Hope will defeat doom-mongers in fight to save Earth

CLIMATE change continues to affect us all. Portugal had the hottest May since 1931, with rainfall much lower than normal, threatening drought.

- Gavin Sheppard

It is making fish hungrier, according to a report, which could lead to fish shortages for the human population.

Mexico is currently experiencing drought, leading to shortages of peppers.

These are just a handful of concerns that show this is an issue we must tackle head-on.

Prince William’s speech at the Platinum Jubilee Party was right to call on governments, businesses and individuals across the world to show determination and imagination in protecting life on Earth.

I say imagination quite intentionally. Tackling these issues – the biggest humankind has ever faced – requires us to think beyond the jargon of carbon emissions. It requires us to think more broadly.

After all, a low-carbon world without rich biodiversity – where waste is still pumped into our waterways and buried in landfill, where unique habitats and delicate ecosystems are destroyed – is not a world in which any of us can thrive or perhaps even survive.