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COLUMN Infographic shows comparison of carbon emissions per unit geographic area, where evidently south Africa being the smallest, yet most vulnerable to natural disasters. Cliché it may sound, but Klein underlines that we have the technological solutions for the problems we face, what we need urgently is to unite across the globe for a mass movement. It is the unification among society groups and widely exploited indigenous people to resist against the construction of pipelines and the slaughtering act of our green lungs, the large act of civil disobedience that puts a strong message across, the divestment movement that redirects money away from polluters to entities that have a clear vision for our planet healing process. Many have cited on Mark Jacobson’s team at Stanford that shows a global transition to 100 percent renewable energy is both technically and economically feasible by as early as 2030, which essentially cancels the argument of several countries having a ‘transition’ fuel which is oil, gas or nuclear. Is it really possible? Various experiences across the globe and era have shown us the miraculous transition we are capable of in times of urgency. The Germans have shown us how political will accelerated the transition to renewables in a short amount of time. Last year about 27 per cent of its electricity came from renewables, where after the 2011 meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant, which led Chancellor Angela Merkel to declare that Germany would shut all 17 of its own reactors by 2022. 60 The fear of meltdown is a much more powerful and immediate motive than the fear of slowly rising temperatures and seas. History has shown that we are willing to collectively sacrifice in the face of threats many times, most famously in the embrace of rationing, self-sufficient farming during World Wars I and II. To support fuel conservation during World War II, pleasure driving was virtually eliminated in the U.K between 1938 and 1944, use of public transit went up by 87 percent in the U.S and by 95 percent in Canada. Interestingly, all of these activities together dramatically reduce carbon emissions. Yes, the threat of war seemed immediate and substantial during then but why haven’t we seen climate change or capitalism the same way too? MAJORITY BOTTOM HAS TO ACT We need to shift from privatization to community ownership and control. We need large public sector investments for emissions reduction: shift to renewables, smart grids, free of charge public transport infrastructure, urban redesigns that obsolete car usages, preparation for storms and other emergencies. And of course, revenues should come from polluters, such as high royalties, or a steep carbon tax with redistribution to those who cannot afford higher prices. Paradox to this, it is immoral for some countries to even subsidize dirty fossil fuels using public funds. We need game-changing policies that don’t merely aim to change laws but change patterns of thought. We need to continue to preach across how we owe to one another based on our shared humanity on this common earth, and what it is that we collectively value more than economic growth and corporate profits. Imagine a powerful social movement with a coalition of trade unions, immigrants, students, environmentalists, and everyone else whose dreams were getting crushed by the crashing economic model. The real solutions to this climate crisis are also our best hope of building a much more stable and equitable economic system, one that strengthen and transforms the public sphere, generates plentiful, dignified work, and radically flushes off corporate greed. What we are really talking about, if we are honest with ourselves, is transforming everything about the way we live on this planet. And, it just requires breaking every rule in the ‘free market’ playbook, reining in corporate power, rebuilding local economies, and reclaiming our democracies. Solving this solving more than what climate change affects us alone but redefining our obsolete capitalism model that has robbed humanity’s dignity apart. This changes everything. <strong>Green</strong>plus TM MARCH 2016
IN THIS ISSUE Dire need for industry to make sound decisions Malaysia charging up the electric mobility revolution Long arm of WWF-Malaysia Arquebuse Water, the heavenly water of life Hydro will power Sarawak into the future This clean and renewable source of energy offers Sarawakians tremendous Giving waste water a second chance Inside GE’s Water Technology Centre with Dr Adil Dhalla Nadzri: We’ll ‘lead by example’ Will ensure all government and complies with existing regulations in order to be able to impose for the private sector to do the same in this issue Tea Team produces results Weaving hope for future Pomeroy unveils Newpark China’s land treatment success Waste2wealth Minister of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan says they are consistently thrusting forward the 3Rs programmes in order to achieve 22 per cent recycling rate by 2020 NRE’s 11 goals towards a better environment Implementation of CAAP critical in reducing greenhouse emissions and combating global warming PP 18355/12/2013 (033744) Vol 2 <strong>Issu</strong>e 7 RM12.00 JUNE-JULY, 2015 Technology Provider As a premier solution provider, President and CE Dato’ Dr Zainal Abidin Mohd Yusof is the driver behind SIRIM’s quality and technology innovations that help companies to compete better Nam Cheong launches new ‘green’ AHTS vessel Not just cost-effective but also fuel efficient and environmentally-friendly
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