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A Cry for Mankind on Earth!

Today is the first day for the “United Nations Climate Change Conference” that takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark from the 7^th to the 18^th of December 2009, where the participants aim to reach another deal beyond the year 2012 after Kyoto Treaty. These participants are collation of the “Conference of Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)” and the “5th Meeting of Parties (COP 15 / MOP 5)” to the “Kyoto Protocol.”

Pollution: A Cry for Mankind on Earth

The Two Sides of Human Development

At the threshold of the 21^st century, there is a needed to set up an alarm for where Mankind is heading to exactly. Hence generally speaking, the development on Planet Earth since the industrial era that started in the 19^th century had provided human beings with many facilities that helped them in moving straightforward.

This is good indeed; however the other side of the coin tells us about the pollution that caused the raising of other set of global environmental issues and hence, I see this occurred due to the following two reasons:

1. we have not preserved our natural resources and;
2. the industrial policies have not implemented a good strategy for decreasing side effects that rapidly increased in the 20^th century.

This other side caused by pollution is the dark side which already affected both the health of people and hence many calls are rising for an emergency healing of the world on the short run. This might also help in increasing the global warming effect on the long run and other set of environmental problems due to increase in of the emission Carbon Dioxide gas (CO₂) that has direct impact on the greenhouse effect on planet Earth which may lead to other environmental degradations.

Stand up to save Earth

In the light of this explanation, my message for this conference is simple: few months ago, I participated in the online event Earth Hour that aimed to send a message for this conference where leaders shall discuses the global warming climate problems that have direct impact on the environmental degradation and other global environmental issues.

Hence, I am wondering about the right time for making a cry for mankind to save planet Earth other than this one. Hence I am looking forward that they stand up for their responsibilities to preserve our future. Moreover, when he was awarded the Noble Peace Prize, high hopes on Obama meant that our world can get leaders who have vision; however this means – again – responsibilities from all and here I wish this will come true!

SAVE: A Cry for Mankind on Earth

Facing Climate Change

On the other hand, it is notable that in the year 2008, Earth inhabitants passed 6.6 billion person according to the World-Bank statistics and this means serious efforts should be spent for reaching a better future for our Earth; not only by placing and implementing a framework for nations via this conference but also for reaching clean technologies that help in saving the future of Earth and this has nothing to do with conference as much as the strategy of industry, which is another cry for Mankind on Earth beside the conference.

I am aware about how some people think that global warming climate change is just exaggerating and here I recall Arabic (and a global) proverb which tell us about how “Prevention (or protection) is better than cure.” This simply means it is stupid to wait till a tragedy happen then we start looking for alternatives to solve it and here I wonder about the meaning of science we have developed as humans if it was not implemented for the sake of better future!

In a nutshell, may be this is a blog entry that cannot help but at least it is a cry for Mankind on Earth: look for our past and present and tell me how much money had been spent on stupid things like nuclear weapons, and how other had been spent on hating people because other do not like them? Hence, I am sharing my thoughts clearly that we need to spend more money on things that help people which means to stop thinking on the short-run and in a narrow-minded way because it is not only about us; rather our children and their children shall succeed us on this planet, so what exactly are we leaving for them?

Related Quotes and Sayings

The earth is what we all have in common. — Wendell Barry

Climate Change Resources

• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [UNFCCC]
• Gateway to UN System’s Work on Climate Change
• COP 15 Copenhagen [2009 Conference]

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