09/12/2019
These days I write about global trends and how people living in 2050 will be '🤬🥵☠️💩🥶' if we don't change our behaviours.
Here are 4 crazy scary trends:
OVER CONSUMPTION: At the moment, we need 1.75 planets to sustain our consumption and we will need 3 planets to feed the 9.8 billion humans in 2050;
GLOBAL WARMING: Since the industrial revolution, humans have caused a 1°C increase in temperature, a 2°C increase will cause serious disruption and a 5°C would be catastrophic for human existence;
POLLUTION: In 2018, 37 billion tones of CO2 were release by burning fossil fuel. This represent the highest level of CO2 in the last 3 million years. Moreover, in 2050, plastic will be in 99% of all animals.
6th MASS EXTINCTION: We lost more than 60% of Earth’s biodiversity since 1970. In Central America, South America and the Caribbean the problem is even worst as they lost 89% of their vertebrate species during the same period (WWF, 2018:6)
Usually I am a very optimistic person. But more I read and understand global dynamics, more I get scared. Changing our behaviours is hard since we don't want to lose our comfort. The question I have at the moment is: Will humanity be able to prioritise the planetary needs instead of their own before it is too late? Will you?
I am! 💪 and urge you to be proactive while there is still hope. 🙏
