What's Now Urgently Needed [to Stop Environmental

We Are Living As If We Had Three Planets' Worth Of Resources To Live With Rather Than Just One. We Need To Cut By About Two-thirds Our Ecological Footprint. For That We Need One Planet Farming As Well As One Planet Living - One Planet Farming Which Minimises The Impact On The Environment Of Food Production And Consumption, And Which Maximises Its Contribution To Renewal Of The Natural Environment

First Of All, We Have To Say Loud And Clear To All Those Who Are Engaged In The Fighting That Attention To And Respect For Humanitarian Needs Is Absolutely Imperative. Anyone With Any Knowledge Of Iraq, Never Mind Any Concern About The Future, Knows That The Way In Which The War Is Prosecuted Has A Big Impact On What Comes Afterwards.

I Mean, Britain Is A Country Of Successful Muslim Businesspeople, Teachers And Educators, Journalists. So, We Have To Say Very Strongly That The Two Million Plus Muslims In Britain, The Vast Bulk Of Them Make A Huge Contribution To Our Society, And They Actually Make It The Vibrant Society It Is.

The Clearest Evidence That We Are Living Beyond Environmental Means Is The Threat Of Dangerous Climate Change. The Scale Of This Threat, To Human Life And To The Natural Resources And Assets On Which It Depends, For Everything From Oxygen And Clean Water To Healthy Soils And Flood Defence, Means That This Simply Must Be Our Top Priority

First, Climate Change Is The Greatest Long-term Threat Faced By Humanity. It Could Cause More Human And Financial Suffering Than The Two World Wars And The Great Depression Put Together. All Countries Will Be Affected, But The Poorest Countries Will Be Hit Hardest. Secondly, The Costs Of Inaction Far Outweigh The Costs Of Action.