>>> STATION THIS IS HOUSTON.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE EVENT?
>> HOUSTON, THIS IS LUCA.
I'M READY FOR THE EVENT.
>> THIS IS MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON.
POLICE CALL HOUSTON FOR A VOICE
CHECK.
>> THANK YOU, LUCA.
WELCOME.
>> IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE TO BE
HERE WITH YOU.
AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ARE IN
A SMALL BOAT IN THE OCEAN OR
WHEN WE ARE WALKING IN THE
COUNTRYSIDE WE FEEL THE EARTH IS
IMMENSE.
AND NOTHING CAN DESTROY IT.
BUT I BELIEVE FROM THERE YOU
HAVE A BETTER PICTURE ABOUT THE
LIMITS OF THE EARTH, OF ITS
BEAUTY AND FRAGILITY.
HOW DO YOU SEE THE PLANET AND
HOW THE FACT YOU HAVE SEEN IT
FROM THERE HAS CHANGED YOUR OWN
PERCEPTION ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE?
>> FIRST OF ALL, GOOD AFTERNOON
TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS AND
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME
PARTICIPATE TODAY.
WELCOME ABOARD INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
FROM UP HERE WE HAVE THE UNIQUE
PRIVILEGE OF BEING ABLE TO LOOK
AT OUR PLANET WITH OUR EYES.
IT IS SOMETHING REALLY HARD TO
DESCRIBE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE
FEEL AND HOW IT MAKES YOU FEEL.
I CAN TELL YOU OUR PLANET IS
INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL.
AND WORDS REALLY DON'T DO ANY
JUSTICE TO THE KIND OF BEAUTY I
WANT TO EXPRESS.
THERE ARE SO MANY LITTLE DETAILS
THAT ARE VISIBLE FROM UP HERE
THAT I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO
SEE OTHERWISE.
WE ALSO SEE ITS INCREDIBLE
FRAGILITY AND THE FACT WE ARE
WITNESS TO IT AND CAN WITNESS
YEAR AFTER YEAR GIVES ME THE
PUSH TO TRY HARDER EVERY DAY TO
DO SOMETHING.
IN THE SIX YEARS THAT HAVE
PASSED SINCE I WAS HERE THE
FIRST TIME AND THIS YEAR I HAVE
SEEN WITH MY OWN EYES THE
EFFECTS, THE TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND I HOPE THAT MY WORDS CAN
BRING SOME STRENGTH, TO FEELINGS
TO THE SOMEWHAT HARD TO
UNDERSTAND DATA THAT CAN FEEL
COLD TO THE EYES THE COMMON
PERSON.
BUT WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I SEE
THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE DORIAN
OR HARVEY OR IN THE RIVERS WHEN
I SEE WHAT KIND OF DESTROYING
POWER THE FORCES OF NATURE
BECOME WORSE AND WORSE EVERY
YEAR CAN BRING, MAYBE PEOPLE
WILL LISTEN TO ME.
WHAT I WANT TO TELL IS OUR
PLANET IS OUR ONLY ONE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER CHOICE
RIGHT NOW.
THE PLANET EARTH IS THE ONE
PLANET THAT WE HAVE AND WE ARE
ALL ON THIS ONE PLANET.
WE ARE ALLAST MOTTES IN A WAY.
EITHER IS A SPACECRAFT FLOATING
IN SPACE AND THE ONLY PLACE THAT
CAN GIVE US HOPE AND CAN GIVE US
LIFE.
SO WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
I THINK ALL ASTRONAUTS BELIEVE
THAT.
AND SEEING THE WORLD MYSELF HAVE
EXPRESSED THE SAME FEELING AT
THE WONDER OF THE BEAUTY OF
EARTH AND DESPERATION AT SEEING
ITS FRAGILITY.
>> HOUSTON, SORRY FOR THE
PROTOCOL THAT WE STARTED IN
A DIFFERENT WAY AS USUAL.
LUCA CLIMATE ACTION NEEDS
RADICAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES AND
STAKE HOLDERS ACROSS SECTORS.
THIS CAN BRING ABOUT THE
SYSTEMIC TRANSFORMING A WE NEED.
IT HAS BROUGHT ABOUT UNLIKELY
PARTNERSHIPS THAT WOULDN'T SEEM
POSSIBLE ON EARTH NSPACE.
DO YOU THINK WE COULD LEARN FROM
SPACE TO CREATE THE ALLIANCES
THAT ARE NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE
CLIMATE EMERGENCY?
