- A White House report states that global warming threatens every part of the U.S. and climate change is already affecting us.
- The report may face resistance from some Americans who are skeptical and believe the issue has been exaggerated.
- The debate should not be about whether climate change exists, but rather what actions should be taken to address it.
- There is extensive research showing rising global temperatures, increased heat waves, rising sea surface temperatures, melting glaciers, and the impact on polar bears.

John Oliver offers some evidence to dispel the myth that climate change is a myth.

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You may know it as that blue thing Bruce Willis is always trying to save.

Or from its famous collaboration with wind and fire.

Or just simply as that place where George Clooney lives.

Anyway, the Earth had some genuinely bad news this week.

A White House report that says global warming threatens every part of the U.S.

This isn't something in the distant future.

Climate change is already affecting us now.

That is a key shift in how to talk about climate change, because we've all proven that we cannot be trusted with the future tense.

We've been repeatedly asked, don't you want to leave a better Earth for your grandchildren?

And we've all collectively responded, fuck them.

Incredibly, this latest damning scientific report may still face an uphill climb with some of us.

There's that Gallup poll that came out last month which found 1 in 4 Americans is skeptical of all the effects of climate change and thinks this issue's been exaggerated.

You don't need people's opinions on a fact.

You might as well have a poll asking, which number is bigger, 15 or 5?

The debate on climate change should not be whether or not it exists, it's what we should do about it.

There is a mountain of research on this topic.

Global temperatures are rising, heat waves are becoming more common, sea surface temperatures are also rising, glaciers are melting, and of course, no climate report is complete without the obligatory photo of a polar bear balancing on a piece of ice.


Speaker 0: The Earth. You may know it as that blue thing Bruce Willis is always trying to save. Or from its famous collaboration with wind and fire. Or just simply as that place where George Clooney lives. Anyway, the Earth had some genuinely bad news this week.

A White House report that says global warming threatens every part of the U.S. This isn't something in the distant future. Climate change is already affecting us now. Now. Smart move, Obama.

That is a key shift in how to talk about climate change, because we've all proven that we cannot be trusted with the future tense. We've been repeatedly asked, don't you want to leave a better Earth for your grandchildren? And we've all collectively responded, fuck them. -...but... -...but...

-...but... -...but... Incredibly, this latest damning scientific report may still face an uphill climb with some of us. There's that Gallup poll that came out last month which found 1 in 4 Americans is skeptical of all the effects of climate change and thinks this issue's been exaggerated. Who gives a shit?

That doesn't matter. You don't need people's opinions on a fact. You might as well have a poll asking, which number is bigger, 15 or 5? -♪ Laugh track ♪ -Or do owls exist? Or are there hats?

The... The debate on climate change should not be whether or not it exists, it's what we should do about it. There is a mountain of research on this topic. Global temperatures are rising, heat waves are becoming more common, sea surface temperatures are also rising, glaciers are melting, and of course, no climate report is complete without the obligatory photo of a polar bear balancing on a piece of ice.

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Climate Change (Abbreviated): Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)