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Izabella Koziell
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#塑战速决 (#BeatPlasticPollution) –今年世界环境日的三项行动
似乎没有任何地方可以免受塑料污染浪潮的影响:即使是地球之巅。上周在当地社区、登山者和政要前往纪念珠峰人类首登 70 周年时,ICIMOD 发起了我们新的 #拯救我们的雪(#SaveOurSnow)活动——一段视频显示被留在珠峰(南坡)大本营的堆积如山的塑料制品和其他垃圾的消息迅速传播开来。
但我们这代人可以扭转塑料潮流吗?随着谈判代表离开巴黎,同意起草一份具有国际法律约束力的条约草案以终结塑料污染,而在设立世界环境日的50周年呼吁采取集体行动来抵制它,有充分的理由充满希望。
同样重要的是,我们有充分的理由采取行动:塑料工业不仅是世界上增长最快的工业温室气体来源,而且塑料废物极大地加剧了兴都库什-喜马拉雅地区现有的气候变化、生物多样性丧失和污染等问题,ICIMOD 的 南亚网络开发和环境经济学(South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics ,简称SANDEE)。原因如下:
反塑料活动家推荐三个“r”:
回收应该是最后的手段,因为它会消耗更多不必要的能源,且毒性更大。相反,我们需要的是对塑料污染做出系统性反应——减少塑料产量,以及减少所有物品的包装。
个人行动也同等重要。我们的工作场所也是推动反塑料倡议的好地方,例如,通过利用我们的采购流程推动供应链内的变革,以及禁止在工作相关的活动中使用塑料。我们最近在ICIMOD 的Living Mountain Lab “haat bazaar”(新鲜农产品市场)完全实现了从塑料袋到纸袋的转变。
地球委员会(Earth Commission)最近发表的一项具有里程碑意义的研究量化了气候、生物多样性和污染的安全与公正的地球系统边界,显示了大多数边界是如何被破坏的。这体现了人类活动如何为文明的未来和地球上所有生命带来巨大风险。采取变革性行动以避免不可逆转的临界点至关重要——塑料污染只是冰山一角。
正如联合国环境署(UNEP)所说,塑料污染是可以预防的。这个世界环境日,让我们发出新都库什-喜马拉雅的声音,推动公司、政府和投资者为此改变立法和供应链,方法是在社交媒体上分享一张标记为#塑战速决 #beatplasticpollution 的照片,内容可以是:
现在连珠峰都被垃圾淹没了,是时候纠正我们的行为了。
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