We must watch nature to protect it

Change is everywhere now. Ice sheets are getting thinner and thinner, the timing of seasons is becoming more and more unreliable, and scientists warn of tipping points that, once crossed, cannot be uncrossed.

Almost daily now, we hear another story of El Niño sweeping across the globe re-writing everything we knew about storms and how we prepare. The same planet that is testing us is also reminding us how deeply we are connected: one warming current in the Pacific can touch a farmer in Kenya and Ethiopia, a fisherman in Peru, a family in Indonesia. If the world is changing, then so must we, with greater awareness, stronger compassion, and the courage to build a future that can weather whatever tides may come.