A slideshow to motivate for climate action. Challenges, solutions, and what all of us can and should do, individually, socially and politically.

1. Welcome to
CLIMATE CHANGE SEMINAR
 WHAT IS GOING ON?
 HOW DOES IT AFFECT YOU?
 WHAT CAN YOU DO?
ALANYA 2018
By Hans Jørgen Rasmussen
Founder, «The Climate School»,
CO-founder of the NGO «Saving Our Planet».

3. Politics:

4. From the New Year Speech
1992

5. Norway is one of the Good
Guys – right?
Source: http://klimasatire.no

6. Norway is one of the Good
Guys – right?
Source: http://klimasatire.no

7. Norway is one of the Good
Guys – right?
Source: http://klimasatire.no

8. Norway is one of the Good
Guys – right?
Source: http://klimasatire.no

9. Norway is one of the Good
Guys – right?
Source: http://klimasatire.no

10. Norway is one of the Good
Guys – right?
Source: http://klimasatire.no

11. The 2 most important things
happening now:

12. The 2 most important things
happening now:

13. Shortly about me:
• Retired psychologist
• Many years of teaching
behind me,
• Now: Close to full time
Climate Activist - In this
seminar you will find out
why

14. Shortly about
me:

18. TO BE OR
NOT TO BE
THAT IS
THE
QUESTION !

19. TO BE OR
NOT TO BE
THAT IS
THE
QUESTION !

20. TO BE OR
NOT TO BE
THAT IS
THE
QUESTION !

21. AND:
IT´S NOW
OR
NEVER!!!

22. The main messages:
 To be or not to be for mankind on earth
 Within the lifetime of us, our children and grandchildren
 Urgent global action is needed
 Media and Politicians cannot be trusted in this respect
 Politicians will NOT solve it for us – unless we force them
 A fast, global mobilization is needed
 Awareness raising is the key
 YOU are important in this

23. THE GOOD NEWS IS:
A lot of good things are happening. The best – in my view – being:

24. https://www.facebook.com/hjrasmus

25. The Climate Cinema
https://theclimatecinema.org
Right now packed with close to 400 climate change related videos!

26. Saving Our Planet:
A website for
knowledge about
climate change
– based on solid
peer-reviewed
research
https://savingourplanet.net

27. - The Climate School -
https://savingourplanet.net/index.php/climate-school/

28. Welcome to ”The Climate Cinema”- 15 min.
 Click the link to go to the video:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HEtR6SOb-w
 CLIMATE CHANGE IS SIMPLE: - with Noregian and Turkish
subtitles (choose this under the video):

29. After
”Climate Change Is Simple”:
What are your thoughts after this?
What did you already know?
What surprised you?
What kind of emotions does the movie
create in you?
Do you want to do something – act on
this?
If yes, what would you like to do?

30.  Shortsightedness and narrowmindedness
 Egoism
 Denial:
Why Do People Do So Little
Despite Knowing So Much?

31. 3 levels of denial:
 INTELLECTUAL
You reject that climate change is happening and that
it´s man-made
 EMOTIONAL
You accept climate change being real and man-made,
but the acceptance stays in your head. It doesn´t affect
you emotionally, does not fill your body, does not
reach your stomach and your heart.
 POLITICAL
You recognize climate change, you are strongly
affected emotionally by it, but that does not lead you
to become politically active.

32. Why Do People Do So Little
Despite Knowing So Much?
 Shortsightedness and narrowmindedness
 Egoism
 Denial
 Different age groups – different motivation
Parents with children and full time job
Families without children at home, focused on
their careers
Grandparents
Children and youth

33.  Defense mechanisms:
 ”My mind is made up – don´t confuse me with
facts”
 It´s too late anyway – so I´d rather enjoy a first class
ticket on Titanic – partying and enjoying life
Why Do People Do So Little Despite
Knowing So Much?

34.  Defense mechanisms:
 ”My mind is made up – don´t confuse me with facts”
 It´s too late anyway – so I´d rather enjoy a first class
ticket on Titanic – partying and enjoying life
 Reluctance to leave my comfort zone
Why Do People Do So Little
Despite Knowing So Much?

35.  Defense mechanisms:
 ”My mind is made up – don´t confuse me with facts”
 It´s too late anyway – so I´d rather enjoy a first class
ticket on Titanic – partying and enjoying life
 Reluctance to leave my comfort zone
 Reluctance to accept the needed lifestyle changes
Why Do People Do So Little
Despite Knowing So Much?

36.  Defense mechanisms:
 ”My mind is made up – don´t confuse me with facts”
 It´s too late anyway – so I´d rather enjoy a first class
ticket on Titanic – partying and enjoying life
 Reluctance to leave my comfort zone
 Reluctance to accept the needed lifestyle changes
 Chasing good reasons (= bad excuses) - in order to be
able to continue”business as usual”
Why Do People Do So Little
Despite Knowing So Much?

37. Why Do People Do So Little
Despite Knowing So Much?
 The role of media and politicians:
 If the media had done their job, they ought to be
full of frightening scenarios and suggestions for
solutions every day, instead of advertising, buying
pressure and indemnities.
 Only very few politicians describe our situation
in a realistic way. Everyone else adheres to the
continued «prosperity-welfare growth» model.
 Politicians believe that continued growth is what
voters want. Unless voters tell them otherwise.
And continued growth will kill our civilisation.
 So we have to tell them that they are wrong!

38. Bill McKibben
Founder of the first global climate
movements «350.org» and «Global
Power Shift».
He is one of the world´s most
influential climate activists.
He said:
Do The Math
So now we go back to The Climate Cinema!

