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When The Younger Generation
Takes Over The Stage Demanding
A More Sustainable Future Now
By Kelechi Eleanya
The Niger Delta – Nigeria
The call for progress on the
global agenda for sustainable
development has been on since
1987 when the report “Our
Common Future” was produced
by the Brundtland Commission.
Several agreements have been
reached in a series of
international conferences and
meetings with the leadership of
the United Nations.
For many who still wonder what
this is all about – what is
sustainable development?
The words from the 1987
Brundtland Commission
become relevant to answer this
question: “Sustainable
development is development
that meets the needs of present
generations, without
compromising or undermining
the ability of future generations
to meet their own needs”. A
super-potent definition of a
concept that has become a buzz
word across different cycles in
the world.
Who is the umpire here? How
are the present and future
generations deciding what to
take and what to leave to meet
sustainable limits? Many
questions continue to fill the
minds of millions of young
people across the globe, even
after reaching a deal in 2015
with the Paris Agreement.
There seems to be an increased
level of impatience and a call for
action.
In recent times, there have been
serious pressures from youth
and student groups across the
world demanding to know
about this “future generations’
plan.” In other words, why has
the present generation,
especially leaders worldwide,
kept silent on the need to take
practical steps to ensure that
future generations will not be
denied the very opportunities
crucial for their survival?
Youths all over the world have
staged massive protests in
different forms. Even school
boycotts.
Never before has there been a
high-level demand from global
youth circles in cities across the
world at the same time for
climate action.
Last September, a young girl,
Greta Thunberg, stunned the
world with her activism and her
amazing speech at the 2019 UN
summit. It appears the future
generations’ leaders are already
here to demand action from
present generations so that their
future will not be jeopardized!
Let’s listen and pay attention to
these angelic voices! They are
voices seeking to preserve “Our
Common Future”.
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