It started when I was a kid growing up in Los Angeles. My memories really began at the end of the Second World War. It was a beautiful city and there were green spaces in between communities. I had a paper out on a bicycle. I rode around different neighborhoods and it was fresh and clean. I loved it. And then suddenly when the war ended, Los Angeles became something at the end of a rainbow. And everybody clambered to get into LA and suddenly everything changed. Suddenly there were skyscrapers. There were freeways. There was pollution. So I saw a city that I really loved sort of disappearing under my feet. It no longer felt like home to me. So I moved away and I moved into the mountains. I spent time in the Sierra's. That connection to nature hit me like a ton of break. I said, this is where I want to be. I want to be in and around nature. I want to preserve if I can. So I guess I got committed at an early age to do whatever I could. Years ago, there used to be a saying and they called it Nimbi, which is an abbreviation for not in my backyard. That people would not get interested or focus on anything unless it was particularly a physical danger unless it was in their backyard. It was somebody else's problem therefore they didn't have to think about it or worry about it or address it. But now climate change is in everybody's backyard. It's going to affect every country, every nation, every person. There's been so much damage done over the years to the planet that if we don't act sooner rather than later, I don't know what kind of a planet we're going to have to live on. Our planet's resources are limited but there's no limit to the human imagination and our capacity to solve bigger problems. And only by acting now and sending together can we achieve the results we need in the time that we have left. And only by acting now and sending together can we begin to tip the scales and change the course of history. In an event of the general assembly of climate alterations that was held in this week, the Secretary General Daonu Banquimum asked that the world leaders work on the climate change for the most happy. 2015 is a year for global action. As we are all sharing into a new era of sustainable development, this climate change agreement should guide us in coming at least 15, 20 years. It seems to me that the stars are aligned more than ever before. The government, the business CEOs, civil societies, and faith group, faith community, they are all in one now. It's a matter of our political will and diplomatic skill. How do we converge all these wishes and expectations of international community in one single universal ambitious agreement?