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Stopping Climate Change: A Global Imperative

Climate change is a pressing issue largely caused by human activity, and most scientists agree on its reality and urgency. World leaders have committed to becoming carbon neutral and transitioning to renewable energy sources, but significant challenges and opposition remain. The cost of inaction on climate change will far exceed the investments needed to combat it.

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Stopping Climate Change: A Global Imperative

Climate change is a pressing issue largely caused by human activity, and most scientists agree on its reality and urgency. World leaders have committed to becoming carbon neutral and transitioning to renewable energy sources, but significant challenges and opposition remain. The cost of inaction on climate change will far exceed the investments needed to combat it.

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Climate change: can we stop it?

There are still some people who say that climate change is not real ! Others
say that it is real, but we cannot do anything to stop it, so we need not try. A
few people even say that climate change is not caused by human beings.
But most people now understand that our world is getting hotter, and we have
to do something about it. We only have one Earth, and we can't get another
one.
Twenty years ago, people could perhaps imagine that climate change was
not a real problem, because some scientists still had doubts. Today almost
all the world's scientists agree: the world is getting hotter, and it is the fault of
human beings. Our planet is going towards a climate catastrophe, but
we can stop its worst effects. Indeed we must do everything possible to stop
them.
In November 2021, world leaders (or most of them) met in Glasgow, in
Scotland, for the COP26 summit. They took quite a few decisions, to try and
stop the Earth getting too warm. Many countries promised to become "carbon
neutral" before 2050. Some have promised to become carbon-neutral even
faster. World leaders agree that we have to stop using coal and oil
to generate heat and electricity; we should use green energy sources instead,
known as "renewables."
Before the year 2100, all the energy that we use may perhaps come from
renewable sources; the sun, the sea, the wind and rivers can produce more
than enough energy for everyone on our planet, but we still have a long way
to go.
The green energy revolution has already begun, but the challenges are still
enormous. "Going green" will cost an enormous amount of money, and use
some kinds of technology that do not yet exist. Also there are some people
who believe that it will be too expensive.
Although most people care about our planet and know that we have to act
now to avoid a climate catastrophe, there are other people who have
different priorities. There are people who just don't care, and there are
people who care more about themselves than about the world around them.
There are people and big companies that just want to make money, and are
not interested in anything that gets in their way. Most importantly, there are
politicians who are frightened of doing anything that other people will not like;
they make promises, but they do not keep them.
Some people believe that we cannot afford to fight climate change because
it will cost too much. The truth is that we cannot afford not to fight against
climate change, because the cost of a climate catastrophe will be even
higher.

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