 I'm not sure how many of you have been following COP26, but if you have been then I'm sure that you feel the same way that the rest of us feel Hopeless because even if world leaders are saying everything that they need to say What matters more is the actions that they're taking to stop Global catastrophe and they're just not doing enough You know, you'll see the headlines about how you know X country made Y commitment And still even if every single country fulfilled their obligations set out under the Paris Climate Agreement Even if they kept the promises that they're making today, it still wouldn't be enough. The planet would still warm More than 1.5 degrees Celsius, which means we get to see Catastrophic levels of climate change when we're older and I find it downright insulting to see Democrats like Nancy Pelosi go on a world stage and declare that America is back baby all because Trump is out of office Yeah, he was a climate change denier. He was an imbecile. What little progress we made he undid But Joe Biden isn't the savior that Democrats are making him out to be Joe Biden may be better than Donald Trump. He might be even better than Barack Obama when it comes to climate change But I don't care about better I don't care about nibbling around the edges What I want to do is have a habitable planet when I'm as old as these politicians and it just seems like They don't care about us. They don't care about our future. They don't care about our generations They get the luxury of living to be in their 70s and 80s But they're denying that to us and if we are lucky enough to be around when we're their age Then who knows what we're gonna see So Nancy Pelosi took a question from abby martin of empire files Now she very clearly didn't know who abby martin is because abby martin is a real journalist Now abby martin asked her a question and it really cuts to the core of Nancy Pelosi's hypocrisy And the problem with these politicians, you know, she talks a great game when it comes to climate change But yet she keeps expanding the military and the military is one of the largest co2 emitters in the world Emitting more co2 than 140 countries combined annually So abby martin asked her about this and as you're going to see Nancy Pelosi along with another democrat had no idea how to respond Wait a minute. I'm not a woman. I want a woman a woman a woman Gender equality here Maybe I don't abby martin with the empire files Speaker Pelosi, you just presided over a large increase in the pentagon budget. This pentagon budget is already massive The pentagon is a larger polluter than 140 countries combined How can we seriously talk about net zero? If there is this bipartisan consensus to constantly expand this large contributor to climate change Which is exempt from these conferences Military is exempt from climate talks Well, I I just want to use an example if I can You know, this sea level rise is an important part of You know, what's happening to the climate and I am not a defense person But I've had so many talks with the defense department with the navy in particular About how they have to respond to what's going on So I really do think that there is no reason why what we're putting together, you know With build back better and other things Can't respond to the defense department and and and have the same impact in terms of reducing emissions And I do think that the defense department is very much aware of the fact that they have to play a major role Both from a strategic as well as you know for the good of the world So I don't see what we're doing In any way or you know increasing the defense budget as being something that's inconsistent with climate action. I really don't I may have just to add that National security advisors All tell us that the climate crisis is a national security matter It is of course a health matter for our children the water they drink the air they breathe, etc It is a jobs issue between clean clean technologies Being the future of our workforce and the training for all of that. It is a national security issue because of the All of the Conditions that climate crisis produces. I won't go into all of them But they do our cause for migration conflict over habitat and resources and again A security challenge. So it's evident to me that they've never anticipated this question being asked I can't imagine that they haven't heard about all the co2 that the military emits But they certainly never thought that somebody would bring up this question And you know, it's nice to kind of catch them off guard because that's when you really see the true colors of politicians Um, but Nancy Pelosi responded to that question by saying well, you know National security advisors tell us that climate change is a national security threat Okay, what do you want me to do with that information? What does that mean? What are the implications of this? Does that mean that they're going to stop emitting all of this co2? Are we going to ramp down military operations? What does that mean? And if you really think about it, I think what it probably means is that the military acknowledges that climate change Is a national security threat But the way that they're going to respond to that is not by reducing co2 emissions But trying to bomb their way through all of these new national security threats So if climate change is going to spawn, you know, uh new ways of migrants, that's fine We'll just use the military to address that. What's that? There's going to be wars over water Well, we've got we've got a really great big