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This is how I ended my vacation |
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Last Week I was on capital city for my personal Visit or let?s say small retreat to myself. Even though it was meant exclusively for entertainment and refreshments, guess what? I ended up meeting my eco Steward friend and some emerging youth activist. It obviously become 'entertaining' and ?refreshing?. (My new definition of these two terms LOL) Out of many stories, experience and knowledge sharing, topic of ?Should Rich Countries pay for the poor countries in Climate Change? and ?Is carbon trade justifiable and feasible? was mind-blowing, nerve wrecking and extremely confusing. These were the same topic that my beautiful Friend was about to discuss on elite environment platform which was carried out by BBC and moderated by Harvard University. She was one of the invited youth representing South Asia. When she asked me these two questions, I gave her answer lightly. But as we together went on the seemingly confusing voyage, we were stroke my millions of possible answers each with justifiable reason. So concrete answer to this would be like defining ?Who am I or What is life? We even called seniors Environmentalist and in return we got different answers each with agreeable answer. (God save us)
After this I was sure, why we are not having the momentum. We know the truth but our corporate greed, selfishness and temperament to discuss rather than act have made such simple questions' answer difficult and vague. If we punish the culprit for the crimes they have done, why not in Climate. ?Culprit? words might sound a bit harsh, but we cannot escape from the truth always. We do not need any further report or evidence to prove all the existing development have been done by haphazard use of natural resources. May be we did not feel those, as only few parts were developing at this pace and we still had abundant resources stored. But development and use of resources are skyrocketing at every nook and corner of the world, this is the only time where our saving habits can really save our civilization. I very much agree with payment by the rich (and technically developed as well) countries to poor (and technically backward also). Poor countries should first receive enough materials (not simply monetary benefits) to fulfil the basic needs that will enable them to think for the mother earth. (As it?s quite true Hunger obeys no law). Similarly, technically sound countries (which often coincides with developed countries) should transfer the advanced and eco-friendly technologies to Rich but technically backward countries. This will help to equalize the existing difference in significant way and harmonize whole world in creating equitable and just world of eco steward people. When it comes transformation of technology, flexibility should be made available as in the diverse what might be a solution to one place could further invite un-thought problems at other part. Sometime, technology, no matter how good it be, may not be socially accepted or feasible at every corner. So transform of technology with possibilities of ?local change for local adaptation? and monetary support should be guaranteed for the world we want to see. While wondering for the meaning of such aforementioned system, I analogue it with ?Reverse Osmosis? where transformation is being done from richer and technically sound countries to technically backward and poor countries with ?International Treaty and Agreement? being semi-permeable membrane. This is answer to the first question, I still am googling and asking my seniors and experts for the answer of the second question. I am requesting my friend to provide me the details of how her global conversation went. Will surely update on what happened. I am pretty excited to learn. I promise to update answer in upcoming report and also about her global conservation. Stay tuned. I request all the eco readers to put forward their views on this question, let?s see how we all feel on: ?Should Rich Countries pay for the poor countries in Climate Change?? ?Is carbon trade justifiable and feasible?? Green Days Ahead Dear Friends of Mother Earth. Well Well Well, this is how my refreshment and retreat went. HAHA |
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same problem is here. along with climate change corroutpion needs to be eradicated. with so mnay donor organisation and funds, corropution is equally growing in a rate our climate is changing
Posted 21-07-2016 23:09
Good poitn Heonjun. I very much agree with this. We need to calculate not just who produces more but also for whom and why. This question will help us to clear the looming cloud of unncessary relcutance to pay and work at such crucial moment
Posted 21-07-2016 23:07
Good poitn Heonjun. I very much agree with this. We need to calculate not just who produces more but also for whom and why. This question will help us to clear the looming cloud of unncessary relcutance to pay and work at such crucial moment
Posted 21-07-2016 23:07
thank you thao for the informative link. TED video i had watched previosuly and now i am watching it again. :)
Bhutan is great example of environmentally succesful country . Many other countries needs motivation too. Saying this it will be merely our dream every country will follow the same pathway. thanks for comment and link once again
Posted 21-07-2016 22:56
Joshua. when i and my friends discussed on similar matter we were astound by transparency of such international cooperation.there must be check and balance in everything along with transparency so that donors money intended for good purposes ends up being utilized at the actual and targeted place.
Posted 21-07-2016 22:36
Truly said Minjoo. I stand with you. Now world is different what it was before speaking from abundance of natural resources. I see more and more importance of capital transformation
Posted 21-07-2016 22:31
Exactly sujan. Technology transformation is where i am trying to stress as well not just monetary . :)
Posted 21-07-2016 22:29
I think the problem in my region is the mismanagement of funds given by international organisations and developed countries for this purpose. Thanks for your wonderful report
Posted 19-07-2016 02:16
In fact, it is usually not developing countries that emit much of the pollutants. and energy consumption per person tends to me much higher in developed countries as well if you see the statistics. If you also put into calculation that some developing countries show high rate of pollutants emission just to produce goods that are needed in developed countries, things should be more accurately examined so that no blame be directed to the innocent. However, there should be no exception in the worldwide goal to make the earth sustainable. thanks for your good questions! :D
Posted 16-07-2016 22:10
great questions! And here is my answer:
I don't think that rich country should pay for the poor country in climate changes.
As U can see China is very big country and it is not poor at all, but China itself doesn't really handle its pollution well. The reason is China must do many activities like exploiting, manufacturing, etc to get so much money.
In a nutshell, the problem is not on money or budget. It is on the human practise. If a country practises a good strategy to develop sustainably, no matter how poor or rich it is, it still can success in reducing effects of climate change.
This is a great example of Butan. I hope many countries, especially big ones, will follow.
https://www.ted.com/talks/tshering_tobgay_this_country_isn_t_just_carbon_neutral_it_s_carbon_negative
And by the way, I collected many new ideas that can be applied to life and useful in achieving sustainable development. I hope you will refer it on my page:
https://www.facebook.com/Ideas-for-Environment-Forum-1488325678141739/
Posted 13-07-2016 12:04
Thank you so much eco generation :)
Posted 13-07-2016 00:03
Great to know about this discussion. You know, there are lots of funds released by developed countries to be used by less polluted and carbon sink countries. The problem is that, are the funds being utilized well?
Posted 12-07-2016 23:03
Thanks for your thoughtful writing Rahul. It was very interesting to read. I also agree that rich countries became wealthy today because they were the ones who could exploit the environment without any cost. Though there are no strong laws or regulations, they should be leaders when developing technologies that can make our Earth greener. More donations are needed as well. Thanks for sharing and have a great day!
Posted 12-07-2016 22:27
Helping rich countries is definitely good idea to reduce effects of climate change and its hazards. But only paying doesn't seems good, they should invest in training, technology and development in developing countries too. Hope it works well.
Carbon trade can be continued but , counties that pay for carbon sequestration should also be liable for mother Earth by planting.
Posted 12-07-2016 18:05
Intersting essay Rahul! :) We look forward to your next report!
Posted 12-07-2016 14:21