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Climate change: People do not want to take actions amid belief Ireland not being harmed, survey finds
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I absolutely agree with this - coming from somebody working in the sustainability/environmental sector.
Was it something like 100 of the largest conglomerates were responsible for 70% of the world’s emissions? We could start going after them!
Absolutely, unfortunately these organisations and rich people have a lot of power and pump a lot of money into lobbying governments.
Also, the worlds biggest polluters, China and India are doing little to nothing to limit their environmental impact.
Modi's too focused on turning India into a Hindu ethnostate and Winnie the Pooh just wants to invade Taiwan and focus on the Belt and Road initiative. Both at any cost.
And they've never been called out about it whether at the UN or the G20.
The common ground across all world leaders is that they do not have the actual will to do anything that truly would benefit the Earth long-term. They are beholden to corporate interests more than their own citizens'. And before anyone jumps in and says "nuh uh the EPA did xyz thing so we're trying!" you're missing the point of what I'm saying entirely. The EPA might as well as well just be there for show with the amount of damage larger nations and megacorps are doing.
It's not even a case of fixing climate change anymore. It's about trying to minimise the damage that's already happening. And world leaders along with executives and the ultra wealthy are content to let the shit hit the fan. To them it's a case of willful ignorance, and no politician will ever convince me that they're trying hard enough or that they're just completely hamstrung from making any real change. If there was a threat to the wealth of the top 5% of individuals, there wouldn't be any discussion of immediate course correction; it would be done before lunch time.
We should be out protesting every day over this. Protesting the inaction taken towards suffocating our planet and its flora and fauna. Protesting the inaction taken towards social issues. Protesting the lackadaisical approach to crime in this country. Protesting the insanely high cost of living instead of hoping the corporations will be nice and lower prices. Protesting the allowance of oligopolies across basically every sector. Protesting for better wages. Protesting for better infrastructure. Protesting for a sense of hope for the future generations, because it has been thoroughly eradicated for a lot more people than anyone wants to acknowledge.
But that's wishful thinking. Protestors will be labelled as bad actors and the Gardaí will shepherd them away. The media will call them deranged. The government will denounce the stances that protestors hold. And nothing will change.
We thought crime would get managed better once it started affecting tourists. Well a Canadian tourist was killed the other day and nobody on a leadership or policing level seems to give a flying shite. The gravy train keeps on rolling. It's all just a big dumb joke.