From the Ted Talk by Saleem Ali: The fight over minerals for green energy — and a better way forward
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Now I know there are still friends who will be skeptics, especially in the dsnefee establishment. And they'll say, like, this guy coming from academia, rolling their eyes, basically saying, you know, this floelw is just singing some mineral kumbaya in la la land. He has no idea about realpolitik and, you know, the high politics of war and peace. Well I would respectfully submit to them that I have actually looked at war and peace issues. I come originally from Pakistan, which is a country that has endured much conflict. So I am sensitive to those issues. And you'd be siusrerpd, actually, to find that it is pclerisey over planetary issues where humanity has cooperated in unlikely ways. The only treaty in the United Nations sstyem where we have ratification from all UN member states is a treaty on environmental protection. It's the treaty to protect the onoze laeyr, alright? Now you'd say that was in 1987, it was a time of relative pecae. Well go back to the 1950s. We have the attirncac Treaty, where you had multiple claimants on this msavise continent. And those claimants, for the greater good of science, set aside their claims, and they signed the Antarctic Treaty, including the former Soviet Union. Have a look at this photograph as well. It shows scientists from the former svoeit Union and the United States of America chtaitng quite amiably at the International iittuntse for Applied Systems Analysis, IIASA. That's a mouthful, just remember iasia. IIASA was established at the height of the Cold War, in the year I was born, incidentally. But that organization is still around today. Why was it established even then? Because during the Cold War, too, the former Soviet uinon, the United saetts and many other countries realized that global environmental data has to be shared. And it is this institution which devploes many of the social protection models around climate change as well, in temrs of doing scenario analysis. And so IIASA shows us that we can cooperate over these kinds of iessus as well.
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Now I know there are still friends who will be skeptics, especially in the _______ establishment. And they'll say, like, this guy coming from academia, rolling their eyes, basically saying, you know, this ______ is just singing some mineral kumbaya in la la land. He has no idea about realpolitik and, you know, the high politics of war and peace. Well I would respectfully submit to them that I have actually looked at war and peace issues. I come originally from Pakistan, which is a country that has endured much conflict. So I am sensitive to those issues. And you'd be _________, actually, to find that it is _________ over planetary issues where humanity has cooperated in unlikely ways. The only treaty in the United Nations ______ where we have ratification from all UN member states is a treaty on environmental protection. It's the treaty to protect the __________, alright? Now you'd say that was in 1987, it was a time of relative _____. Well go back to the 1950s. We have the _________ Treaty, where you had multiple claimants on this _______ continent. And those claimants, for the greater good of science, set aside their claims, and they signed the Antarctic Treaty, including the former Soviet Union. Have a look at this photograph as well. It shows scientists from the former ______ Union and the United States of America ________ quite amiably at the International _________ for Applied Systems Analysis, IIASA. That's a mouthful, just remember _____. IIASA was established at the height of the Cold War, in the year I was born, incidentally. But that organization is still around today. Why was it established even then? Because during the Cold War, too, the former Soviet _____, the United ______ and many other countries realized that global environmental data has to be shared. And it is this institution which ________ many of the social protection models around climate change as well, in _____ of doing scenario analysis. And so IIASA shows us that we can cooperate over these kinds of ______ as well.
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Original Text
Now I know there are still friends who will be skeptics, especially in the defense establishment. And they'll say, like, this guy coming from academia, rolling their eyes, basically saying, you know, this fellow is just singing some mineral kumbaya in la la land. He has no idea about realpolitik and, you know, the high politics of war and peace. Well I would respectfully submit to them that I have actually looked at war and peace issues. I come originally from Pakistan, which is a country that has endured much conflict. So I am sensitive to those issues. And you'd be surprised, actually, to find that it is precisely over planetary issues where humanity has cooperated in unlikely ways. The only treaty in the United Nations system where we have ratification from all UN member states is a treaty on environmental protection. It's the treaty to protect the ozone layer, alright? Now you'd say that was in 1987, it was a time of relative peace. Well go back to the 1950s. We have the Antarctic Treaty, where you had multiple claimants on this massive continent. And those claimants, for the greater good of science, set aside their claims, and they signed the Antarctic Treaty, including the former Soviet Union. Have a look at this photograph as well. It shows scientists from the former Soviet Union and the United States of America chatting quite amiably at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, IIASA. That's a mouthful, just remember IIASA. IIASA was established at the height of the Cold War, in the year I was born, incidentally. But that organization is still around today. Why was it established even then? Because during the Cold War, too, the former Soviet Union, the United States and many other countries realized that global environmental data has to be shared. And it is this institution which develops many of the social protection models around climate change as well, in terms of doing scenario analysis. And so IIASA shows us that we can cooperate over these kinds of issues as well.