14 DAY TRIAL // Fights over who ate the last brownie or sausage have been documented to occasionally occur between friends or family members, but, by the looks of it, climate change has high chances to take such quarrels to a whole new level.
Thus, Jim Yong Kim, the current president of the World Bank, warns that, judging by how “well” things are going, it will probably be about five to ten years before climate change, global warming and all the problems that come with them cause battles over food and water to erupt.
This is because, despite mounting evidence that said phenomenon will greatly affect food supply and water availability, pretty much nothing is being done to safeguard these resources and ensure that accessing them will not be a major headache in the near future.
In a recent interview with the press, Jim Yong Kim explained that, to his knowledge, limiting global warming to just 2 degrees Celsius was not unattainable. The problem is that, for the time being, the world is yet to come up with a well put-together plan to achieve this goal, The Guardian reports.
The way the President of the World Bank sees things, one of the chief issues that must be addressed without delay is the fact that the scientific community is not doing enough to pin down the benefits of renewables and boost the popularity of clean energy sources.
Besides, whatever discoveries are made in laboratories and research facilities across the world are a long way from being put to use in the real life. According to Jim Yong Kim, this can only mean that a viable plan to put a leash on climate change and global warming is yet to be rolled out.
“Is there enough basic science research going into renewable energy? Not even close. Are there ways of taking discoveries made in universities and quickly moving them into industry? No. Are there ways of testing those innovations? Are there people thinking about scaling [up] those innovations?” the head of the World Bank told the press.
Jim Yong Kim says that the World Bank is ready and willing to help the world fight climate change and global warming by removing fuel subsidies, supporting the development of cleaner urban areas, getting behind climate-smart agricultural projects and establishing a stable price for carbon.
Still, this does not change the fact that scientists, lawmakers, and ordinary folks must work together and come up with clear-cut goals concerning drops in greenhouse gas emissions and sustainable development if the world is to even stand a chance of minimizing the effects of climate change and global warming.