Il sottotitolo dell'articolo e': "The battle for climate change recognition may finally have been won but unless we find innovative ways of tackling our fear of action, we may yet lose the war"
(La battaglia per far riconoscere la realta' dei cambi climatici e' forse stata vinta; ma a meno che non si trovino dei modi innovativi per far fronte alla nostra paura di agire, si potrebbe comunque tuttora perdere la guerra)
L'articolo poi dice anche varie altre cose fra le quali cosa e' accaduto a Davos pochi giorni fa' rispetto ai cambi climatici:
"The talk at Davos on the final day was of World Bank president Jim Yong Kim, who focused seven of the 10 minutes of his speech to world presidents and prime ministers on the terrible catastrophe that awaits us.
Thankfully he is prepared to put his head above the parapet. In an article in the Washington Post, he could not have been clearer: "Just as the Bretton Woods institutions were created to prevent a third world war, the world needs a bold global approach to help avoid the climate catastrophe it faces today. The World Bank Group is ready to work with others to meet this challenge. With every investment we make and every action we take, we should have in mind the threat of an even warmer world and the opportunity of inclusive green growth.
He continued: "After the hottest year on record in the US, a year in which Hurricane Sandy caused billions of dollars in damage, record droughts scorched farmland in the Midwest and our organisation reported that the planet could become more than seven degrees warmer, what are we waiting for? We need to get serious fast. The planet, our home, can't wait."
But will his clarion call fall on deaf ears? The answer, in the short term, is probably yes, and the leaders of the various institutions are at a loss as to what approach to take to get real traction.
Telling people how bad the situation is risks pushing people even further into denial as they see no way out. But false optimism masks truths that we need to confront."
Quattro domande ai lettori di questo blog: (nessuna delle quali e' facile ma sarebbe comunque interessante avere qualche vostra opinione)
1. Quanti credono che la battaglia per far riconoscere che i cambi climatici (dovuti alle attivita' umane sulla terra e piu' che altro alle emissioni di CO2) sia ormai stata vinta? (e cosa vuol dire "averla vinta"...se davvero vinta' e' ormai stata?)
2. Quanti credono che d'ora in poi si incomincera' a fare molto di piu...(o molto di piu' che sia davvero efficace) per far fronte al problema e per risolverlo?
3. Siamo ancora in tempo per evitare vari gradi in piu' di riscaldamento globale (con tutte le sue conseguenze) od e' gia "troppo tardi"?
4. Cosa dovrebbe esser fatto, da chi, come, e quando?
Grazie,
Max Iacono