This is the first in a series of slideshows about Climate Change from me in English language. From a lecture held in for a group of Catholic priests in Narvik, Norway

1. CLIMATE CHANGE REALITY
Why we need a fast worldwide mobilization to
stop Climate Change
Narvik, august 2015
Klimaskolen / Hans Jørgen Rasmussen

2. A little bit
about me -
And why I´m
doing this

3.  Retired psychologist,
teacher, communicator
 Imagining a relaxed retired life,
with no special duties
 Read a book that turned this upside down
in 2011. Now spending most of my time
on climate activities (90 % of the time I
don´t sleep.)
 Lectures - talks
 Climate School
 Climate Cinema
 Climate web portal
 Climate Facebook

4. You find my websites here:
http://klimautfordringen.org
- The Climate Challenge
http://klimakino.klimautfordringen.org
- The Climate Cinema
https://www.facebook.com/hjrasmus
- My Facebook page about Climate Change
http://www.i-maginable.com/?p=344
- My Photography website – combining my passion for
Climate Change with a long time passion for
photography.

5. My reasons for doing this:
Because I´m convinced that:
The continuation of our entire Civilization is at
stake here
Politicians must be ”forced” to make the threats of
climate change seriously
People feel powerless and react with apathy
Ignorance and paralysis are the most important
obstacles
Good solutions exist but people don´t know about
them.
If people knew the truth, they WOULD force their
politicians give this top priority

6. My reasons for doing this:
I´m an optimist with
Knowledge about this
Children, Grandchildren and Great-grandchildren
Massive teaching experience
I believe that TOGETHER WE CAN DO IT
And: I believe that educating people about Climate Change is an
important key to success!

7. THE BAD NEWS IS:

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

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

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

11. AND:
IT´S NOW
OR NEVER!!!

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

13. In addition:

14. This is important because:
- we still have a chance to solve this
- but we have to hurry
- our politicians are NOT going to solve this UNLESS
WE DEMAND THAT THEY DO!
- science and the environmental movements have been
trying for a long time without success
- with religious leaders active in this, we have a chance
to do what´s needed:
- mobilize the World´s population to Climate Action –
like in USA during WWII

15. Time to visit the ”Climate Cinema”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IFHMj3lqGI
Click here to watch the movie ”Climate Change is Simple”:

16. Popular misconceptions about
Climate Change:
Climate has always been changing
Nature itself is doing it – not us
It´s not that dangerous
It´s far off in time and space – not happening here and
now – gives us lot´s of time to fix it

17. More misconceptions:
Since big polluters like US and China don´t do
anything, why should our little country change
anything
The politicians will fix it
The little I can do is like a drop in the sea
I already changed lightbulbs and drive an electric car –
so there´s nothing more I can do
This will not become serious until 100 years from now

18. - Or even worse:
- it´s too late anyway, so let´s just enjoy the
party until the very last moment…

19. We have all witnessed the summer ice
disappear in the Arctic:

20. The Norwegian government seems to
consider this an advantage:
Illustration: Ola Dimmen, Grandparent´s Climate Action Group,
Trondheim .http://klimasatire.no

21. And: NO – it hasn´t always
been like this

22. Drought in California
Will it ever go “back to normal”?

23. War in Syria
Nobody ever talks about that the reason was lack of
water

24. Syrian refugees
Are in reality Climate Refugees
And the number of Climate Refugees will keep growing

25. Other signs
Water crisis

26. Other signs
Food Scarcity

27. An impossible choice
Water for irrigation or water for drinking?
• Starving to death or dying from dehydration?

28. Other signs
Wildfires

29. Other signs
Storms and floods

30. Other signs
Melting Arctic Ice cap

31. Other signs
• Sea level rising - a possible future:

32. Other signs
• Sea level rising – today:

33. Other signs
Ocean acidification, loss of coral reef

34. Other signs
• Many species are already extinct
And the
extinction rate
is skyrocketing!

35. So it´s not in the future
• It´s here already – and getting worse day by day
• But why do we need to mobilize and act now?
• And why is it important that as many as possible join
the fight?
• And how can we best contribute to this process?

36. Politicians promise us continued growth
• And that is a large part of the problem!
• Most of us consider continued growth granted.
Whatever we have, it´s never enough.
• But something that grows with a fixed percentage a
year is called exponential.
• And most people haven´t understood the dangers of
exponential growth:

38. David Suzuki on exponential growth:
•https://youtu.be/8x98KFcMJeo
Click here to watch the movie:

39. We are denying reality in
many different ways:

40. Many of us are very good at it!

41. People who totally deny
man-made climate change
still exist
- but their numbers are
decreasing rapidly
•

42. 3 types 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.

43. Have you
heard
about
Bill
McKibben?

44. Bill McKibben is the founder of
http://350.org
- A global movement to solve the Climate Crisis -

45. http://350.org www.globalpowershift.org

46. Bill also said: Do the math!
https://vimeo.com/53979295
•11 minutes. – short new version from Scientia Productions
Click here to watch the movie:

49. Paris 30.11.15-11.12.15

50. Holistic solutions are available – here is
one of them!

51. It is not too late
– but it´s urgent:
•PLAN B

52. The Politicians need help from us, the people:
“Politicians discussing global warming” —
Sculpture by Spanish street artist Isaac Cordal.

53. What would be an efficient wake-up call for
the climate?
And when will it be
too late?

54. We need a mobilization a la WWII:
Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

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

57. The Climate Mobilization:
http://theclimatemobilization.org

58. Summary and conclusion:
My hope is
That you now understand why this is urgent
That you understand that everyone can influence the
people in the political system by using their vote for the
sake of giving Climate Change first priority
That we can work together educating and empowering
people about Climate Change, showing them that it´s
important to act before it´s too late, and that everyone
counts!

59. A greeting from the next generation:
• Save something for our children
• Click here to watch the movie
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcfPbEF08bc

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

61. TO BE OR
NOT TO BE
THAT IS
THE
QUESTION !
Contact:
The Climate School
Hans Jørgen Rasmussen
Tore Hunds Gate 50
8514 Narvik
Norway
+47 901 57 290
hjrasmus21@gmail.com