An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power Page #6

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Tell us why you're here.

What's going on today?

This is a 24-hour

global broadcast

that is covered live

in every nation

around the world.

And we are attempting

to further mobilize

people in every nation

to support even more

ambitious outcomes

in the negotiation that

will take place here in Paris

just two weeks from now.

We are on air

in four minutes, please!

Rio, are you there?

Mr. Vice President,

welcome to the stage.

Thank you very much

and welcome, everyone,

to this global broadcast.

So, as I stand here today,

now just two weeks

from the opening of

the United Nations Conference

on Climate Change here in Paris,

what we need now is for people

all over the world to speak out.

And that's what the next

24 hours are all about.

Stand by.

We're gonna come to the toss.

We're on you. Go.

We've got to say to Mr. Gore

we'll cut this short

to get to Pharrell.

I'll get it settled.

Just don't do anything rash.

Can we cut it down?

Can we take it out early?

They've asked us

to bring your car over

by the trailer just in case

we need to get you out of here.

Okay. Is it terrorist related?

They don't know yet.

Probably, because

there's several shootings

around Paris.

There's several dead people.

And, uh, so it's pretty sure

it's terrorism.

"Police officials in France say"

"there's been

an explosion in a bar"

"near a Paris stadium"

"and a shootout

in a Paris restaurant."

"President Hollande evacuated

from Stade de France."

And there are apparently

18 dead, and AFP is reporting

hostages at the concert hall.

- Hostages?

- Yes.

That's all coming from police.

Wow.

Paris terror fear.

Multiple people are reported

killed in a shooting.

There's also word

of possible explosions...

Paris is under

an effective police state.

A curfew is in effect.

Police don't seem

to have a full handle

exactly what's going on.

But this is exactly

the kind of terror scenario

that the U.S. has long feared.

Okay.

Before I go on

to make my statement,

I just want to say something.

Those of us who are Americans

stand with you.

We express

our heartfelt condolences

for the tragedy here in

the city and in your country.

This scourge of terrorism

in our world...

Um...

We have to defeat this.

But we have to defeat it

not only with force of arms,

but with the force

of our values.

Caring about the future

and doing what the world

needs to do.

But, for now, I just wanted to

say to all of you,

especially those of you

from France,

what's in my heart

is in the hearts

of all the Americans here who

love you and care about you

and stand with you.

Ladies and gentlemen,

we are suspending our broadcast

because of the tragedies

that have unfolded here.

The fact that those

terrible attacks

took place in the city

where the climate conference

was about to begin

caused many to connect

these two events

at a deep level

that is difficult

to articulate in words.

There have been

so many times when

big setbacks have tempted me

to deep despair.

But if I can draw

upon my faith tradition,

God said, "I lay before you"

"a choice

between life and death."

"Therefore, choose life."

We have come to Paris

to show our resolve.

We offer our condolences,

and we salute

the people of Paris

for insisting

this crucial conference go on.

To show the world we

are a global family

in solidarity

with the French people.

On behalf

of the Romanian people,

our deepest sympathies.

We show our sympathy

and solidarity

with the government

and people of France.

Is there a subway stop near here

where we could take the subway?

All right, so...

Okay. And I'll meet you

at Le Bourget?

Yeah, we'll meet you

at Le Bourget. Let's go.

Great. Welcome.

Yeah, yeah.

No. Not anymore.

I wish you were

elected president.

I wish I could call you

Mr. President.

- Thank you. All right.

- Thank you, thank you.

Thank you.

Okay. All right,

nice to meet you.

Oh, thank you!

Mr. Vice President.

- Good to see you again.

- Congratulations in person.

Thank you very much, sir.

And thanks for the change

you're bringing about.

- Good luck to you.

- I appreciate that.

It's Canadians, not me,

but thank you.

All right.

To the development

of a low-carbon economy,

our government is making

climate change a top priority.

Never before has

a responsibility so great

been in the hands of so few.

One of the secrets

of the human condition

is that suffering

binds us together.

Those 150 heads of state

were moved to speak

in ways I don't think

they otherwise would have.

Every one of them began

with, first, condolences,

and then solidarity.

And when they turned,

in the next paragraph,

to their hopes

for the conference,

they could not help but say

this is an opportunity

for us to make that

solidarity tangible and real.

I now give the floor to

Mr. Narendra Modi,

Prime Minister of India.

Democratic India

must grow rapidly

to meet the aspirations

of 1.25 billion people,

300 million of whom

are without access to energy.

Energy is a basic human need.

And there should be no place

for unilateral steps

that become

economic barriers for others.

So, we still need

conventional energy,

fossil fuel.

And anything else

will be morally wrong.

Thank you.

Hmm.

You know, I've been

to all of these different

climate conferences since 1992.

We parliamentarians

have an obligation

to accelerate the movement

toward meaningful changes

in policies

in every nation

on the face of this Earth

to stop the destruction of

the global ecological system.

It began with a great deal

of optimism in Rio...

Hello, Mr. Prime Minister.

...but it soon bogged down.

The process

used to bring nations together

to discuss our joint response

to climate change

is an important one.

But a growing population

requires more energy

to heat and cool our homes.

More gas to drive our cars.

For all that time,

the world has struggled

- to get its act together...

- Oh! Hey!

...and connect the science

to the policy.

There's no deal.

It's closed down.

Good morning.

But, for me, the last 20 years

was a very painful experience.

We're not going to recognize it.

We don't want to discuss it.

Painful not only because

of the lack of

a favorable outcome,

but also because there was

no way in to really

take hold

of the process and say,

"Okay, let me help you here."

I was relieved when

I got to Paris because

there were

influential men and women

from countries around the world,

some who'd been through

my training program...

...and who asked me

to help in the process.

Thank you.

- There's the boss.

- Hey!

How are you, dear?

- Good to see you.

- Good to see you.

You ready for me?

I was in India

earlier this year, and...

I think that the emergence

of solar electricity

as a competitive viable option,

it opens up a pathway

that justifies realistic hope.

But, you know,

I do think that India,

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