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Hello, everyone.

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Growing up in my family[br]gives you a certain sense of history.

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I'm simply the latest in a line[br]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[br]for over 900 years.

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Thirty-nine monarchs have lived here[br]and enjoyed these beautiful surroundings.

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I've walked here many times myself,

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

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living organisms, dependent[br]on soil, rain and sunlight,

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were here as they lay[br]the first stones of Windsor Castle.

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

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These trees germinated during the reign[br]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,[br]impressive giants.

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And amazingly,

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some of those very same trees[br]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[br]have lived their lives on our planet.

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That's 35 billion lifetimes worth of hope,[br]love, fear and dreams.

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In that time, humankind[br]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[br]has been incredible,

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but so too has the acceleration[br]of our impact.

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

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our impacts accelerated so fast

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that our climate, oceans, air,[br]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

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knowing that it is the most[br]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[br]will be irreversible.

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And the effects felt[br]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[br]will not be felt 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[br]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[br]such massive intractable problems?

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It may seem overwhelming,[br]but it is possible.

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Humans have an extraordinary capacity[br]to set goals and strive to achieve them.

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I've long been inspired[br]by President John F. Kennedy's

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1961 mission to put a man[br]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[br]the first satellite.

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Putting a man on the moon[br]that quickly seemed impossible.

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But this simple challenge[br]encompassed so much.

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He called it a goal[br]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

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united millions of people[br]around the world -

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that this crazy ambition[br]wasn't so crazy after all.

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And along the way, it helped the invention[br]of breathing equipment,

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CAT scanners and solar panels.

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But now rather than[br]a Moonshot for this decade,

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we need Earthshots.

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We must harness that same[br]spirit of human ingenuity and purpose

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and turn it with laser sharp[br]focus and urgency

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on the most pressing challenge[br]we have ever faced,

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repairing our planet.

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The shared goals[br]for our generation are clear.

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Together, we must protect[br]and restore nature,

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clean our air, revive our oceans,

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build a waste-free world[br]and fix our climate.

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And we must strive[br]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[br]sacrifice everything we enjoy.

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Instead, the way we live[br]will be healthier,

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cleaner, smarter and better for all of us.

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The global response[br]to the COVID-19 pandemic

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and the funds flowing[br]into the economic recovery

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demonstrate how much can be achieved

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when those in positions[br]of power come together

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and decide to act.

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We built hospitals overnight,[br]repurposed factories,

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poured billions into the search[br]for a vaccine and better treatments.

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And we've been inspired by heroes emerging[br]in every community across the world.

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Young people no longer believe[br]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[br]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[br]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,[br]a politician in Kenya,

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a banker in Britain,[br]a fishermen in the Maldives,

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a community leader in Brazil[br]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[br]opportunity we have.

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I'm committed to using[br]the unique position that I have

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to help set those Earthshot goals[br]and reward people

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across every sector of society[br]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[br]to act by a crisis,

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but for many,

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the incentive to act only comes[br]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[br]that these challenges,

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these Earthshots are possible,

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just imagine all the potential[br]we will unleash.

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I'm determined to both start[br]and end this decade as an optimist.

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Whilst our generation[br]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[br]to ensure that they and all life on Earth

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thrive for another[br]thousand years and more.

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But only if we now unleash[br]the greatest talents of our generation

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to repair our planet.

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We have no choice but to succeed.

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Thank you.