Comment: Our war should be fornature, not on nature – Gulf Digital News

Comment: Our war should be fornature, not on nature – Gulf Digital News

THERE is still no serious global consensus to support environmental and climate issues, and influential world leaders have not made even the minimum concessions needed for it.

We, as individuals, have not given up any significant part of our needs in industries or other ways, to maintain the sustainability of the environment for us and future generations. All this proves that human greed and the interest of individuals and groups supersedes the interest of humanity.

Today, we live with violent climatic fluctuations, very high temperatures throughout the year, and even in winter; floods in some countries, and droughts in others, including European countries. But with the world’s interconnected crises, led by the Russian military operation in Ukraine, hyperinflation, the energy crisis, with renewed support for fossil fuel sources, and the food crisis, the climate change crisis is unfortunately not among our priorities.

To be sure, the great powers are the most responsible, especially since we know that China, the US, and the European Union are jointly responsible for more than half of global emissions.

I heard a lot of statements from the participants of the UN Climate Conference in Egypt, and I realised that everyone understands how serious the situation is, but very few