The power of now

Joss Garman, climate change campaigner, on why we have to act now, and why we're the answer.

“Inaction is the greatest threat.” – Joss Garman

“This isn't about being disaffected and rebellious without a cause. This isn't about dropping out, rejecting the norm and hacking the system. This is about us.

“For us, patronising cliches fall apart because this isn't about ideals. It’s about the reality of what the scientists have been warning us all about for years – those sea level rises, catastrophic droughts and melting ice caps – will now happen in our lifetimes.

The Copenhagen meeting has the potential – more than any gathering of human beings before it – to affect how our civilisation develops. We need to capture the moment and make 2009 a transformative year.”