Fight against the climate crisis not radical enough

Although much has been said in recent years about climate change and its serious consequences, the fight against it is still not radical enough. According to the IPCC, avoiding the worst-case scenario is still possible.

"However, it is necessary to limit consumption, change transport habits, lifestyle, the way of satisfying one's basic needs and a more solidarity-based approach to resources," Filip Springer, author of books, reporter, co-founder of the School of Ecopoetics at the Institute of Reportage, said.

The School of Ecopoetics recently launched a project with EIT Climate-KIC to create new communication strategies on climate change.

"Countries do not take action on global warming mainly because it would require very strong interference in their functioning. Today's welfare is built on the exploitation of fossil fuels, so it is difficult to switch to other economic models. But even those countries whose rhetoric is Politics is built on denying climate change, they already know exactly what is going on. Yet they are not implementing the changes because it is very inconvenient for them from an economic and political point of view," Filip Springer said.

Many countries are reluctant to set ambitious climate targets as this could have a negative impact on their economies. An example is the United States, which last year decided to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, ratified at COP21 in 2016 by the EU and 186 other countries. According to the UNEP ("Emissions Gap Report 2020") report published in early December, despite the short-term decline in carbon dioxide emissions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the world continues to aim for a temperature increase of over 3 C this century – well beyond the five goals years ago.

(Newseria)