On average, every second, five people are born.

The global population is doubling every 40 years.

The human population is now some 6.2 thousand million people and the rate of increase is accelerating.

Average temperatures have climbed 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit around the world since 1880.

The 20th Century's last two decades were the hottest in 400 years.

Summers in the Arctic are now predicted to become completely ice-free within 40 years.

This area has been covered in ice for more than a million years.

Larsen B, an Antarctic ice shelf that was 200 metres thick and had a surface area of 3,250 square kilometres, staggered onlookers as it broke apart in less than a month.

Strong hurricanes, droughts, heat waves, wildfires, and other natural disasters have become commonplace in many parts of the world.

The growth of deserts is causing food shortages in many places.

Lack of food and water may incite war; lack of fuel definitely will.

The world in which we live is an extraordinary gift that came about through billions of years of evolution. There is a spiritual, aesthetic, psychological and scientific benefit in having a large diversity of life on planet earth. To destroy it seems completely insane.

Today we spewed out 70 million tons of pollution into the thin layer of atmosphere above us. Tomorrow it will be even more.