Name: Prince William | This decade calls for Earthshots to repair our planet
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Growing up in my family gives you a certain sense of history.

I'm simply the latest in a line that can be traced back generations.

This oak tree is close to Windsor Castle,

which has been home to my family for over 900 years.

Thirty-nine monarchs have lived here and enjoyed these beautiful surroundings.

and it always amazes me that some of the trees planted here,

living organisms, dependent on soil, rain and sunlight,

were here as they laid the first stones of Windsor Castle.

That makes some of the oaks here almost 1,000 years old.

These trees germinated during the reign of William the Conqueror in 1066,

they'd grown into mature, impressive giants.

some of those very same trees still survive here today.

around 35 billion people have lived their lives on our planet.

That's 35 billion lifetimes' worth of hope, love, fear and dreams.

In that time, humankind has invented air travel,

Our speed of innovation has been incredible,

but so, too, has the acceleration of our impact.

Over my grandmother's lifetime, the last 90 years or so,

that our climate, oceans, air, nature and all that depends on them

but never has it faced a decade like this.

knowing that it is the most consequential period in history.

the damage that we have done will be irreversible.

And the effects felt not just by future generations

And what's more, this damage will not be felt equally by everyone.

and those who've done the least to cause climate change

How can we hope to fix such massive intractable problems?

It may seem overwhelming, but it is possible.

Humans have an extraordinary capacity to set goals and strive to achieve them.

I've long been inspired by President John F. Kennedy's

1961 mission to put a man on the moon within a decade.

We'd only just launched the first satellite.

Putting a man on the moon that quickly seemed impossible.

But this simple challenge encompassed so much.

He called it a goal to organize and measure

united millions of people around the world --

that this crazy ambition wasn't so crazy after all.

And along the way, it helped the invention of breathing equipment,

But now, rather than a Moonshot for this decade,

We must harness that same spirit of human ingenuity and purpose

and turn it with laser sharp focus and urgency

on the most pressing challenge we have ever faced,

The shared goals for our generation are clear.

Together, we must protect and restore nature,

build a waste-free world and fix our climate.

And we must strive to do all of this in a decade.

and we won't have to sacrifice everything we enjoy.

Instead, the way we live will be healthier,

cleaner, smarter and better for all of us.

The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic

and the funds flowing into the economic recovery

when those in positions of power come together

We built hospitals overnight, repurposed factories,

poured billions into the search for a vaccine and better treatments.

And we've been inspired by heroes emerging in every community across the world.

Young people no longer believe that change is too difficult.

They witnessed the world turn on its head.

They believe that the climate crisis and the threat to our biodiversity

deserves our full attention and ambition.

So now is the time for each one of us to show leadership.

a tech owner in China, a politician in Kenya,

a banker in Britain, a fisherman in the Maldives,

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