There is no doubt that the majority are realizing the threats of climate change and human activity on the planet. While young people are speaking out against it and pleading with world leaders to do more to reverse the trend, the question is, can anything change? Deniers in leadership positions have the power to override public opinion. That being the case, do any of them really care what happens to the world? Can they resist pressure from the corporate world to do something different?
While they strongly support any outreach, surely the most concerned young people should start with their parents and family members and urge them to vote against putting these people in power. Since they won’t change leaders who are unwilling to realize it, there has to be a better way. In the western world, only through the ballot box is this effect produced.
During recent elections in Australia and elsewhere, campaigns of fear against parties promising such action have dominated while these leaders retain their power. So what happens to those who are suffering the effects of climate change, such as droughts, floods, cyclones, etc., who are more afraid of those who want to do something about it than of those who are causing it?
While democracy is the way of the West and persuasive arguments come from high-profile figures against the inactivity of governments, they are obviously ineffective against required actions. Taking the issues head-on, the following are just a few of them that need urgent action.
1. Plastic contamination: solution that eliminates all-purpose plastic and stops supplying it whenever possible.
2. Deforestation: it is essential to stop cutting down trees and plant more to remove carbon from the air.
3. Drought: obviously caused by deforestation and global warming.
4. Super fires, also caused by climate change and global warming.
5. Increase of the oceans: caused by the thaw due to the worsening of the environmental conditions.
6. Loss of species – caused it
7. Diseases and superbugs: as these things increase, they will get worse
8. Overpopulation: the tendency to have more and more babies is mainly due to religious beliefs.
9. Reduction of resources: caused by overcrowding and lack of management and alternative solutions.
This is only a partial list as the situation progresses and it will get worse and affect everyone. The earth is destroying itself faster and it cannot cope. It may be too late to do anything worthwhile, as money and big business run the world and thrive on the depletion of nature. The other question is how many will abandon their wealth and change their lifestyle in the process?