>> I CERTAINLY HOPE SO.
I BELIEVE SO.
I HAVE HAD TWO DIRECTOR GENERALS
ONE THE WORLD CHAMPION OF COLLAB
SKPRAEUGZ THERE WAS MY FIRST
ONE.
AND RIGHT NOW LEARN ENOUGH TO
SAY THAT SPACE IS A BRIDGE THAT
JOINS A DIFFERENT WORLD AND CAN
MAKE THE FUTURE HAPPEN.
AND LOCK AT IT, ISA IS MADE UP
OF 22 COUNTRIES WITH VERY
DIFFERENT BACKGROUND AND HISTORY
AND THEY ALL COME TOGETHER IN
ONE COMMON VIEW OF WHAT WE
SHOULD DO WITH SPACE EXPLORATION
AND THE FUTURE OF SPACE FLIGHT
AND SO ON.
AND THIS OBJECTIVE UNDERSTANDING
OF OUR WORLD.
THEN WE HAVE THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION PROGRAM WITH ISA,
SO 22 COUNTRIES AND THE UNITED
STATES, CANADA, JAPAN AND, OF
COURSE, RUSSIA.
VERY, VERY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
HISTORY AND WE ALL COOPERATE.
WHY AND HOW?
WELL, I BELIEVE THERE ARE TWO
THINGS, TWO THINGS THAT REALLY
JOIN PEOPLE AND CAN MAKE
A MOMENT OF TRUST, ONE IS THE
BIG DREAM.
A BIG DREAM CAN JOIN PEOPLE.
SPACE EXPLORATION IS A HUGE
DREAM.
IT HAS BEEN WITH US FOREVER.
WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND OUR WORLD,
OUR UNIVERSE.
THE ONLY WAY TO UNDERSTAND IT,
TO EXPLORE IT IS TO PUT OUR FEET
ON DIFFERENT PLANETS, PUT OUR
EYES ON IT, TOUCH.
IT WE WANT TO FEEL THE SAND IN
OUR GLOVES.
WE WANT TO LEAVE THE BOOT PRINT.
THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT RIGHT NOW
TODAY IS FOR EVERYBODY TO COME
TOGETHER.
DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES.
WELL, THE OTHER WAY TO JOIN
PEOPLE IS TO FIND ONE COMMON
ENEMY.
AND TODAY WE HAVE THE NUMBER ONE
ENEMY IS WHAT IS DESTROYING THE
WORLD AS WE KNOW IT.
IT IS THE CHANGING OF THE
CLIMATE, THE RISING TEMPERATURE
OF EARTH'S CLIMATE.
THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE COMMON
ENEMY.
WE NEED EVERYBODY TO COME
TOGETHER AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE
ONLY WAY TO FIGHT IT IS THROUGH
COOPERATION THROUGH INNOVATION
AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND
PUTTING THOSE RESOURCES INTO NEW
IDEAS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT FOR THE
STAKE HOLDER ITS COULD BE SEEN
AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO
SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW OR
REVOLUTIONIZE THE WAY WE HAVE
THE WORLD RIGHT NOW.
I'M TALKING ABOUT
TRANSPORFASHION, ENERGY, FOOD
PRODUCTION.
ALL THESE THINGS CAN BE
REVOLUTIONIZED USING TECHNOLOGY,
WHAT WE KNOW TODAY, TO MAKE
A BETTER WORLD AND JOIN
EVERYBODY INTO THE FIGHT AGAINST
A CHANGING WORLD.
>> I MUST SAY THAT I AM REALLY
IMPRESSED BY THE COOPERATION AND
THE COUNTRIES YOU HAVE QUOTED.
I THINK YOU HAVE A MUCH BETTER
COOPERATION IN THE SPACE STATION
THAN THE SECURITY COUNCIL.
I HOPE YOUR EXAMPLE CAN FORTIFY
HERE ON THE PLANET.
BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT WE ARE
STILL INCREASING OUR EMISSIONS.
THE TRUTH IS THAT WE STILL PUT
OFF GAS FROM THE COUNTRIES THAT
ARE THE BIGGEST EMITTERS A CLEAR
COMMITMENT IN RELATION TO HOW
THEY ARE GOING TO REACH CARBON
NEUTRALITY AND WHEN.
THE TRUTH IS THAT EVEN IF
TECHNOLOGY IS ON OUR SIDE IN
MANY ASPECTS THE PRIVATE SECTOR,
FINANCIAL SECTOR, CITIES,
REGION, THERE IS A LACK OF
POLITICAL WILL.
