People Rising, Planet Rising.

                                         

People Rising, Planet Rising by Caleb Adebayo

Once upon a time, life on planet earth was not faced with the many challenges it is faced with today. Once upon a time, we did not have to be conscious about every action we took because it could reduce the chances of the planet’s survival. Today is definitely not that time. That time is long gone. Today is a struggle for our planet and people, and we are all part of this struggle. All of us.

According to the World Widelife Fund, We are facing the biggest environmental challenge 

our generation has ever seen. No matter what we are passionate about, something we care 

about will be affected by climate change

In 2009 at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference in Copenhagen, emerging countries put up an attitude of nonchalance when issues of climate change, global warming and greenhouse gases emissions were broached. Their argument was that the developed countries should take responsibility to combat climate change effects since they were the ones responsible for the current level of emissions. A refusal of these countries to individually take responsibility for a problem that concerned them too affected the emergence of a vital climate change agreement that year. This attitude should not be the reaction of young people today as the concern for people and planet is everyone’s concern. It has long stopped being the business of the United Nations alone and has become our individual businesses. We have to own it. Every young person has to own it. So the question is, how? And what can we do to act for it?

Acting for ‘People and planet’ simply refers to sustainable living. Life on earth is about people living on a planet. It is more than that today though, it is about living to sustain ourselves while sustaining the planet too.  It is about ensuring that our prosperity and development are not antagonistic to our survival, our health, or our planet, that we live peacefully and divert the resources and energy we use for war to fight poverty and fund activities for sustainable development. This is what we mean when we say ‘for people and planet.’

In the next post, I will  explain five ways I believe young people of all ages can innovatively work for people and planet in their local environment.

Please be sure to read the next post to learn exciting ways through which you can take action for the planet.

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