Extract from second reading debate (Lords) of the Environment Bill - June 7
Tuesday, 8 June 2021 08:10
The Lord Bishop of Oxford [V]:...The evidence is stark. Humanity
stands at a crossroads in these next five years. We have a tiny
window to make rapid decisions and take action that will affect the
life of the entire planet for, perhaps, centuries to come. The
majority world is looking to us and this Parliament for justice,
for an example and for leadership on climate and environmental
matters in this year of COP 15 and COP 26. My sister and brother
Anglicans in Kenya, South Africa Bangladesh...Request free trial
[V]:...The evidence is stark. Humanity stands at a crossroads in
these next five years. We have a tiny window to make rapid
decisions and take action that will affect the life of the entire
planet for, perhaps, centuries to come. The majority world is
looking to us and this Parliament for justice, for an example and
for leadership on climate and environmental matters in this year of
COP 15 and COP 26. My sister and brother Anglicans in Kenya,
South Africa Bangladesh and many other
places are already suffering the effects of our and others’ delay.
Future generations—today’s young people—look to us to take the
right actions now to give them at least a better chance of keeping
global heating below 1.5 degrees. We are stewards of this good
earth—God’s wonderful creation. As a nation, we bear a
disproportionate responsibility for its present condition. As a
Parliament, we have the opportunity for extraordinary and
disproportionate leadership for the coming decade. It is a powerful
testimony to human endeavour that our combined impact on the planet
is now rapidly altering its climate and threatening the life of the
earth. It is a powerful insight into the complexity and selfishness
of the human heart that progress in environmental matters is so
immensely difficult...
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