39. Climate Change – Do The Math
11.min.´s
Click the link below to start the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcwniis_Zm8

40. James Hansen
Since 1981, head of the NASA Goddard Institute
for Space Studies in New York
Professor at Columbia University
Atmospheric researcher with specialty
Greenhouse Gases
Advocated already in the 80's against the
consequences of global warming
James Hansen is now well-known for
introducing the concept of tipping points in
climate contexts

41. James Hansen
James Hansen:
Why I must speak out about climate change
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWInyaM
WBY8

42. James Hansen
So what are James Hansen´ s most important
messages to us now?

43. From COP21 Paris
December 2015

44. The Ice is
melting

45. - A possible future?
Sealevels rising

46.  Sea level rise – today:
Sealevels rising

47. Drought in California
 Will we ever get back to Normal?

48. War in Syria
 Nobody seems to mention that lack of
water due to several years of drought
started the Syrian conflict

49. Syrian refugees
 Are in reality climate refugees
 And the number will continue to grow

50. Watercrisis

51. Andre tegn:
 Vannkrise Cape Town

52. Food
Scarcity

53. An impossible choice:
 Death by starvation or by dehydration?

54. Wildfires

55. Extreme weather
events

56. Ocean acidification
 In addition we fill up the ocean with plastic.

57. Species extinction
And the speed of
the extinction is
Skyrocketing!!

58. Do we see the danger before it is too late:
FENWAY PARK STADIUM

59. Fenway Park Stadium
• Imagine Fenway Park Stadium
• Imagine a pipette, releasing a magical drop down
into the stadium at 12.00. The droplet has the
property that it is doubling in size every minute.
• After about six minutes it fills a thimble
• Question 1: When is stadium full of water?
• Question 2: When is stadium 7% full?
• Question 3: Imagine also that you are sitting linked
to a chair on the top row. When do you realize that
there is danger ahead?
Answers:
Q 1: 12.49. hrs
Q 2: 12.45. hrs
Q 3: MuchToo late
Right now we are at 12.48 hrs when it comes to the
climate!

60. Politicians promise continued growth

61. CO2 og Methane
Kilde: IPCC

62. How can we protect our planet?
Transition to clean energy:

63. PATTERNS OF CONSUMPTION
PATTERNS OF CONSUMPTION:
Our Consumption

64. OUR
Food

65. HOME ENERGY

66. Transportation

67. Transportation

68. We need a global mobilisation
like the one in USA during World War II:
Franklin D. Roosevelt

69. ”Let no man say it can´t be done!” /F.D.R.

70. ”If they could do it, we can too!”
/H.J.R.

71. IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM A WISE MAN:
We cannot just sit around and wait for the next
generations to find out that Obama was right!!
We have to act NOW!

72. Grassroot movements are mobilizing globally.
Here: “The Climate Mobilization”
http://theclimatemobilization.org

73. To recap: The 2 most important
things happening now:

74. To recap: The 2 most important
things happening now:

75. YOUR JOB:
JOIN THEM OR SUPPORT
THEM IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE!

76. What can you do in your
personal life, as an individual
 Make "Reduce - Repair - Recycle" - a lifestyle
 Make your house as energy efficient as possible
 Make your transportation habits as climate friendly as
possible.
 Make your eating habits as climate friendly as possible
 Learn as much as possible about climate change – and
start teaching others
 Pay for treeplanting to compensate for your emissions.

77. What can you do in your
community
 Share everything you know about climate change in
your community and amongfriends an
 Start practicing the new sharing philosophy
 Establish local meeting jpoints for sharing things you
don´t need to own, but just need to use once in a while
 Start carpooling – share a car
 Grow food locally. Learn about local gardening. Start
practicing in your own garden
 Support farm sales and local markets
 Consider starting a local conversion initiative (For more
inspiration: Go to: http://transitionnetwork.org/ or
Saving Our Planet´s Transition page.

78. Why do this in your
community?
 The purpose of this is to prepare for a future without
access to an abundance of cheap energy
 In addition, this will have the effect of developing a
stronger sense of community and belonging,,
developing neighborhood activities aimed at more local
self-sufficiency and resilience.

79. What you can do politically
 Putting pressure on our politicians is our most important
tool in the climate battle. Doing everything possible to
influence decision makers - locally, nationally and globally
- is therefore your best contribution to the fight.
 Become politically active. Demand that the politicians and
the party you vote for put the fight against climate
change on top of the agenda.

80. What you can do politically -
and what you get out of it
 In addition to all this: Join groups and organizations
that are already active in the fight. Join them in reality,
as well as via internet and the social media.
 Being part of the fight against climate change is much
easier, much more fun and much more inspiring if you join
others who share the same values.
 Find out what's already happening in the world and join the
people and organizations you feel you can identify with.
 Create your own group with friends, colleagues and
neighbors
 You will then become part of a very exciting and inspiring
part of ongoing global activities, and you are going to get a
lot of new friends.

81. En liten hilsen fra framtidige
generasjoner:
 Save something for our children!
 Click the link below to start the video
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcfPbEF08bc

82. No more talking: Let´s ACT!
 Let´s work together, use our creativity to develop action plans to
raise awareness about Climate Change.

84. SO: Next step is to find out what we can do – together!
What can be done here in your school?
And how we can motivate
friends, familiy and everybody around us?
I hope all of you will participate
This we will discuss
during our workshop:
WELCOME!!!

85. WORKSHOP: Themes for discussion:
What do we want to do to help stop climate change:
 A full Climate School for YOU – here, after the summer -
20-24 hours?
 Integrate Climate Change in school plans?
 Produce teaching material for different age groups and
different subjects?
 Establish a Climate Change Action group in our
community?
 Start activities in our community to make people aware of
Climate Change:
1. Collecting garbage on the beaches and elsewhere?
2. Teaching friends and family about this?
3. … Use your creativity – all ideas welcome !!!!