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- Hello, everyone.

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Growing up in my family gives you

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a certain sense of history.

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I'm simply the latest in a line

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that can be traced back generations.

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This oak tree is close to Windsor Castle,

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which has been home to my
family for over 900 years.

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39 monarchs have lived here.

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I enjoy these beautiful surroundings.

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I've walked here many times myself,

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and it always amazes me that
some of the trees planted here,

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living organisms dependent
on soil, rain, and sunlight,

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were here as they laid the
first stones of Windsor Castle.

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That makes some of the oaks
here, almost 1,000 years old.

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These trees germinated during the reign

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of William the Conqueror in 1066,

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from a simple acorn like this.

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By the time that Henry VIII lived here,

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they'd grown into mature,
impressive giants.

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And amazingly, some of
those very same trees,

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still survive here today.

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They're a bit gnarled and hollowed-out,

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but they're still very much alive.

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While these oaks have been growing,

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around 35 billion people
have lived their lives

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on our planet.

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That's 35 billion lifetimes worth of hope,

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love, fear, and dreams.

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In that time, humankind
has invented air travel,

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vaccines, and computers.

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We've explored every part of the globe,

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sequenced the human genome,

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and even escaped Earth's atmosphere.

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Our speed of innovation
has been incredible,

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but so, too, has the
acceleration of our impact.

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Over my grandmother's lifetime,
the last 90 years or so,

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our impacts accelerated
so fast, that our climate,

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oceans, air, nature, and
all that depends on them

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are in peril.

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This oak has stood here for centuries,

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but never has it faced a decade like this.

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We start this new decade,
knowing that it is the most

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consequential period in history.

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The science is irrefutable.

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If we do not act in this decade,

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the damage that we have
done, will be irreversible.

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And the effects felt not
just by future generations,

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but by all of us alive today.

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And what's more, this
damage will not be felt

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equally by everyone.

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It is the most vulnerable.

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Those with the fewest resources

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and those who've done the
least to cause climate change,

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who will be impacted the most.

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These stark facts are terrifying.

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How can we hope to fix such
massive intractable problems?

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It may seem overwhelming,
but it is possible.

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Humans have an extraordinary capacity

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to set goals and strive to achieve them.

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I've long been inspired by
president John F. Kennedy's

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1961 mission, to put a man
on the moon within a decade.

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He named it, the Moonshot.

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It seemed crazy.

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We'd only just launched
the first satellite.

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Putting a man on the moon that
quickly seemed impossible.

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But this simple challenge
encompassed so much.

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He called it a goal to
organize and measure

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the best of our energies and skills.

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In taking that giant leap for mankind,

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the team behind the Moonshot,
united millions of people

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around the world.

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That this crazy ambition,
wasn't so crazy after all.

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And along the way, it helped the invention

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of breathing equipment, CAT
scanners, and solar panels.

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But now rather than a
Moonshot for this decade,

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we need Earthshots.

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We must harness that same
spirit of human ingenuity

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and purpose, and turn it with
laser sharp focus and urgency

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on the most pressing
challenge we have ever faced,

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repairing our planet.

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The shared goals for our
generation are clear.

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Together, we must protect
and restore nature,

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clean our air, revive our oceans,

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build a waste-free world,
and fix our climate.

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But we must strive to do
all of this in a decade.

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If we achieve these goals,

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by 2030 our lives won't be worse

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and we won't have to
sacrifice everything we enjoy.

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Instead, the way we
live will be healthier,

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cleaner, smarter, and
better for all of us.

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The global response to
the COVID-19 pandemic,

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and the funds flowing
into the economic recovery

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demonstrate how much can be achieved,

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when those in positions
of power come together

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and decide to act.

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We built hospitals overnight,
repurposed factories,

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poured billions into
the search for a vaccine

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and better treatments.

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And we've been inspired by heroes emerging

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in every community across the world.

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Young people no longer believe
that change is too difficult.

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They witnessed the world turn on its head.

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They believe that the climate crisis

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and the threat to our biodiversity

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deserves our full attention and ambition.

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And they're right.

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So now is the time for each
one of us to show leadership.

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Whether you're a farmer in the US,

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a tech owner in China,
a politician in Kenya,

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a banker in Britain, a
fishermen in the Maldives,

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a community leader in Brazil,
or a student in India.

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Every single one of us has a role to play

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in harnessing whatever
opportunity we have.

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I'm committed to using the unique position

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that I have, to help set
those Earthshot goals

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and reward people, across
every sector of society

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and in every part of the world

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who do their bit to help achieve them.

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Some people are motivated
to act by a crisis,

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but for many, the
incentive to act only comes

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when they believe that change is possible.

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That it isn't a lost cause.

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If people really believe
that these challenges,

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these Earthshots are possible,

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just imagine all the
potential we will unleash.

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I'm determined to both
start and end this decade

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as an optimist.

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Whilst our generation
represents just a blip

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in the lifetime of these magnificent oaks,

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we have the power and
potential, to ensure that they

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and all life on Earth,

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thrive for another
thousand years and more.

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But only if we now unleash
the greatest talents

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of our generation, to repair our planet.

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We have no choice, but to succeed.

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Thank you.