Something positive that we have seen a change in the last decade is the ubiquity of the climate message. The flip side, however, is that now politicians and CEOs can no longer legitimately claim that their inertia is down to ignorance or a lack of scientific consensus; so, the fact that very little has changed is a direct reflection of their ambivalence.

We are being told, in no uncertain terms, that the protection of this planet is not a priority – because it does not make money for people alive right now, and this is apparently the only worthwhile venture of politics. But people’s current leaders won’t be in power forever. It is imperative that we work hard now, to ensure that the next generation of leaders is less self-centred.

When young people get together from across the world, amalgamating their knowledge from different languages, cultures and observations, and then again dissipate, taking their learnings back home to spread those ripples further, we are raising a new generation to be stewards for the future of this planet. The Green Summit will speak not just to future politicians, but to teachers, parents, scientists and workers who will take this message of action and hope into their respective fields and make their voices heard on all rungs of the ladder; that this isn’t okay. That something’s got to change.