future, we must do more to combat climate change. [applause]. now, now, it's true that no single event makes a trend, but the fact is the 12 hottest years on record have all come in the last 50. heat waves, droughts, wildfires, floods, all are now more frequent and more intense. we can choose to believe that superstorm sandy and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were just a freak coincidence or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science and act before it's