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and are likely to live through the twenty-fi rst century. The globe at cen-
tury's end will be vastly different than it is today. The condition of our
planet will depend on the steps we take in the interim, but those to
slow global warming are perhaps the most momentous for the natural
world. I hope that our grandchildren can look back in the years ahead
and say that this generation had the resolve to reverse the dangerous
course we are currently on.