IS THERE A MESSAGE YOU WANT TO
GIVE TO THERE FROM MORE
GOVERNMENTS ABOUT PREPARING FOR
NEXT YEAR ABOUT WHAT THEY NEED
TO DO IN IN IN RELATION TO
CARBON NEUTRALITY?
>> SIR, OF COURSE IT IS REALLY
HARD FOR ME AS A SINGLE
INDIVIDUAL TO EXPRESS SOMETHING
SO COMPLEX TO HAVE THE SOLUTION
FOR ALL THAT.
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE.
BUT WHAT I WISH AND WHAT I HOPE
AND WHAT I WANT TO CONVEY IS
THAT OUR POLITICIANS, OUR WORLD
LEADERS NEED VISION.
VISION.
BECAUSE NOW A DAY ITS SEEMS TO
ME WE ARE ONLY CAPABLE OF
LOOKING AT WHAT IS HAPPENING
TODAY AND TOMORROW.
THAT'S A VERY LIMITING WAY OF
THINKING.
BECAUSE IT PUTS US INTO A CAGE.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING TODAY AND TOMORROW.
WE NEED TO BEING ABOUT WHAT IS
GOING TO HAPPEN CONTINUE YEARS
FROM NOW, 20 YEARS FROM NOW, 50
YEARS FROM NOW.
WE OWE IT TO OUR FUTURE.
OUR FUTURE IS MADE UP OF OUR
KIDS AND OUR CHILDREN THAT ARE
GROWING INTO A WORLD THAT WE ARE
CREATING FOR THEM.
AND SO IF WE ONLY THINK ABOUT
THIS, THINK ABOUT HAVING VISION.
VISION MEANS TAKING A VERY HARD
CHALLENGE AND TURNING INTO AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH.
TAKING AN OBSTACLE AND TURNING
INTO AN EVOLUTIONARY STEP.
SO THERE IS MORE THAN TOMORROW'S
ELECTION.
THERE IS MORE TO THE WORLD THAN
A SEAT ON A PANEL.
WHAT WE NEED IS THE STROEUGZ
UNDERSTAND -- THE VISION TO
UNDERSTAND THERE ARE THINGS WE
NEED TO SACRIFICE TODAY TO BE
BETTER TOMORROW.
THAT SACRIFICE WILL ONLY REAP
BENEFITS IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE
OF SOME OF THE COMFORT WE HAVE
TO GIVEAWAY WILL COME BACK IN
A MULTIPLE WAY IN THE FUTURE.
I'M THINKING ABOUT CLEANER
TRANSPORTATION AND AIR.
CLEANER ENERGY.
ALL THESE THINGS ARE AVAILABLE
THANK YOU TECHNOLOGY.
SPACE TECHNOLOGY IS AN EXAMPLE
OF THAT.
WE ARE CONSTANTLY IMPROVING WHAT
WE KNOW THROUGH OUR STUDIES FOR
THE BENEFITS OF EARTH.
THAT'S WHY WE LIVE UP HERE.
THAT'S WHY I'M SPENDING 200 DAYS
UP ON THE SPACE STATION WITH MY
COLLEAGUES.
WE ARE TRYING TO IMPROVE
TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE.
THOSE THINGS CAN BE APPLIED TO
EARTH.
IT IS HIGH TIME WE PULLED OUR
HEAD OUT OF THE SAND BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT -- THAT'S JUST WHEN
WE REFUSE TO SEE WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE PROBLEM
IN THE EYES.
WE NEED TO SEE THAT THE PROBLEM
IN ORDER TO CHANGE IT AND IN
ORDER TO CHANGE OURSELVES AND
TREAT IT AS ONE COMMON GOAL FOR
EVERYBODY AND FOR EVERYBODY TO
HOLD HANDS AND JUST KEEP MOVING
FORWARD.
>> LOOK AT ONE -- LET ME EXPLAIN
A LITTLE BIT THE SURROUNDINGS
THAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING HERE.
LUCA IS STANDING, NOT STANDING,
IS HOLDING WITH HIS FEET ON TO
ONE SIDE OF THE STAYS STATION IN
ORDER NOT TO FLOAT TO THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE SPACE STATION.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS STANDING.
THANKS VERY MUCH.