military It's it's just it's a fucking joke and it's insulting And frank polon jr. He chimed in and he said, um, you know, I don't know How increasing the defense budget is inconsistent with climate action Are you stupid because she just told you because the u.s. Military alone emits more co2 than 140 countries combined So how can you not see how it's inconsistent? How do you not see Why everything you're saying is hypocritical because you're saying one thing and then doing something completely different He also says, you know, um, there's no reason why what we're putting together with build back better and other things can't respond to the defense department And have the same impact. So are you saying that build back better is going to see The military size be reduced because I don't think there's any provisions within bbb That talks about that So what are you even saying and this is this is the issue They'll say what they think we want to hear And then they'll just keep doing business as usual and I can't not think that it's because they don't care Again, Nancy Pelosi. She's 81 years old 81 years old not trying to be agist, but she lived a very very long life If I am lucky enough to live to be as old as Nancy Pelosi If I am, uh, 81 years old That'll be nearly 2070. It'll be 2068 See she gets to just see the beginning of catastrophic climate change, you know warmer weather More extremes more hurricanes When I'm that old, I don't know what the fuck to expect Who knows what world we'll be looking at. I'm sure I'll be seeing the beginning of the end of humanity's existence I'm sure I'll see the start of society's unraveling. I don't know what the fuck to expect. Will I see wars over water? Probably won't even have to wait that long She got to live a really nice old life But she's denying that to other generations because they don't have to be around to see the consequences of their actions So I can't help but think they don't care. They know what's needed to be done. They know They know exactly what they need to do and they're not doing it. They're killing us They're killing us now to give you some more context about what abby martin was talking about Just so you know the extent to which the military Emits, you know, uh greenhouse gas emissions and why this is the case Newsweek explains the u.s. Military's carbon boot print is enormous like corporate supply chains It relies upon an extensive global network of container ships trucks and cargo planes The supply its operations with everything from bombs to humanitarian aid and hydrocarbon fuels Our new study calculated the contribution of this vast infrastructure to climate change greenhouse gas emissions accounting Usually focuses on how much energy and fuel civilians use but recent work including our own Shows that the u.s. Military is one of the largest polluters in history Consuming more liquid fuels and emitting more climate changing gases than most medium-sized countries If the u.s. Military were a country its fuel usage alone would make it the 47th largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world sitting between peru and portugal now forbes adds a new report from brown university has estimated that since the Invasion of afghanistan in 2001 the u.s. Military has emitted 1212 million metric tons of greenhouse gases in 2017 alone CO2 emissions added up to 59 million tons more than many industrialized nations including sweden and switzerland BP statistical review of world energy records carbon dioxide emissions in different countries and in 2017 Total estimated CO2 emissions in sweden came to 48 million tons by comparison The u.s. Military also produced more greenhouse gases than morocco peru Hungry finland new zealand and norway according to the research from brown university The pentagon would be the world's 55th largest CO2 emitter if it was a country So it varies based on the report and how they calculated but Looking at this graph here the u.s. Military is one of the largest emitters This is from 2017 as you can see it past morocco sweden finland switzerland And again, this is just our military not the country just the military alone It's almost inconceivable that this is real But it is and yet democrats keep expanding the military budget even more So when we're thinking about climate change if you're not actually factoring in the military into this equation then um You're you're not doing enough You're not doing enough right you're not serious about the threat that this poses to humanity So I absolutely give abby martin credit for actually holding Someone in power accountable and asking good question Um, I will use this time of course to promote more good work from abby martin She's working on a film right now. It's called earth's greatest enemy And I don't know if I can play the teaser trailer because it has music that might be copyrighted But you know, I'll link to it down below and if you're watching this on a different platform other than youtube You can go to earth's greatest enemy calm to see the teaser This is basically a full film about this very subject the extent to which the u.s. Military Is one of the largest contributors to climate change So overall, you know, um, it's really nice to see These politicians squirm But ultimately, you know, if if they're gonna Talk the talk then they need to walk the walk and we shouldn't applaud them For just doing the bare minimum and saying what they need to say Now we're to a point where we have a limited window left to act and we need to see some fucking action and not just nice words