'If COP27 is the best current leaders can do, our world is in trouble.'
” companies‒including COP21, which produced the Paris Climate Agreement. These conferences are no more than an elevated global stage for companies to attract the dollars of environmentally conscious consumers. Of course, we will not be able to solve the climate crisis without corporations’ help. However, greenwashing does little to advance global efforts to combat climate change, and average citizens have done little to stop it.
Our planet and Mother Nature will continue to suffer while humanity dithers over dollars and cents. Global citizens‒especially in the developed West‒have the opportunity to use our enormous wealth to try and mitigate the damage we’ve done to the planet. Ignorance is no longer an excuse, and ambivalence is no longer an option. Thankfully, there are now strong financial incentives to take immediate action.
But if COP27 is the best current leaders can do, our world is in trouble. Who will they lead when there is no longer a planet left to save? Global citizens in the United States and elsewhere must make conscious efforts to reduce our individual carbon footprint, and must demand more from our governments if we’re to avoid the most dangerous climate future.
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