IN THE EUROPEAN MODULE COLUMBUS
FULL OF STUFF FOR EXPERIMENTS
AND FULL OF CABLES AND
EVERYTHING, EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS
VERY TINY, IT IS AS TIDY AS IT
CAN BE DONE AND MAYBE ONE OTHER
QUESTION, WE WERE TALKING TO THE
SECRETARY GENERAL BEFORE THE
CONNECTION WAS MADE THAT ONE
PICTURE TAKEN BY ASTRONAUTS FROM
THE EARTH STARTED ALL OF THIS
CONVERSATION AND MOVEMENT.
EVERYBODY SAW THE EARTH FOR THE
FIRST TIME AND REALIZED HOW
LITTLE IT IS IN THE MIDDLE.
UNIVERSE AND NOW WHAT WE ARE DO
SUGGEST TRYING TO -- DO SUGGEST
TRYING TO USE SPACE TO STUDY
EARTH.
I JUST CAME LAST WEEK FROM THE
CONFERENCE AND HOW WE WILL SPEND
BILLIONS ON NEW OBSERVATION
SATELLITES.
DO YOU THINK SPACE STILL HAS THE
CAPACITY TO ACTUALLY BRING
EVERYONE TOGETHER AROUND THIS
IDEA THAT WE DO KNOW AND WE KNOW
EVERY DAY MORE WHAT IS HAPPENING
TO THE EARTH AND WHAT DO WE HAVE
TO DO WITH IT?
>> THANK YOU, PEDRO.
I THINK IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT
WHEN YOU ARE INSIDE THE PROBLEM.
WHEN YOU ARE ON THE GROUND, LIKE
I WAS SAYING EARLIER, YOU CAN
HAVE A VISION, BUT IT'S ALWAYS
GOING TO BE -- YOUR SIGHT IS
LIMITED BY YOUR HORIZON.
YOUCANT SEE BEYOND THE HORIZON.
YOU ONLY THINK ABOUT A PROBLEM
LOOKING AROUND YOURSELF AND NOT
AT THE BIG, FULL PICTURE.
THAT'S WHERE SPACE TECHNOLOGY
COMES IN.
YOU SAID A SPECULATE FROM SPACE,
ABSOLUTELY -- A PICTURE FROM
SPACE, ABSOLUTELY.
THERE WAS A SINGLE PICTURE TAKEN
OF THE EARTH RISE AND NOWADAYS
WE HAVE A CONSTELLATION OF
SATELLITES THAT, CONSTELLATION
OF EUROPEAN SATELLITES THAT ARE
CONSTANTLY MONITORING OUR
PLANET.
IN A WAY, THEY ARE TAKING THE
GLOBAL PULSE OF THE PLANET,
CHECKING ON HOW THE FEVER IS
GOING.
AND THOSE DATA ARE AVAILABLE TO
EVERYBODY, SO THAT WE CAN
IMPROVE OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE
CLIMATE CHANGE AND USE THE DATA
TO ACTION.
WE NEED THE ACTION.
THE SCIENCE THAT COMES FROM
SPACE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT GIVES
THE FULL GLOBAL PICTURE.
WE NEED THAT.
WE NEED IT IN ORDER TO
UNDERSTAND HOW EVERYTHING IS
CONNECTED AND EVERYTHING AFFECTS
EVERYTHING.
IF YOU ARE ONLY LOOKING IN THE
REGIONAL OR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT,
YOU MAY BE DRAWING THE WRONG
CONCLUSIONS AND IF YOU LOOK AT
A BIG PICTURE FROM SPACE WITH
OUR SATELLITE AND DATA AND
SCIENCE, SCIENTISTS CAN PUT
EVERYTHING TOGETHER LIKE A GIANT
3D PUZZLE.
ONE MORE THING I WOULD LIKE TO
POINT OUT, THE FIRST PICTURE WAS
TAKEN BY A MAN.
AND TODAY WE HAVE A HUMAN SPACE
FLIGHT PROGRAM THAT TAKES
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
PICTURES EVERY YEAR TO SHARE
WITH THE PUBLIC.
NOW WE ARE TELLING A STORY
BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT THE STORY
IS, WHETHER IT'S BEAUTIFUL OR
WHETHER IT'S TERRIFYING, IF
NOBODY TELLS THE STORY, IT'S AS
IF IT NEVER HAPPENED.
WE ARE TELLING YOU THE STORY WE
SEE WITH OUR OWN EYES AND WE
TAKE THE PICTURE AND BEAR
WITNESS WITH OUR PICTURES TO
WHAT WE SEE AND WHAT WE FEEL.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NO
OTHER PROGRAM CAN DO.
