IN a difficult year like the one that we have just been through, we can easily get caught up in the idea that when it comes to the climate or biodiversity crisis, there is no hope. But, in fact, there are glimmerings. Where we see hope at its brightest is when we witness actual change, rather than statements of intent, or the survival and return of things thought lost. It’s a golden eagle back in a forest in which none have bred for decades, it’s a flame shell reef surviving in the firth of Clyde, it’s people taking waste and turning it into something useful, it’s projects that are helping develop the future of our decarbonised home heating, it’s a song that reminds us that we can come together.