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Sir David Attenborough Addressing World Leaders

At COP26 In Glasgow, Scotland

A New Industrial Revolution first time, civilization was possible, and we wasted no We must fix our sights of keeping 1.5 degrees in

time in taking advantage of that. reach. A new industrial revolution powered by millions of
“As you spend the next two weeks debating, Everything we’ve achieved in the last 10,000 years sustainable innovations is essential and is indeed already
negotiating, persuading and compromising, as you was enabled by the stability in this time. The global beginning.
surely must, it’s easy to forget that ultimately the temperature over this period has not wavered over this We will all share in the benefits of affordable clean
emergency climate comes down to a single number – the time by more than +/- 1 degree Celsius. Until now. energy, healthy air and enough food to sustain us all.
concentration of carbon in our atmosphere. Our burning of fossil fuels, our destruction of nature, Nature is a key ally, whenever we restore the wild it will
The measure that greatly determines global temperatures our approach to industry, construction and learning, are recapture carbon and help us bring back balance to our
and the changes in that one number is the clearest way to releasing carbon into the atmosphere at an unprecedented planet.
chart our own story. For it defines our relationship with pace and scale. We are already in trouble. As we work to build a better world, we must
our world. The stability we all depend on is breaking. This story acknowledge no nation has completed its development
For much of humanity’s ancient history, that number is one of inequality as well as instability. because no advanced nation is yet sustainable.
bounced wildly between 180 and 300 (parts per million). Today, those who’ve done the least to cause this All have a journey still to complete, so all those nations
And so too, did global temperatures. It was a brutal and problem are being the hardest hit. Ultimately all of us have a good standard of living and a modest footprint.
unpredictable world. will feel the impact, some of which are now unavoidable. We again have to learn together how to achieve
At times, our ancestors existed only in tiny numbers. Is this how our story is due to end? A tale of the smartest this, ensuring none are left behind. We must use this
But just over 10,000 years ago, that number suddenly species doomed by that all too-human characteristic of opportunity to create a more equal world and our
stabilized and with it, Earth’s climate. failing to see the bigger picture in pursuit of short-term motivation should not be fear, but hope.
We found ourselves in an unusually benign period goals. It comes down to this, the people alive now are the
with predictable seasons and reliable weather. For the Perhaps the fact the people most affected by climate generation to come, will look at this conference and
change are not some imagined future generation, but consider one thing: Did that number stop rising and start
young people alive today.
to drop as a result of commitments made here?
Jupiter Senior Perhaps that will give us the impetus we need to rewrite There’s every reason to believe that the answer can be
yes.
our story, to turn this tragedy into a triumph. We are, after
Softball News all, the greatest problem solvers to have ever existed on If working apart, we are a force powerful enough to
destabilize our planet. Surely working together, we are
Earth.
powerful enough to save it. In my lifetime, I’ve witnessed
We now understand this problem, we know how to
stop the number rising and put it in reverse. a terrible decline.
Members of the Jupiter Senior Softball Association We must halt carbon emissions this decade. We must In your lifetimes, you could and should witness a
(JSSA) paid tribute to those who served in our nation’s recapture billions of tons of carbon from the air. wonderful recovery…”
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Players gathered around the American flag at a
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time to honor all those who served their nation. “Today,
we give special thanks and lift up the veterans of our
American armed services who have defended our
beautiful country,” he said. He also recited a prayer
honoring those who served.
The Veterans Day ceremony is a tradition for the
senior softball players and was held the day before
the Nov. 11 national holiday because no games were
scheduled that day. Ron Nolan, a combat veteran of
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on three fields. The senior softball program is open to
persons 55 and over and is sponsored in cooperation
with the Town of Jupiter. Games are every Monday,
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with batting practice.
New players are welcome, and are needed to fill
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