Challenge Climate Change
The challenge of climate change
confronts us with the question, under which conditions we want to live on our home planet mother earth. A sustainable development
so that also future generations can satisfy their needs seems necessary. We must sustain our living basis, because there is no second earth where we could fly to.
Blog Post
Planetary Health, World Sustainable Development Forum, April 2020
Stefan Jung • 17. April 2020
COVID19's Warning to the World, by Dr. Ash Pachauri
Planetary Health - Key Messages from Dr. Ash Pachauri's Analytical Brief :
(compare: https://worldsdf.org/research
and/or https://j.mp/2XMiBoZ (16.04.2020))
- "Outbreaks of infectious diseases are on the rise and are likely to become more common as human populations destroy habitats, forcing wildlife into closer proximity to humans.
- The field of planetary health is gaining attention, as the connections between human well-being and the health of overall ecosystems become evident. In the current world of uncertainty, the one thing that is certain is that the health of the planet and those that inhabit it are inextricably linked.
- Pollution has reduced and air quality has improved as countries have locked down to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. However, the impact of reduced greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption will be temporary unless governments adopt new approaches to development that protect both the health of the planet and those that inhabit it.
- The COVID-19 crisis warns the world of the price it will pay without aggressive action by governments to reduce carbon emissions and adopt cleaner and healthier models of development."
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