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nearly 2% of territorial waters.

It's not much but it's 2 times more

than 10 years ago.

The first natural parks were created

just over a century ago.

They cover over 13% of the continents.

They create spaces

where human activity

is in step with the preservation

of species, soils and landscapes.

This harmony between humans and nature

can become the rule,

no longer the exception.

In the US, New York has realized

what nature does for us.

These forests and lakes

supply all the city's drinking water.

In South Korea,

the forests had been devastated by war.

Thanks to

a national reforestation program,

they once more cover

More than 75% of paper is recycled.

Costa Rica has made a choice between

military spending and land conservation.

The country no longer has an army.

It prefers to devote its resources

to education, ecotourism

and the protection

of its primary forest.

Gabon is one of the world's

leading producers of wood.

It enforces selective logging.

Not more than 1 tree every hectare.

Its forests are one of the country's

most important resources,

but they have time to regenerate.

Programs exist that guarantee

sustainable forest management.

They must become mandatory.

For consumers and producers,

justice is an opportunity to be seized.

When trade is fair,

when both buyer and seller benefit,

everybody can prosper

and earn a decent living.

How can there be justice and equity

between people

whose only tools are their hands

and those who harvest their crops

with a machine and state subsidies?

Let's be responsible consumers.

Think about what we buy!

It's too late to be a pessimist.

I have seen agriculture

on a human scale.

It can feed the whole planet

if meat production doesn't take

the food out of people's mouths.

I have seen fishermen

who take care what they catch

and care for the riches of the ocean.

I have seen houses

producing their own energy.

first ever eco-friendly district

in Freiburg, Germany.

Other cities partner the project.

Mumbai is the thousandth to join them.

The governments of New Zealand, Iceland,

Austria, Sweden and other nations

have made the development

of renewable energy sources

a top priority.

comes from fossil energy sources.

Every week,

two new coal-fired generating plants

are built in China alone.

But I have also seen, in Denmark,

a prototype of a coal-fired plant

that releases carbon into the soil

rather than the air.

A solution for the future?

Nobody knows yet.

I have seen, in Iceland,

an electricity plant

powered by the Earth's heat.

Geothermal power.

I have seen a sea snake

lying on the swell

to absorb the energy of the waves

and produce electricity.

I have seen wind farms

off Denmark's coast

that produce 20%

of the country's electricity.

The USA, China, India, Germany

and Spain are the biggest investors

in renewable energy.

They have already created

over 2.5 million jobs.

Where on earth

doesn't the wind blow?

I have seen desert expanses

baking in the sun.

Everything on Earth is linked,

and the Earth is linked to the sun,

its original energy source.

Can humans not imitate plants

and capture its energy?

In one hour, the sun gives the Earth

the same amount of energy

as that consumed

by all humanity in one year.

As long as the Earth exists,

the sun's energy will be inexhaustible.

All we have to do

is stop drilling the Earth

and start looking to the sky.

All we have to do

is learn to cultivate the sun.

All these experiments

are only examples,

but they testify to a new awareness.

They lay down markers

for a new human adventure

based on moderation,

intelligence and sharing.

It's time to come together.

What's important

is not what's gone,

but what remains.

We still have

half the world's forests,

thousands of rivers, lakes and glaciers,

and thousands of thriving species.

We know that the solutions

are there today.

We all have the power to change.

So what are we waiting for?

It's up to us to write

what happens next

Together

get involved and join us on

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