Did you know in 2014, the world has invested $391 billion in low carbon & climate-resilient infrastructure and it has been estimated that by 2050 the world needs to spend $359 trillion to avoid catastrophic climate change.

So is climate change actually a huge issue for which billions of dollars is being spent while a quarter of the world population in the world are still deprived of the basic needs. For most people, slight increase in the temperature, slight shift in the climate and few mm of increase in the sea level might seem normal or not as catastrophic as to draw billions of dollars for its cause. But scientists believe that this might be the beginning of the extinction of all the races including humans. So, by thinking about these catastrophic effects of climate change in the near future, climate change now has become a burning issue.

You might be shocked to hear that Nepal is the world 13^th most vulnerable country to bear the effects of climate change. Huh!! Why?? How?? In the world Nepal only contributes 0.001% in the emission of Carbon Dioxide. Even though our contribution in carbon emission is too low but we have been bearing very high consequences. As most developed countries have started mitigating the effects of climate change but for a poor country like Nepal it is simply impossible to mitigate it as Nepal itself is facing huge resource crisis due to its poor economy. Is mitigating climate change that much expensive? Just imagine how much it costs to replace all our fuel driven vehicles with electric/solar ones, all our LPG gas with electric ones, Can the country economy withstand such a catastrophic change??

Nepal is rich for its lustrous forest. About 44.74% of Nepal is covered with forests. On behalf of the reduction in the Carbon Sequestration by our Forest, ICIMOD has rewarded the community forest of Dolakha & Gorkha district with a sum of $95000. ?The Wolf of Wall Street? star also announced that his Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation will donate $15 million to various environmental causes to empower activists calling destruction to environment too serious to be ignored.

As Albert Einstein had told ?Look deep in the nature, then you will understand everything better ?hence it is now our responsibility as youths not only to be aware but also to empower & encourage others to follow their passion. As youth, I believe in being the trendsetter. Since many conflicts are triggered, exacerbated or prolonged by competition over scarce resources climate change will only worsen the situation. That?s why protecting our earth has been more critical for maintaining peace and prosperity in the world.

But the question still arises whom should we blame??