All around the world people have experienced the impacts of global warming.
Temperatures reached almost 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in some cities in the South Asia region. These high temperatures came alongside dangerous flooding in Northeast India and in Bangladesh, as the rivers burst their banks, with flash floods taking place in places like Sunamganj in Sylhet, Bangladesh.
But every continent has suffered heatwaves, droughts and floods.
Resources that should be directed to the problem of climate change are being swallowed up by the world's militaries.
The U.S. armed forces are the largest institutional polluter on the planet. The maintenance of its more than 800 military bases around the world, for instance, means that the U.S. military consumes 395,000 gallons of oil daily.
In 2021, the world’s governments spent $2 trillion on weapons. Money is made available for war but not to deal with the climate catastrophe. Budgets for equipping armies are increased but budgets to provide aid and assistance are reduced.
The way weapons have poured into the Ukraine conflict should give us pause. Why not the same urgency in providing countries with renewable energy technology. The war in Ukraine has exacerbated the food crisis by driving up the price of agricultural commodities but where is the urgency in rushing seed, fertilizer and farm machinery to the affected countries so they can boost their yields and outputs?
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