To me the question of the environment is more ominous than that of peace and war...I'm more worried about global warming than I am of any major military conflict.
Interpretation
The environment's degradation poses a greater threat than warfare, with global warming being the most pressing concern.
Hans Blix emphasizes the urgency of environmental issues, particularly global warming, asserting that these concerns overshadow the traditional fears of war and peace. He suggests that the long-term impacts of climate change could be far more detrimental to humanity and the planet than military conflicts, indicating a shift in priorities regarding global challenges.
In practice
In a climate change conference to highlight environmental urgency.
Lo! now the direful monster, whose skin clings_x000D_ _x000D_ To his strong bones, strides o'er the groaning rocks:_x000D_ _x000D_ He withers all in silence, and his hand_x000D_ _x000D_ Unclothes the earth, and freezes up frail life.
We still think of air as free. But clean air is not free, and neither is clean water. The price tag on pollution control is high. Through our years of past carelessness we incurred a debt to nature, and now that debt is being called.
The dandelions and buttercups gild all the lawn: the drowsy bee stumbles among the clover tops, and summer sweetens all to me.
The World is Large - Its beauty indescrible.
The earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves.
If we can't afford to take good care of the land that feeds us, we're in an insurmountable mess.
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