The Millenium Development Goals, agreed to by every member country of the United Nations in 2000, call for the worldwide eradication of poverty and hunger, universal education, gender equality and huge improvements in health by 2015: two years ago!!
Can we do this without making the planet warmer?
Let's think big and imagine how we can confront the climate crisis in a way that is realistic about the other major problems that we face as a planet and as a species on it.
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Can we do it?
I don't think universal education, eradication of poverty and hunger, and gender equality will negatively affect our environment. I think the energy used to accomplish this may cause a small dent in pollution, but overall it would be positive, not negative.
I agree. I think that many people have been advocating to take these actions for a while, but have been nervous about the pollution rising. According to a National Geographic article, we will just have to create more sustainable ways to lower our carbon footprints in order to maintain our resources for future generations.