I use the word "hope" because we face risks, called existential risks, that threaten to wipe out humanity.
"But we consider it our responsibility as professionals to ensure, to the best of our ability, that people understand what we know: human-caused climate change is happening, we face risks of abrupt, unpredictable and potentially irreversible changes, and responding now will lower the risks and costs of taking action".
"They say to me, if we go by boat it is one time that we face the risk of dying, but every day in Afghanistan we face danger".
"But we still face risks from the global economy so we should continue working through our longterm plan to build a resilient economy".
However, in a clear nod to Jeremy Corbyn's appointment as Labour leader, the chancellor warned: "We still face risks both from the global economy and from those at home who would undermine our economic security, hike taxes and nationalise industry".
Ordinary shareholders face risk and reward.
"I don't think we face much risk from anybody who has applied for a permit," Mayor Ross C. Anderson, said in an interview today.
As we face the risk of slow economic and job growth following the sovereign debt crisis, we cannot afford to leave the talents of half the population behind.
"The Colorado River, in so many ways, makes us one people, and together we face the risk of reduced supplies in years ahead," he said.
"If we try to end the Kyoto protocol now or in the next year, then we face the risk of no second commitment period for 35% of the emissions," he said.
