Watch: A Toxic Inheritance

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Younger generations will receive the ultimate toxic inheritance – environmental breakdown. It’s not just the climate. Soil’s being lost, species are dying, oceans are destabilising. Those who’ve just been born have contributed nothing to a problem that’ll dominate their lives. Today’s leaders are betraying their children and grandchildren. Leaving behind a toxic inheritance. It’s time for our leaders to listen. Read the full report here.

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