Climate change is this generation’s biggest challenge; humanity is consuming natural resources faster than our planet’s ecosystems can regenerate. Climate is increasingly affected by human activities — driving global warming. Extreme climate events affect lives directly; it also affects food shortages and migrations of people, which cause malnutrition, misery and even conflict. “By 2050, the world must feed 9 billion people; yet the demand for food will be 60 percent greater than it is today”, (per World Economic Forum). With an increased population by 2050, and “an expanding global economy, our energy needs are bound to increase by 40 percent, to power our buildings, homes, meet our needs for cooling, heating, transportation, infrastructure, and a connected lifestyle”, (Global Footprint Network). We must all re-think the way we live with energy. We can and must begin immediately to implement a smart, climate-action-plan; we should rejoin the Paris Climate Accord. We need informed, progressive leaders. We need a Green-New-Deal.
Trish Forsyth Voss
Nov 8 2019
What’s the number one challenge for the world?
Climate change is this generation’s biggest challenge; humanity is consuming natural resources faster than our planet’s ecosystems can regenerate. Climate is increasingly affected by human activities — driving global warming. Extreme climate events affect lives directly; it also affects food shortages and migrations of people, which cause malnutrition, misery and even conflict. “By 2050, the world must feed 9 billion people; yet the demand for food will be 60 percent greater than it is today”, (per World Economic Forum). With an increased population by 2050, and “an expanding global economy, our energy needs are bound to increase by 40 percent, to power our buildings, homes, meet our needs for cooling, heating, transportation, infrastructure, and a connected lifestyle”, (Global Footprint Network). We must all re-think the way we live with energy. We can and must begin immediately to implement a smart, climate-action-plan; we should rejoin the Paris Climate Accord. We need informed, progressive leaders. We need a Green-New-Deal.
Trish Forsyth Voss
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