There is no doubt about The Times’s commitment to climate change. Re “ Humanity Must Take a Stand on Climate” (editorial, Aug. Soon it will be a matter of life or death, if it is not already.Ĭlara Fang Detroit The writer is founder of Climate Diversity. We need a government that actually protects our air, water and soil. Run for office and get other climate activists to run for office. Use the energy you would put toward nurturing a family into nurturing your community and fighting for survival on an increasingly inhospitable planet.ĭemanding action from politicians is not enough.
If you haven’t already, scrap plans to have (or have more) children. Build swales and retention ponds to collect excess floodwater. Hook yourself up to solar panels and a backup generator. Stake yourself on high ground and purchase flood insurance, sewer backup insurance and every kind of insurance. It’s too late to stop the natural disasters, conflicts and resource shortages that are coming.įor those of us who cannot afford to colonize space, here is my dead serious advice: Plan immediately to relocate to a buffer zone - the Great Lakes region or the Northeast - and buy property.
The conclusions of the sixth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on climate change are devastating, and, unfortunately, not surprising. Change is coming, and only we can fix the future. We must push world leaders to act on climate change so that life can continue. We are at the beginning of a mass extinction it’s been estimated that up to 200 species of plants and animals go extinct every single day, and that isn’t acceptable. And rising sea levels would be so serious that some coastal areas could become uninhabitable. Heat waves would be so terrible they could actually make parts of the planet unsafe for us. Think about how horrible life could be for the next generation if we don’t act now. Our lives are already being affected by climate change. You can vote for world leaders who will stop climate change! There are billions of children around the world, and all of us deserve to live in a world with clean oceans, clean air and a healthy planet. The fact that I, a 10-year-old, have to write this letter is proving your failure.īut if you believe that we can save the planet, then you can embrace change. I am angry because the adults have ruined Earth for my generation! You have trashed this world you have polluted it. Re “ Adults Are Failing Us on Climate,” by Greta Thunberg, Adriana Calderón, Farzana Faruk Jhumu and Eric Njuguna (Opinion guest essay, Sunday Review, Aug.
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