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ConferenceGlobal Climate Action Summit 2018
Harrison Ford at the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit
A call to protect nature — and to stop dismissing the science — from the San Francisco summit stage.
Harrison Ford · Vice Chair
Conservation International
Location
San Francisco, United States
Date
September 13, 2018
Type
Conference presentation
- Climate Change
- Nature Conservation
- Forests
- Climate Policy
- Climate Communication
- Biodiversity
- Climate Action
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The argument
About this talk
Published by Conservation International. Speaking at the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, Harrison Ford urges leaders to stop treating climate science as a matter of opinion and to put the protection of nature at the centre of climate policy.
He argues that forests and other ecosystems are among the most effective tools available for stabilising the climate, and that they are being lost faster than they are being defended.
This recording is published by Conservation International on its official YouTube channel. Credit and all rights belong to Conservation International and the speaker; MEER links to it for reference only.
Indexed knowledge
Key topics covered
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Climate Change
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Nature Conservation
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Forests
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Climate Policy
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Climate Communication
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Biodiversity
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Climate Action
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The signal
Key takeaways
Nature is infrastructure
Forests and ecosystems are framed as working climate infrastructure, not scenery.
Science is not optional
Ford's sharpest point is that treating evidence as a matter of belief does not change the physics.
Why MEER includes it
Protecting natural cooling and adding engineered surface cooling address the same heat problem from different directions.
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About the speaker
Harrison Ford
Vice Chair · Conservation International
Harrison Ford is an actor and conservationist who has served on the board of Conservation International for more than three decades, latterly as vice chair. His advocacy focuses on protecting forests and natural ecosystems as a central part of the response to climate change.
About the conference
Global Climate Action Summit 2018
The Global Climate Action Summit was held in San Francisco in September 2018, bringing states, cities, businesses and civil society together to accelerate action beyond national governments. This recording is published by Conservation International on its official YouTube channel; credit and all rights belong to Conservation International and the speaker.
San Francisco, United States
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