Buttigieg: ‘Stories of Climate Disaster Have Always Been on Humanity’s Mind … Dating Back to Ancient Legends’

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BUTTIGIEG: “Hello, I’m U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and I want to thank the Austrian World Summit for inviting me to say a few words today. And I want to recognize all the leaders who are gathered here for your continuing commitment to addressing the global challenge of climate change. It’s clear to all of us by now that climate change is a major threat to security and prosperity everywhere. Now, stories of climate disaster have always been on humanity’s mind in some fashion, dating back to ancient legends and scriptural traditions in nearly every faith, telling of floods, fires and other calamities. But the climate challenge in front of us is not some prophecy of cosmic doom. It is a specific set of problems.”