It Seems To Me Self-evident That We

Forests ... Are In Fact The World's Air-conditioning System-the Very Lungs Of The Planet-and Help To Store The Largest Body Of Freshwater On The Planet ... Essential To Produce Food For Our Planet's Growing Population. The Rainforests Of The World Also Provide The Livelihoods Of More Than A Billion Of The Poorest People On This Earth... In Simple Terms, The Rainforests, Which Encircle The World, Are Our Very Life-support System-and We Are On The Verge Of Switching It Off.

Scientists Themselves Readily Admit That They Do Not Fully Understand The Consequences Of Our Many-faceted Assault Upon The Interwoven Fabric Of Atmosphere, Water, Land And Life In All Its Biological Diversity. But Things Could Also Turn Out To Be Worse Than The Current Scientific Best Guess. In Military Affairs, Policy Has Long Been Based On The Dictum That We Should Be Prepared For The Worst Case. Why Should It Be So Different When The Security Is That Of The Planet And Our Long-term Future?

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Grandparenthood Is A Unique Moment In Anyone's Life, As Countless Kind People Have Told Me In Recent Months, So I Am Enormously Proud And Happy To Be A Grandfather For The First Time And We Are Eagerly Looking Forward To Seeing The Baby In The Near Future.

We Have Spent The Best Part Of The Past Century Enthusiastically Testing The World To Utter Destruction; Not Looking Closely Enough At The Long-term Impact Our Actions Will Have.