I think the decision of human survival or extinction. There are three main contradictions at this stage. 1) is the contradiction between the limited resources of the earth and the infinite desires of mankind. 2) It is the contradiction between the speed of energy consumption of the earth and the speed of human science and technology development. 3) It is the contradiction between climate and natural disasters, germ upheaval and human adaptability to climate, natural disasters and germ upheaval. Whether to attach importance to or be at a loss about the three major contradictions, whether to solve them reasonably or recklessly will determine whether mankind will continue to exist or go to extinction in the end.
"To be or not to be" Human beings have indeed reached the threshold of choice today. The development of human society has a great and devastating impact on the ecological environment. Now the earth can no longer bear the current development model of mankind.
Man is the most selfish animal, and the so-called civilization history of human society is actually the disaster history of other creatures on earth. For the sake of self-interest, human beings will plunder the living space of other species, and the mistakes of dominant thinking will eventually destroy human beings themselves. The concept of "man can conquer nature" has influenced many people's behavior. Some people may say that you are too extreme. Don't humans want to develop? Do you want mankind to return to the wild age? I didn't mean to. What I want to say is that human beings need to restrain their selfish desires and greed. This is the eternal theme of human society, but human development must follow the laws of nature and pay attention to the harmonious development with the ecological environment.
Tuvalu, a Pacific island country, was the first country to seek relocation because of ecological disaster. Due to the rising sea level, Tuvaru people can choose to move to other countries, but if the global temperature rises by more than 2 degrees again, the melting of icebergs will first cause floods, which will make people around the world 1/6 face water shortage. Sea level rise will threaten cities such as London and new york. If the temperature rises by an average of 2 degrees Celsius, 15% to 40% of the wild animals in the world will be in danger of extinction. The sharp rise of sea level will not only reduce the living space of human beings (some world-famous coastal cities will no longer exist), but also bring disasters due to climate anomalies.
Global temperature rise is caused by a large number of greenhouse gas emissions, and there is another threat in China, which is the serious pollution of water resources. China's economic development is at the expense of the environment, but now the people in China are suffering from the pressure brought by the environment. In industrialized areas, sewage has polluted 90% of surface water, and groundwater resources in many areas have also been seriously polluted. The incidence of cancer in these areas has soared, and cancer villages has appeared in many areas with serious water pollution. For example, from 1997 to 2000, more than 40 people died in Shangba Village, wengyuan county, Guangdong Province, of which more than 90% died of cancer. Guangfeng Village, Guangyi Town, Chong 'an District, Wuxi City: In recent years, nearly 20 people died of cancer, and nearly 30 people have been diagnosed with cancer, accounting for more than 60% of the total number of cancer patients in the town. Beilaoguanzui Village, Xunxian County, Henan Province: Since the 1980s, many paper mills have been built in the surrounding counties, mostly individual enterprises or contracting enterprises. The industrial wastewater discharged by some enterprises is not up to standard. In recent years, nearly 100 people have died of cancer. According to the investigation of Xiangfan epidemic prevention department, in recent five years, the number of cancer deaths in Zhaiwan village reached 1, and more than 30 people were all digestive tract and respiratory tract cancers. Because the incidence of cancer is 80 times higher than the national average, Zhaiwan Village is called "cancer villages". Behind the cancer rampage, the river water flowing through Zhaiwan Village was seriously polluted in the upstream, which led to the pollution of shallow groundwater. Maggie Huang Village, shenqiu county, Henan Province is called "cancer villages", which is mainly caused by industrial pollution in lotus gourmet powder, among which esophageal cancer is the majority.
There are many examples and the price is heavy. Now that mankind has reached the threshold of choice, "to be or not to be" depends on human's own choice.
Environmental protection has become a major issue of global concern, and all countries attach great importance to environmental protection. As early as 1996, the government of China issued a white paper entitled "Environmental Protection in China", pointing out that "China is a developing country, which is currently facing the dual tasks of economic development and environmental protection. Proceeding from the national conditions, in the process of comprehensively promoting modernization, China regards environmental protection as a basic national policy and sustainable development as a major strategy, and has carried out large-scale pollution prevention and ecological environmental protection nationwide. "
On June 3rd this year, the State Council issued the Comprehensive Work Plan for Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction. The whole plan includes more than 40 major policy measures and a number of specific goals. It involves controlling the excessive growth of industries with high energy consumption and high pollution, accelerating the elimination of backward production capacity, improving policies and measures to promote industrial structure adjustment, actively promoting energy structure adjustment, accelerating the implementation of 10 key energy-saving projects, accelerating the construction of water pollution control projects, promoting sulfur dioxide control in coal-fired power plants, raising funds for energy conservation and emission reduction through multiple channels, implementing water conservation, promoting comprehensive utilization of resources, strengthening the management of energy conservation and emission reduction in key enterprises, actively and steadily promoting the price reform of resource products, and improving and promoting energy conservation and emission reduction.
It's one thing to make up your mind, but it's another to act. Now that there is no choice, everyone should take action, because environmental protection is everyone's business.