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Hello, everyone.

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

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I'm simply the latest in a line
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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Thirty-nine monarchs have lived here
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
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 lay
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
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,

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some of those very same trees
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 on our planet.

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That's 35 billion lifetimes' worth
of hope, 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

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that our climate, 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

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knowing that it is the most
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 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
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

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united millions of people
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
of breathing equipment,

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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 and purpose

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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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And 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 and better treatments.

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And we've been inspired by heroes emerging
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
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 fisherman 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 that I have

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to help set those Earthshot goals
and reward people

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across every sector of society
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,

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the incentive to act only comes
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 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 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 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.