Climate change is also clearly a matter of huge interest and concern for the scientific community.

And given that there's been probably a ten-fold amount of information about terrorism through the media than there has about climate change; I think that's quite an interesting statistic.

Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have.

But no matter how big the effort to push a propaganda line might be, climate change is bigger. This, undoubtedly and regrettably, is the biggest immediate long-term environmental challenge we face. A failure to concretely come to some policy outcome on climate change has not only a negative environmental impact but also social and economic consequences for us.

I haven't chosen to make an issue of faith.

It is now well understood that humans ultimately depend on the health of the planet for their wellbeing.

At an everyday level I would reckon myself more than fortunate.