Growing up in Yorkshire – one of the most beautiful, pristine slices of the British Isles – I was no stranger to natural beauty. Consider its magnificent moors, its Dales, its coastline. But like the rest of the planet it is not going to stay that way unless we look after it. From the fires that have been causing dreadful damage in Australia, to the flooding in Indonesia, every week seems to bring a fresh reminder that our world is fragile.
Living in the UK, we know better than most how much we depend on nature and we have always taken our responsibility for this island seriously. It is one of the reasons we have been leading on climate policy for years, relentlessly banging a drum for sustained action on protecting the environment.
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