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For the past two months, I have been working with a group of business consultants in Ghana. Through my social media platform, they identified that I was an environmental activist and also through social conversations, they were keen to understand climate change – the science and why it is a relevant topic that needs global attention. So, on Monday 28th November, I did a presentation to explain the science of climate change to people of business background. Most of them knew what climate change was but did not have a clear understanding on the cause and how they play a role in mitigating climate change. I started by explaining GHGs and also how modernization has impacted our climate. Most people raised issue of fuel based economies and how these economies will collapse if the world should totally go renewable. We dialogued on the issue for about 5mins and concluded that economies such as the US has made huge investments towards fossil fuel and that?s why it?s difficult for some investors in the country to accept clean energy. Despite these known hurdles, I led the discussion to inform my audience that leadership and governance is what we need to combat climate change. Countries need to be sensitive to the challenges of other countries that are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Relating to their question on how climate change is important and why it has global attention, I explained to them the impacts of climate change and used sea level rise as an example of how climate change could flood all major cities in the world in the next 15 to 30 years. At the end of the talk, I had a good feedback from the consultants and together we all discussed eco-friendly lifestyles which could contribute to alleviating the impacts of climate change and also reduce our carbon footprint. I introduced them to Tunza Eco-Generation (although they are above the ages of 24) and encouraged them to visit the platform to learn more about climate change and other environmental topics. I gave them Tunza stick note souvenirs and ended my talk. |
   
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Heonjun Park, I will meet with these consultants again and I hope to give you an update on their response to my talk on climate change. Thank you for reading.
Posted 08-12-2016 19:30
Peter and Arushi, thank you for reading. Its indeed important to spread knowledge on climate change to all sectors, @prayash.
Posted 08-12-2016 19:29
Thanks for uploading Joshua. I'm curious to find out their response to your talk on climate change. As sustainability has become one of the hottest and most controversial topics even in private business area, I believe the consultants had lots to talk about. Consulting companies in many countries including the US, UK, Korea as well, and many other countries have a department specialized for environmental risks, and I think this trend will continue to grow in the near future. Thanks a lot!
Posted 08-12-2016 11:12
Expalaining the enterprenures about climate change and promoting them to reduce GHG emission will be a foundation of reuction in GHG emission.
Posted 08-12-2016 00:03
Thank you for sharing
Posted 07-12-2016 19:23
Climate Change is impacting all segments of society whether it is school children or buisness-men or ladies. So its important for all to be aware of climate change, its impacts and simple tips to be followed in our daily lifestyle to contribute towards mitigation of climate change. You are playing a big role by meeting all these different segments and spreading environment/climate change awareness among them. Good job. Thanks for sharing.
Posted 07-12-2016 03:00