This year, most of the world’s oceans have higher temperatures than the average temperatures in the past two years. Media worldwide has reported that Asia is the most impacted region from extreme heatwaves and rising temperatures.
Climate change affects human activities, and disproportionately impacts those who are disadvantaged, such as poor people. During periods of extreme high temperatures, many people have no choice but to work or live outside the whole day, such as food delivery riders, construction workers and homeless people. When water and food shortages occur dur to wildfire, drought or the decline of healthy biodiversity, wealthy people are more likely to gain access to the resources than poor people.
However, the effects of climate change have been increasing. In the near future, all the world’s population, whether they are poor or rich, are expected to be impacted by climate change and natural disasters. Climate change is a world emergency, as the world has shifted to the era of global boiling.
Therefore, corrective and preventive actions against climate change must be implemented immediately. Whereas climate change technologies are required to effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions, many countries, especially developing countries, do not have access to such technologies.
Therefore, all nations should strongly cooperate by sharing knowledge and technologies to mitigate the impact of climate change.
As the survival of humanity is at stake, everyone should work together to protect each other and the planet. If the end of the world is coming, to save the planet humanity should desist in consuming more resources than the earth can regenerate in a lifetime.
In terms of waste management technologies, some countries such as Taiwan and Germany have efficient recycling technologies and systems, and they could assist other countries to help tackle climate change.
In a time of emergency crisis and disasters, all the world’s population should be protected without discrimination.
Phathara-on Wesarat is head of the bachelor of business administration program in the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Prince of Songkla University in Thailand.
In a summer of intense political maneuvering, Taiwanese, whose democratic vibrancy is a constant rebuke to Beijing’s authoritarianism, delivered a powerful verdict not on China, but on their own political leaders. Two high-profile recall campaigns, driven by the ruling party against its opposition, collapsed in failure. It was a clear signal that after months of bitter confrontation, the Taiwanese public is demanding a shift from perpetual campaign mode to the hard work of governing. For Washington and other world capitals, this is more than a distant political drama. The stability of Taiwan is vital, as it serves as a key player
Much like the first round on July 26, Saturday’s second wave of recall elections — this time targeting seven Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers — also failed. With all 31 KMT legislators who faced recall this summer secure in their posts, the mass recall campaign has come to an end. The outcome was unsurprising. Last month’s across-the-board defeats had already dealt a heavy blow to the morale of recall advocates and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), while bolstering the confidence of the KMT and its ally the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP). It seemed a foregone conclusion that recalls would falter, as
The fallout from the mass recalls and the referendum on restarting the Ma-anshan Nuclear Power Plant continues to monopolize the news. The general consensus is that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has been bloodied and found wanting, and is in need of reflection and a course correction if it is to avoid electoral defeat. The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has not emerged unscathed, either, but has the opportunity of making a relatively clean break. That depends on who the party on Oct. 18 picks to replace outgoing KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫). What is certain is that, with the dust settling
Mainland Affairs Council Deputy Minister Shen You-chung (沈有忠) on Thursday last week urged democratic nations to boycott China’s military parade on Wednesday next week. The parade, a grand display of Beijing’s military hardware, is meant to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II. While China has invited world leaders to attend, many have declined. A Kyodo News report on Sunday said that Japan has asked European and Asian leaders who have yet to respond to the invitation to refrain from attending. Tokyo is seeking to prevent Beijing from spreading its distorted interpretation of wartime history, the report
RSS