On 15/12/09 HRH The Prince of Wales appealed to delegates at the UN climate summit to set aside national differences and agree to a global warming accord before it is too late. Delivering the keynote address as the conference in Copenhagen formally entered its final phase, HRH told ministers and world leaders that:
“The eyes of the world are upon you and it is no understatement to say that, with your signatures, you can write our future.”
HRH used the speech to outline how critical tropical forests are to a successful climate deal and how a deal on forests could provide a valuable example of how climate change issues could be resolved:
“The simple truth is that without a solution to tropical deforestation, there is no solution to climate change. That is why I established a Rainforests Project to try to promote a consensus on how tropical deforestation might be significantly reduced.”
In his closing statement, HRH left the assembled ministers and leaders with a poignant call to action:
“As our planet’s life-support system begins to fail and our very survival as a species is brought into question, remember that our children and grandchildren will ask not what our generation said, but what it did. Let us give an answer, then, of which we can be proud.”
Read a full transcript of the speech here: http://www.rainforestsos.org/copenhagen or watch video of the speech here: http://www.rainforestsos.org/speechvideo . For general info visit: www.rainforestsos.org
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