An important conference is taking place at the Royal Society today.  WWF, Natural England and RSPB are hosting an event to assess the latest evidence of climate change impacts on people and nature and consider how we should respond.

We are all getting used to living in an economic crisis.  Every morning we wake up to the latest news about the state of the Greek Economy, the Euro bailout fund and the UK Government’s trials and tribulations over growth.

But slowly, but surely, the ecological crisis is ever-deepening.  These days, particularly since the collapse of the Copenhagen talks, climate change rarely gets a mention in news bulletins.  As I blogged on Monday, the sharp rise in global greenhouse gas emissions is a wake up call to leaders around the world who need to get a grip of the global climate change talks which recommence in Durban later this month.

The pace at which climate change is processing means that it is only a matter of time before we have a Lehman Brothers style moment in the natural world.  We owe it to ourselves and our children to do what we can to avoid this happening.

Today, we have a stellar line up of speakers including Defra Minister Lord Taylor and Chief Scientist Professor Bob Watson.  I am looking forward to hearing what they have to say.  I hope not to be too depressed.  I am looking for optimism and some answers as to how we get out of this almighty mess.

I’ll let you know how we get on.

PS I posted a postcript to yesterday's agriculture event as a comment.