We have two years left to act against climate change

According to the UN, we can still win this race against time, but time is running out to take the necessary action now.

If the situation does not change, the world will face “disastrous consequences,” warned UN chief Antonio Guterres, calling on the society to demand accountability from the world’s leaders. “If we do not change direction by 2020, we risk disastrous consequences for people and the natural systems that sustains us,” he said.

“Climate change is moving faster than we are,” he said. “We have the tools to make our actions effective but we miss — even after the Paris agreement — leadership and ambition to do what we need to do,” he lamented. Thus, “we must stop deforestation, restore degraded forests and change the way we cultivate”. We must also review “how to heat, cool and light our buildings to waste less energy”.

It’s time to make a change in the face of this direct existential threat.