We’ll cut right to it: 2020 is shaping up to be
a truly decisive year for our climate.
The stakes couldn’t be higher or more pressing.
We’ve just lived through the five hottest
years on record — and the hottest decade
ever.
There’s the all-but-unanimous voices of climate
scientists worldwide, warning in official report
after official report of the catastrophic
new normal ahead if we don’t change course and
halve emissions by 2030.
But there’s so much hope for the future that we
see, too.
Last year, climate awareness, and more
importantly action, went mainstream in a way we’ve
never seen before. Millions of young
people and adults filled streets
worldwide in climate strikes demanding
politicians get serious.
Oxford University Press – publisher of the
definitive guide to the English language, the
Oxford English Dictionary — declared
“climate emergency” the word of the year.
And the list goes on. But there is still so much
work to do.