David Titley: How the military fights climate change
David Titley: Como os militares combatem a mudança climática
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,
sobre clima e mudança,
sobre pessoas, e não ursos polares.
and not polar bears.
that we lived in in the mid-2000s.
em meados dos anos 2000.
for the Navy's weather and ocean service.
meteorológica e marítima da marinha.
called Stennis Space Center
chamado Stennis Space Center
de Waveland, Mississippi,
called Waveland, Mississippi,
vai enfrentar uma maré de tempestade.
it's up against a storm surge.
storm surge does
de 30 pés ou 9 metros faz
this is, like, right after Katrina --
nossa casa, isto foi logo após o Katrina,
up there in the railway tracks,
ou desse lado, nos trilhos de trem,
in the Gulf of Mexico,
no Golfo do México,
we really, we lost our house.
the luckiest people on the Gulf Coast.
o povo mais sortudo da Costa do Golfo.
is probably pretty important there.
é muito importante lá.
you know, what happened here?
o que acontece, então?
because as you've heard,
porque, como vocês já ouviram,
to do something like this.
causam coisas assim.
and kind of look at this.
e dar uma olhada nisso.
climate's really complicated,
it's all about the water.
de que tudo tem a ver com a água.
there down on the lower part?
na parte de baixo?
that's all the water in the world.
com facilidade, é toda água do mundo.
those are the fresh water.
that as the climate changes,
is changing very fundamentally.
está mudando fundamentalmente.
wrong place, wrong time.
lugar errado, hora errada,
it's liquid where it should be frozen;
líquida quando deveria ser congelada,
of the ocean itself is changing.
do oceano está mudando.
from a security or a military part
ou a atividade militar
environment that we're working in,
no qual estamos trabalhando,
which sounds kind of fancy
o que parece meio chique
by that in a second.
com isso num segundo.
a couple examples here.
and humanitarian catastrophe
e humanitária, a Síria.
was one of the causes
in things like wheat and barley.
em coisas como trigo e cevada.
in Assad's office that said,
we're in the eastern Mediterranean,
no Mediterrâneo Ocidental,
maybe not the best idea."
talvez não seja a melhor ideia".
and handsome man. We'll get right on it."
poderoso e bonito. Vamos fazer isso".
self-sufficient in food,
autossuficientes em comida,
of their surface water.
many nonclimate issues
by that lower blue line there,
por aquela linha azul ali,
come into the cities.
chegou às cidades.
heat wave and drought --
to the changing climate --
à mudança climática,
of a million farmers
They had nothing.
Eles não tinham nada.
he's taking care of his people,
cuidando dessas pessoas,
we have just this huge issue here
a risk to instability.
de risco de instabilidade.
it makes bad places worse.
lugares ruins ficarem piores.
or about 1,200 miles, north of Oslo,
cerca de 1,2 mil milhas ao norte de Oslo,
you've never heard of.
da qual vocês ouviram.
to get out and go into warmer waters.
para sair e chegar a águas mais quentes.
every single polar orbiting satellite
cada satélite polar em órbita
estratégico do espaço.
the sea ice around here,
demais o gelo marítimo aqui,
Parliamentary Assembly
on Svalbard next month.
no próximo mês;
very unhappy about that.
insatisfeitos com isso.
a flashpoint in the Arctic,
um foco de conflito no Ártico,
if not centuries,
a typhoon or strategic changes,
um tufão ou mudanças estratégicas,
he understands that as well,
is that climate is a risk.
que o clima é um risco.
responses to Congress,
escritas ao Congresso,
that understands this.
americanos que entendem isso.
in other navies and other militaries
de outras marinhas e exércitos
about the climate risk.
sobre os riscos do clima.
to speak for a half-a-day seminar
de falar em um seminário de meio dia
is alleged to have said,
but he's alleged to have said
mas supõe-se que ele tenha dito,
be counted upon to do the right thing
para se fazer a coisa certa
we're still in the process
your recycling out on Wednesday,
o lixo reciclável na quarta-feira,
with every business leader,
every government leader,
cada líder do governo,
to stabilize the climate?"
para estabilizar o clima?"
se importando o suficiente,
won't lead on this issue --
não leva essa questão adiante -
the ice doesn't care.
o gelo não se importa.
who's in the White House.
com quem está na Casa Branca.
controls your congress.
controla seu congresso.
controls your parliament.
controla o parlamento.
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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