This is now up to us to put before
the nations of the world
what has to be done.
We don't need to emphasise to them
or to you that the longer we leave it
and not doing things, but going on
talking about the problems,
the worse it's going to get.
And in the end, unless we do something,
it becomes insoluble.
So now is the moment.
Now does become extremely important.
That's why it's just so encouraging
to know that the present government
has declared this year the year,
not of talking about it,
not of alarming people,
not of warning, but of action.
And it's a huge encouragement
to those of us who have been worrying
about this problem for a very long time
to know that now the government
of this country is going to do something
in Glasgow at the end of this year.
I look forward to it.
We have to deal with our CO2 emissions.
And that is why the UK is calling
for us to get to net zero
as soon as possible, for every country
to announce credible targets to get there.
That's what we want from Glasgow
and that's why we are pledged,
here in the UK, to deliver net zero by 2050.
We were the first, after all, to industrialise.
Look at the historic emissions of the UK.
We have a responsibility to our planet
to lead in this way and to do this.
As a country, as a society, as a planet,
as a species, we must now act.
