MANILA, Philippines — One doesn’t notably have to go onerous into the science of why the planet wants our assist. It’s readily understood that all of us need to maintain dwelling right here—this stunning “Pale Blue Dot” in line with the late Carl Sagan—since we solely have this one in spite of everything.

In the previous few many years, the extent of the local weather disaster has been proven to us, in addition to the work that must be completed to assist reverse the harm, if in any respect. Everybody has a stake in the way forward for our planet.