We have a planetary emergency. We have to find a way to create, in the generation of those alive today, a sense of generational mission.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the urgent need for collective action towards environmental sustainability by instilling a shared sense of responsibility among the current generation.
Al Gore's quote highlights the critical state of our planet and the pressing need for individuals today to embrace a collective mission to combat environmental challenges. He suggests that fostering a sense of generational mission can motivate people to take meaningful actions that contribute to the health and sustainability of the earth for future generations.
In practice
In a speech at a climate summit, you might say, 'As Al Gore stated, we have a planetary emergency that requires each of us to embrace a generational mission for sustainable practices.'
Global warming is real and human activity is the main cause. The consequences are mainly negative and headed toward catastrophic, unless we act. However, the good news is that we can meet this challenge. It is not too late, and we have everything we need to get started.
The climate crisis is not a political issue; it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity. It is also our greatest opportunity to lift global consciousness to a higher level.
I think it's harder for people than it should be. But as more and more of us become carbon neutral and change the patterns in our lives to be part of the solution instead of part of the problem, we are now beginning to see the changes in policy that are needed.
CO2 is the exhaling breath of our civilization, literally... Changing that pattern requires a scope, a scale, a speed of change that is beyond what we have done in the past.
Well-established theories collapse under the weight of new facts and observations which cannot be explained, and then accumulate to the point where the once useful theory is clearly obsolete.
The entire North Polar ice cap is disappearing before our very eyes. It's been the size of the continental United States for the last 3 million years and now 40 percent is gone and the rest of it is going.
We have modified our environment so radically that we must now modify ourselves to exist in this new environment.
The United Nations exists not merely to preserve the peace but also to make change - even radical change - possible without violent upheaval. The United Nations has no vested interest in the status quo. It seeks a more secure world, a better world, a world of progress for all peoples. In the dynamic world society which is the objective of the United Nations, all peoples must have equality and equal rights.
States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking.
We are tapping into what the world wants: to be a part of change.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
close some doors today. not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere
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