Right. Now for the hard question, which concerns climate change. I read your document and I have read other presentations you’ve made. Furthermore, this isn’t the first time we’ve met. I would really like, however, to know about your action plan on climate change, from a scientific perspective.
I understand, by my lights, that, on account of climate change, marine resources, on which a large number of our communities depend, are probably doomed. Actually we don’t really know what lies ahead. I figure that, in such conditions, the only people I can trust are the soothsayers and the scientists. Anyone can predict the future, but not everyone is a scientist.
I’d like you to tell me about not just the general plans broached here, that is, the science, the work done by other federal departments, the universities and other countries, with a view to dealing with this global issue. To my mind, dealing with this issue is much more than that. I want to know what your approach has been to this file in recent years and what it will be in future.