And people talk about like, we're not going to hit sort of the Target levels of 2 degrees centigrade increase. It could go above that, and so why bother? And I say, well, maybe we don't hit that mark. But The difference between getting three and a half degrees warmer and three or four and two and a half, that might save a billion people living in coastal areas around the world. It might make the difference between whether we maintain progress in our civilization or we don't. That's worth working for, but you're not going to fix it all at once. (1:14:10–1:14:26)
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