THE CONTEXT
A refresher or the perspective of each of these extraordinary champions, here’s the pick
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’s URGENT CALL
April 2019
“We now stand at a unique point in our planet’s history. One where we must all share responsibility both for our present wellbeing and for the future of life on earth. Every one of us has the power to make changes and make them now. Our wonderful natural world and the lives of our children and grandchildren, and all those who follow them, depend upon us doing so.”
GRETA THUNBERG’S
URGENT CALL
April 2019
“I want you to act as if the house was on fire…You would change almost every part of your behaviour as you do in an emergency…It’s OK if you refuse to listen to me. I am after all just a 16 year old school girl…but you cannot ignore the scientists or the science or the millions of school-striking children who are still striking for the right to a future. I beg you, please do not fail on this.”
CHRISTIANa FIGUERES’
URGENT CALL
DECEMBER 2019
“The way we go at this is not to let the responsibility of engaging on climate be in national government hands only…we can bring it to every single human being and once we understand that we all have a common future, there’s no such thing as all of us being in the boat and only the ones closest to the hole in the boat are going to sink. No, either we all sink or we all float together.”
STAYING UP TO DATE
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