YOU NEED A HUMAN IN SPACE TO
TELL THE HUMAN SIDE OF THE
STORY.
SO, YSPACE TECHNOLOGY -- SO YES,
SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN SPACE
FLIGHT HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO
PLAY IN TERMS OF GIVING YOU THE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND DATA,
THE BIG PICTURE.
BUT ALSO TO GIVE YOU THE
INSPIRATION, SEEING THE BEAUTY
THROUGH THE HUMAN EYES.
>> WE ARE REALLY, I MEAN, THIS
IS A GREAT SEGMENT.
WE HAVE TWO MINUTES LEFT.
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE FLOOR
YOU TO GIVE A WORD.
>> MY FINAL QUESTION IS THE.
YOU MENTIONED BEAUTY AND
FRAGILITY.
CAN YOU GIVE US WHAT YOU FIND
MORE BEAUTIFUL AND FRAGILE WHEN
YOU LOOK AT OUR PLANET FROM
THERE.
>> SIR,MR. SECRETARY, IT'S
A VERY HARD QUESTION.
THOSE WHO KNOW ME, FRIENDS,
FAMILY, KNOW I ALMOST NEVER PUT
THINGS IN RANKING, I WOULDN'T DO
IT JUSTICE.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE ON WHY.
HOW WOULD YOU RANK THE BEAUTY OF
A SUNRISE VERSUS A SUNSET?
OR THE CLOUDS THAT ARE VERY HIGH
IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND WHEN THE
LIGHT HITS THEM RIGHT THEY TURN
INTO THESE AMAZING COLOR,
AMAZING BLUE COLOR I HAVE NEVER
SEEN ANYWHERE ELSE.
AND IT'S THE COLOR OF THOUSANDS
OF YEARS OF EVOLUTION OF OUR
PLANET.
OR EVEN THE SIMPLEST OF THE
CLOUDS IN THE MORNING WHEN THE
SUN RAYS HIT THEM FROM THE SIDE
AND A SINGLE CLOUD JUST SPARKS
LIKE LIGHT AND IT TURNS INTO
THIS AMAZING COLORS.
OR THE DIFFERENT STRATAOF THE
ATMOSPHERE IN THE ACTIVITY DOING
A SPACE WALK, WE SEE THE
DIFFERENT LAYERS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE.
IT'S A BEAUTY BEYOND WORDS.
THE WAVES OF THE OCEAN CRASHING
ON TO THE ETCH BA, THE BLUE
TURNING INTO WHITE, TURNING INTO
SAND, TURNING INTO THE GREEN OF
THE FOREST.
WOULD BE UNFAIR TO PICK ONE
THING OF BEAUTY OVER ANOTHER.
LIKE THE POEET SAID, A THING OF
BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ON EARTH.
A JOY THAT COULD LAST FOREVER.
FOR THE MOST FRAGILE THING, I
THINK WE ARE THE MOST FRAGILE
THING, SIR.
WE THE HUMANS.
BECAUSE LIFE ON EARTH WILL
CONTINUE WELL BEYOND AFTER WE
ARE GONE.
BUT WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER
OUR FRAGILE LIVES ARE WORTH
INVESTING ON AND MAKING IT SO
THAT WE CONTINUE BEING GOOD
STEWARDS OF THE EARTH.
WE ARE THE FRAGILE LINK IN THE
CHAIN.
AND I HOPE THAT MESSAGE IS
STRONG AND LOUD.
>> THANK YOU.
EVERYBODY IS CLAPPING AT YOU.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HERE IN THE
UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE
CONFERENCE.
THANK YOU TO NASA AND ISA FOR
ORGANIZING THIS FOR US.
THANK YOU FOR THE MESSAGE.
AND I'LL GIVE IT BACK TO YOU, TO
YOUR SCIENCE WORK ABOARD THE
SPACE STATION.
GIVE MY BEST REGARD TO THE CREW
AROUND YOU.
>> WOW, THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.
ANOTHER MASSIVE ROUND OF
APPLAUSE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, LUCA.
THANK YOU.
BYE.
ENJOY YOUR DAY AND THE VIEW FROM
SPACE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> STATION THIS IS HOUSTON ACR.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR EVENT AS WE
COUNTDOWN TO 20 CONTINUOUS YEARS
OF HUMANS LIVING AND WORKING ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> THANK YOU TO ALL PARTICIPANTS
TO ISA AND THE UNITED NATIONS.
WE ARE CONTINUING OPERATIONAL
COMMUNICATIONS.