Let's launch a satellite to track a threatening greenhouse gas | Fred Krupp

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🗓️ 6 September 2018

⏱️ 9 minutes

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When we talk about greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide gets the most attention -- but methane, which often escapes unseen from pipes and wells, has a far greater immediate impact on global warming. Environmentalist Fred Krupp has an idea to fix the problem: launch a satellite that tracks global methane emissions, and openly share the data it collects with the public. Learn more about how simple fixes to cut down on this invisible pollutant can help us put the brakes on climate change. (This ambitious plan is one of the first ideas of The Audacious Project, TED's new initiative to inspire global change.)

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0:00.0	This TED Talk features environmentalist and lawyer Fred Krupp recorded live at TED
0:06.0	2018.
0:08.0	We've got a big problem on our hands with global warming.
0:12.0	A lot of you, a lot of people have been watching the floods, the droughts, the storms, the fires.
0:20.0	When I leave this stage today, I don't know. the floods, the droughts, the storms, the fires.
0:26.6	When I leave this stage today, I don't want you to have hope.
0:31.6	I want you to have certainty, real certainty, that we can make a dent in this problem and live to see it.
0:40.4	I want to give you a vision of what that would look like.
0:44.8	This is the first time we've shared this publicly.
0:48.0	You're the first audience to hear it.
0:52.0	We are going to launch a rocket.
0:54.7	And on that rocket will be a satellite,
0:58.2	and that satellite will collect data about pollution that is warming the planet.
1:00.8	We'll put that data in the hands of people
1:03.3	who can make simple fixes
1:07.1	that will change the course of global warming in our lifetime.
1:13.0	That's a lot to take in.
1:15.6	Maybe I should back up.
1:17.2	First, let me introduce myself.
1:18.8	I'm Fred.
1:19.3	I've been an environmentalist since I was a kid.
1:21.7	When I watched the fish and the frogs in my neighborhood pond,
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