Thinking of Tomorrow: A call to rationality

After hours of work, i want to share this little rant of mine. This writing is part of my thesis. Comments are welcomed and encouraged. All Rights Reserved.

The horizon for adaptation for climate change is not positive. While we continue to hold political debates on the subjects at stake, we are sacrificing the life of many – exclusively the life of those who cannot come to the bargaining table to make their voice heard. To change the course of action on adaptation to climate change, a consensus that recognizes that as the most advanced species on earth, and also the one responsible for the current state of our planet, we need to modify our life styles for a sustainable way of producing and consuming.
Reducing the risk associated with climate change will require of immediate action, action for which we have the resources and knowledge. In history, we could the generation that, because of the political unwillingness to agree on action to respond to the needs of vulnerable groups, -particularly in Africa-, allowed for the devastation of entire regions; our political unwillingness could make our generation responsible for a massive genocide, a genocide that we could have been stopped but that we choose to ignore while comfortably relishing in a carbon-intensive world.
The window of opportunity is still open, but it closes with every tonne of carbon we keep trying to stuff in the atmosphere. Global leaders will be meeting again in a few months to continue discussing the future of the Adaptation Fund and post-2012 action to mitigate climate change. This meeting represents yet another opportunity to put things back on track, to agree on effective mechanism to focus action. The lessons learned to promote an effective adaptation operational strategy are clear, and they only require of political willingness and the recognition we are passed ‘no regrets’ measures. Protection our future will require of more than market-led strategies. The options for effective action are available; the political game has to end.
For millennia, humanity has adapted to the changes in the environment to secure survival. That capacity to adapt has been the result of our more advanced evolutionary skills, which allow us to make informed, conscious decisions to respond to challenges that jeopardize our survival. Those skills, however, could be questioned vis-à-vis our heinous and wicked response to the environmental challenges ahead of us. The science of climate change is clear, the information and solutions are available, but we continue to pursue an outrageous political model that could cost the life of millions. While we concentrate on debates over the role of market vs. government in combating climate change, we all responsible for the proliferation of what would the most lethal threat to humanity. Weather of Mass Destruction is on the horizon. The time to act is now.