Keeping 1.5 Alive – Delivering on the Fate of our Planet
Let me begin by thanking Zanny Minton Beddoes and the Economist for hosting this Sustainability Summit.
You have kindly invited me to speak on the topic of “Keeping 1.5 Alive”.
Well, there is no kind way to put it:
The 1.5-degree goal is on life support. It is in intensive care.
And we must tell it like it is.
The world emerged from Glasgow with a certain naïve optimism.
Yes, we saw some progress at COP 26.
Commitments to end deforestation.