Climate change is becoming a growing reality for people around the world, while people are making best efforts and science and technology is saving lives.
One side:
According to reports Climate change and pollution devil is shortening life by 2-3 years.
On other side:
According to Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in the past 20 years, the average person’s lifespan has increased by 6 years. The number of children who die every year has been cut in half as research and innovations are transforming life across the globe.
Also, According to latest EY future consumer index:
Because of climate change and financial concern 42% people are thinking of changing the food they eat.
74% say they plan to buy less in future, 44% of consumers aged 18-42 (Gen Z and Millennials) have relocated or are thinking about relocating. 59% say they are interested in sustainability actions.
56% believe consumers should be pushing companies to achieve better
Read the full report here: https://www.ey.com/en_gl/consumer-products-retail/when-talk-turns-into-action-be-set-for-change
According to Bill and Melinda gates foundation:
When we are lucky or privileged enough to experience groundbreaking science in our daily lives, it can often seem mundane. A booster shot at the doctor’s office; the wildly fast, palm-sized computer sitting in your pocket (you probably know it as a smartphone); a passing headline in the news about a new medical treatment.
But it’s worth digging deeper, because the recent progress science has made is really nothing short of astonishing. In the past 20 years, the average person’s lifespan has increased by six years. Thenumber of children who die every year has been cut in half. Research and innovation are transforming life and health for people across the globe.
If that’s all been achieved in the past two decades, then what’s in store for the next 20 year? They asked 6 scientists about the innovations of future they expect will transform their work and their community in the future.
Read the full story here: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articles/six-scientists-innovations-transform-future
Other read: https://shorthand.com/the-craft/climate-change-stories/index.html