In the above video, Bjorn Stigson, former president at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, explains the difficulty of motivating the world to act.
"It's not so easy to tell people, let's say in Europe, that we've got a climate problem unless they see very clear signals that there is a climate problem," says Stigson.
"If the sky's blue and there's very little pollution in the air, why should I go through a hardship to try to change something that I don't quite see with my own eyes?"
...[Lester Brown] "You don't have to draw pictures and when people begin associating that rise in food prices with climate change, I think we'll see some dramatic changes."While many people fail to interpret how their daily actions affect the natural environment, businesses also need to think systemically to address their impacts.
...A holistic and collaborative approach by governments, businesses and civil society will be needed to address the underlying problems climate change presents and as Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the IPCC, says, the Indian philosophy of 'the universe is one family' should be at the forefront of these efforts."Living in this world of globalisation doesn't only mean getting profits from globalisation," Pachauri says.
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #620
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