Climate Change
Climate change is affecting every aspect of our lives and we are not doing enough to curb our emissions.
The March 2023 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s confirmed what was largely already known: every bit of warming matters. The warmer the planet gets, the greater and more severe the changes in both average climate and climate and weather extremes. These affect our food, our water, the safety of our homes, our own health, our economy, and the natural environment. And globally those who have contributed least to the problem are the ones paying most of the costs. Right now millionaires alone are projected to burn more than 70% of the remaining carbon budget for 1.5C.
The IPCC report is clear that there is hope; but we need to understand the detail of the emergency and react accordingly – transforming our societies and doing so at speed.
We already have many of the solutions we need to tackle this issue – and the required changes will benefit us in multiple ways. Climate solutions including efficiency, clean energy, regenerative agriculture, and green infrastructure increase our resilience and accelerate the transition to a clean energy future while simultaneously improving health, animal welfare, equity, justice, and economic concerns.
We may not want to hear about the three areas where individually we can make the greatest impact on carbon emissions: going vegan, going car less and stopping long haul flights (New York Times 15 December 2022). But it is important that we know the impact of our actions collectively and individually.
Urgent change is needed
As a matter of great urgency, we need to change how we see nature and our place in it, shifting from a philosophy of domination and extraction to one that’s rooted in reciprocity and regeneration. We need to evolve to a new system that is fit for the 21st century, an economy that enables human flourishing while reversing ecological breakdown. ‘By taking less, we can become more’ (Jason Hickel).
Sourced with thanks from writings of:
Prof. Katharine Hayhoe
Prof. Jason Hickel
Dr Charlie Gardner
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