Odile sits with the book in her lap and begins to read. She was taught to read so long ago that she is unused to decoding words. So it is slow work by the light of the torch that is the holding pen’s only illumination.
She reads:
REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS
2155
Edited by
Joost Keijzer, Ph.D.
Co-Chair
UN Commission
University of Amsterdam
Jacynthe Renate, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Co-Chair
UN Commission
University of Toronto
Chapter 1: Executive Summary
Chapter 2: Introduction and Context
Chapter 3: Drivers of Global Catastrophe
Chapter 4: Data and Current State of Knowledge
Chapter 5: Air
Chapter 6: Biodiversity
Chapter 7: Oceans and Water
Chapter 8: Land and Soil
Chapter 9: Conclusions: Too Late?
Chapter 1: Executive Summary
In 2155, the remaining countries comprising the United Nations convened a Commission on the Global Environmental Crisis with the goal of producing a report on the current state of the cascading global environmental, social, and political cataclysms, and the bleak outlook for the future.
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