This is Watanabe, the blog owner. A girl from the EU who advocates for environmental protection is a hot topic. She expresses her anger at adults who promote economic policies while ignoring environmental protection, but isn't she a party to environmental protection?
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・The girl herself becomes a party! After thinking hard, you will find a solution!
-Environmental protection is necessary, but economic growth is also necessary! humans need both
The girl herself becomes a party! After thinking hard, you will find a solution!
This time we will be talking about environmental protection, which is a hot topic in the EU and elsewhere. On September 23, 2019, a 16-year-old girl spoke at the United Nations about environmental protection . Although she did not intentionally write her real name, her speech was hard to believe from a 16-year-old girl.
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As for her speech, you can see it on YouTube, but she expresses her anger at adults who value economic growth over environmental protection . I think the way she raises the issue is great. She points to the fundamental problem that economic activity is meaningless without the global environment.
I also feel that environmental protection is important, and I think it is an inseparable issue if our descendants are to prosper and survive for a long time . However, as someone who specializes in economics, and someone who generates ideas as a hobby or consultant, I had one question about her speech.
She consistently denies adults who ignore environmental protection or cannot come up with solutions. I think she is expressing a very strong denial of her claim, as the word "betrayal" suggests. I don't know if I am one of those adults, but there are many things that I feel.
``I think we adults should find a solution and make the wishes of these girls and children come true, which is to protect the environment.''
However, one question arises here. The question is, isn't that 16-year-old girl a party to environmental problems? It's easy to criticize anything. That's no good. This is no good. Anyone can make such criticism. However, I think that criticism needs to be accompanied by suggestions on what to do .
Of course, thanks to that girl's activities, people around the world have begun to take environmental issues seriously, which is a great achievement. However, it doesn't make sense to just blame everyone and leave the solution to other adults.
To say, ``I'm still a child, so it doesn't matter to me to come up with solutions . It's an adult's job and responsibility to come up with solutions.'' can only be described as lacking a sense of ownership. A girl should come up with her own suggestions, even if the solutions are unskilled.
Since she was even given the opportunity to give a speech at the United Nations, it can be said that the world has high expectations for her. Since a girl continues her activities , she has a responsibility to think for herself and meet the expectations of those who have expectations for her. Environmental issues are not only an issue for adults, but also for the girl.
If you think that because you are a 16-year-old child, you don't have much knowledge or the ability to think, then you are naive and believe that it is not the adults who are betraying the girl, but the girl herself who is betraying the girl. It is proof that
My voice may not be heard, but if you are truly interested in environmental issues and consider yourself a stakeholder, please try desperately to come up with a solution. Even if the solution is not realistic or an idea that cannot be used, please send it out anyway. Raising these issues is the role the world has given you.
Environmental protection is necessary, but economic growth is also necessary! humans need both
From this point on, I will talk from the perspective of economic growth. After all, there is a reason why people around the world desire economic growth. Everyone wants to live a rich life and expand their range of activities. To do that, we need money, and economic growth creates money .
I said it above. Without the global environment, economic activity is meaningless. However, from a human perspective, it can be said that without economic activity, the global environment has no meaning. Of course, it is also possible to live a self-sufficient life without an economy.
However, in today's highly developed world, such a self-sufficient lifestyle is not realistic. After all, it is because of the existence of the economy that we are able to live a satisfying life with schools, companies, and community activities.
So we need to find solutions that balance both environmental protection and economic activity . This can be called a sustainable earth. A sustainable Earth may take hundreds of years, and even a few hundred years may be too late. Maybe a solution will be found in a few years.
The important thing is for all human beings to become involved . This doesn't mean that only adults should think about it, or that their descendants should solve it. Environmental issues are a problem for all humans living on earth.
If the problem is truly important, it would be fine to take the trouble of finding a solution to the environmental problem, such as providing financial incentives to those who find a solution.
I have no intention of criticizing girls. However, environmental problems are not the problem of only a few people, nor are they the responsibility of only a few people. It is humanity's problem and humanity's responsibility . Therefore, it is an issue that we, the human race, need to take a stake in and seriously consider. I want to convey that message to that girl.
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