Over my left shoulder in the Sustainable Innovation Forum London studio, the black screen and orange numbers relay the potential doom. The ticking clock reads just over seven years to go.

Prince Charles’s ten recommendations for urgent action on the climate emergency delivered at the Green Horizon Summit - a gathering of top leaders in business, finance and investment.

The former top UK intelligence official Sir David Omand reveals how leaders can better make big decisions in a crisis using methodology developed by spies.

Sir David’s new film A Life On Our Planet is a ‘vision for the future’. Many of his arguments reflect the ambitions of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Here, we match his key quotes with those goals.

All countries are facing the long ascent. We are joined by a single rope. We are only as strong as the weakest climbers. They will need help on the way up. The path ahead is clouded with extraordinary uncertainty. Faster progress on health measures, such as vaccines and therapies could speed up the ascent. But it could also get worse.