite la Maison Blanche.
who's in the White House.
qui contrôle votre congrès.
controls your congress.
qui contrôle votre gouvernement.
controls your parliament.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Titley - MeteorologistScientist and retired Navy officer Dr. David Titley asks a big question: Could the US military play a role in combating climate change?
Why you should listen
David Titley is a Professor of Practice in Meteorology and a Professor of International Affairs at the Pennsylvania State University. He is the founding director of Penn State’s Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk. He served as a naval officer for 32 years and rose to the rank of Rear Admiral. Titley’s career included duties as commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command; oceanographer and navigator of the Navy; and deputy assistant chief of naval operations for information dominance. He also served as senior military assistant for the director, Office of Net Assessment in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
While serving in the Pentagon, Titley initiated and led the U.S. Navy’s Task Force on Climate Change. After retiring from the Navy, Titley served as the Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for Operations, the chief operating officer position at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Titley serves on numerous advisory boards and National Academies of Science committees, including the CNA Military Advisory Board, the Center for Climate and Security and the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Titley is a fellow of the American Meteorological Society. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
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