Creating climate justice

“The Dublin conference on hunger, nutrition and climate justice, currently underway, aims to inspire innovative thinking and solutions, by bringing together global development leaders with people at the receiving end of the effects of climate change and food and nutrition insecurity”- IDS

            When do we really worry about our environment? Do we contribute enough to have a better environment? When we think about the environment we think about pollution, the 3 R’s Reuse, reduce and recycle, and all those protests and campaigns that have happened in order to have a better world, to protect Earth and to have a healthier environment. But do we really care? This article inspired me to think more about what I do to contribute to the environment. Yes, we try to engage in activities that help our community such as homelessness, hunger, poverty, and many others; but what about the environment, what about OUR environment?

            Climate changes affect us and we tend to ignore the fact that we depend on Earth and its resources. The problem here is that most of us have no idea on how climate changes and the harms to our environment affect us. Let’s think about it for a second. If we face severe climate changes and damage to the environment, how are we going to combat hunger if agriculture will be affected by these climate changes and therefore there will be no way of producing goods such as fruits and vegetables? Climate changes issue are put aside and separate from other issues that then lead us to ignore this issue completely. If we include climate changes into our other many issues then we can start by solving that one, or at least try to solve it because if we do not have a safe, clean and healthy environment then climate changes will often occur leading to disasters, leading to people with no homes, no resources, and leaving us with nothing.

            It is important that we address this issue soon and efficiently and we as a society should be more caring towards our environment. We need to better understand the ways we can help save our environment. The lack of support and knowledge about this issue is what will affect us in the long run. Getting informed and involved might be the key to a better environment, to a better Earth. The Dublin conference is really trying to show that putting this issue separate from other issues is not helping. It is rather harming us more and in the long run the damage can be irreparable.

Here is the link:

http://www.ids.ac.uk/news/creating-climate-justice-three-challenges