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Climate change - something I remember hearing about back in primary school - was only recognised by governments when it threatened to have an impact in a financial sense.
Climate change used to be called global warming, but that term went out of fashion when Governments put it on the agenda. Note: "Climate change" does not include the word warming.
Once governments seriously started looking at methods to address global warming, half of everybody got upset because it would cost cash money.
People living on tiny islands that will be the first to go under water, despite their small contribution to the problem, were skewed more towards the positive.
Just as the issue gained momentum the entire world financial system collapsed into recession under the weight of its own ineptitude.
With money tight, 'green policies' were put on the back-burner as everyone tries to ride out the recession.
Anyone suggesting that environmental concerns should still receive attention is branded a loony tune, as there are more important things, such as financial survival, to worry about.
Governments continue to pour billions of dollars into private companies to save everyone from recession.
The companies, and the public money therein, share the ability to be submerged under a rising sea.
Sadly, policies to prevent that eventuality remain prohibitively expensive.
Forming somewhat random thoughts into coherent paragraphs is the work of a man not experiencing a 40 degree celsius day.
1 comment:
Thank you for touching on this issue, Mr Delatovic. The reality of Global warming is too often ignored (despite the fact that it threatens our very existence).
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