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We are not ready for the Next Global Crisis

June 9, 2020

We all have been deeply impacted by the global pandemic COVID-19. More than 9 million people are infected and more than half a million lives have been lost till now. In the chaos of this pandemic, we've forgotten to prepare for the next biggest global crisis, Global Warming.

Global warming stresses ecosystems through temperature rises, water shortages, increased fire threats, drought, weed and pest invasions, intense storm damage, and salt invasion, just to name a few.

Global warming may sound like no big deal issue but It can be 10 times more destructive than any other crisis that occurred so far.

Even if emissions were drastically reduced overnight, the warming process is irreversible because CO2 takes hundreds of years to break down, and global temperatures will remain close to their highest level for at least the next 1,000 years.

Bill gates say " To prevent the worst effects of climate change, we need to get to zero net greenhouse gas emissions in every sector of the economy within 50 years. " read the complete article. He also has written an article about what we can do as a citizen or as a consumer to fight against climate change.

If we do not take some serious actions we may end up losing our lives.