Putting an end to climate inaction

The three most polluting countries in the world are China, with 9.9 billion tons of CO2 emitted; the United States with 4.5 billion tons of CO2 emitted; and India with 2.3 billion tons of CO2 emitted. Not only are the most polluting countries not reducing their impact on the planet within their territory, but they also face a lack of global governance to constrain them. Thus, the problem is twofold: the inaction within the States to have a positive impact and the impossibility of setting up a global governance for a subject that concerns us all.

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A blatant example of the inaction of the most polluting countries is the United States, which on June 1, 2017, withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement. This text, resulting from negotiations at the COP 21 conference, the result of years of negotiations between nearly 200 different countries, aims to limit below 2°C the increase in average temperature on Earth, caused by human activity. We cannot resign ourselves to such inaction. By our action we must be able to have an impact on these governments, whether we are citizens of these countries or not. Indeed, the planet is a common territory, extending our duties as citizens from a national to an international scale. Whether you are a citizen of the United States or not, you can and must be a leader in this change. It is necessary to make governments aware that the planet is global and that its destiny unites all human beings. In this, global warming requires us to rethink the world, leaving our Westphalian vision of nation states and moving towards a world with global governance. We cannot consider, as Bolsonaro warned in 2019, that "Brazil does not owe the planet anything in terms of environmental protection". On the contrary, the Amazon forest is considered "the lung of the planet" and it is necessary to rethink national and international law to take this into account. Let's act together to put an end to global inaction.