Dear Fabien, you don't know me yet, I'm your grandson
I'm writing to you from the year 2083
I'm sending you this message so that your era can react
Here the planet is doing badly, you absolutely have to believe me
Jakarta, Lagos, New York have disappeared under the sea
But also Venice, London, and a third of the Netherlands
Timbuktu and northern Mali buried under the desert
And the Niger River no longer has a single drop of water in its arms

Coastal cities that struggle against rising waters
Despite building dikes, dams, and walls
They don't weigh much and quickly burst into pieces
When cyclones and hurricanes come to finish the job
In several countries in Africa and Southeast Asia
But also in Athens, Cairo, and a few other chosen ones
It often reaches sixty degrees, every summer is a test
Where the rich live under air conditioning and the poor no longer live

Climate changes have been so violent
That ecosystems didn't have time to adapt
A million species in addition to the famous polar bears
Have disappeared forever, they couldn't resist
Last year, New Delhi was completely evacuated
Asphyxiated as it was under a cloud of pollution
In Beijing and Shanghai, a new law has just passed
Without an oxygen mask, it is forbidden to leave your house

The soils are so dry that there are no more vineyards in France
And in several southern countries, agriculture is impossible
When farmers no longer have water, we are beyond urgency
Famine and misery have become irreversible
Drought and heat have caused millions of deaths
And millions of refugees fleeing their country
Borders are combat zones in the northern states
It's war in Europe, America and Asia

Dear grandson, I read your letter with dread
I think I have grasped the extent of the crisis
But to tell you the truth, for us in 2023
Everything you're telling me there is not really a surprise
It's been several years, even several decades
That scientists have been trying in vain to alert us
That it's not too late yet, that the fight is not over
But that we are all currently playing the future of humanity

I still don't understand what the big ones of this world are doing
Every climate conference is a terrible failure
No G20 results in profound measures
They go there in private jets and wipe themselves with the IPCC reports
When will they declare a state of global climate emergency
And force countries on their CO2 emissions?
When will they make all deforestation illegal?
Invest massively to consume less, consume better
Behavior changes will necessarily go through laws
Politicians will have to get out of their inaction
We should not wait until 2083
As of today, half-measures are no longer an option

My dear grandson, can you ask all your friends
To write to their ancestors, to follow your initiative?
The fight is not lost, the Earth is not dead yet
But the victory for the climate can only be collective

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