According to my notes, news anchor Yuko Kuniya said this on the December 20th, 2023 edition of “Close-Up Gendai” (NHK).
“The issue of global warming is the greatest challenge facing humanity.”
“The SDGs Agenda 2030 states, ‘We may be the last generation to have the opportunity to save the planet.’”
In Search of Words to Convey the SDGs – Yuko Kuniya
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/tits/23/1/23_1_80/_pdf/-char/ja
In addition to the Russia-Ukraine War, the Palestine-Israel War began in October 2023.
As the power of the China-Russia camp grows, the world becomes more divided, more chaotic, and there is no prospect of a resolution to the problem of global warming.
There are warnings of irreversible runaway global warming.
Hothouse Earth Theory Johan Rockström (April 12, 2021 NHK)
https://www.nhk.or.jp/minplus/0019/topic024.html
Is global warming out of control? Masataka Emori (March 2024 National Institute for Environmental Studies)
https://www.cger.nies.go.jp/ja/library/qa/20/20-2/qa_20-2-j.html
The solution to the problem of global warming in international politics by world politicians will go in the opposite direction to the solution to the problem of global warming and the SDGs agenda, because the national interests and economic demands of voters in each country will dictate the policies of politicians in each country.
If voters in each country view global warming as a serious issue and select politicians based on their commitment to solving the problem as a major criterion in their voting, it will be too late once the irreversible runaway phenomenon of global warming has begun, and this will create a fatal time lag, making the irreversible runaway phenomenon of global warming all but inevitable.
Given the time constraints of the rapidly advancing crisis, if we rely on politicians to lead international politics, the situation will not progress and time will pass in vain.
First of all, we as individuals must take action, and then we must encourage and motivate politicians to take action.
It is not Trump, Harris, Xi Jinping, Putin, or Mr. Ishiba who will stop global warming.
The main actors and agents who will stop global warming are ourselves. We must encourage and motivate politicians to take action.
As one of our individual actions, I think that communicating and disseminating information through blogs and social networking sites in languages such as English is an effective means. Even if you are not proficient in languages such as English, you can use translation services and translation functions, and then correct them in your own way afterwards.
The irreversible runaway phenomenon of global warming is being warned about.
There is no problem that cannot be solved.
This is because if it cannot be solved, humans will not be able to continue to exist.