THE EUROPEAN – SECURITY AND DEFENCE UNION
There is still hope that American society will eventually support the climate agreement
The world’s destiny hangs on the future of the Paris Agreement by Olzod Boum-Yalagch, Chairman of the Mongolian Green Party, Ulanbattaar
The Paris declaration shows us that humanity could and should survive as a common world. This is a collective aim which should not be hampered by borders and walls between countries.
The Paris declaration Today’s endeavors to protect nature and fight climate change do not only focus on the elimination of the causes of emissions, but also address the economic, social and technological reasons for the extent to which we have destroyed our environment. Scientific evidence clearly shows that we need to limit global warming to 2°C, ideally less, if we want to avoid climate change becoming irreversible and catastrophic. For this reason, human society has set itself the goal of cutting greenhouse emissions as soon as possible and the ambitiously aim of offsetting the gases accumulated since 2000, with a goal of zero net emissions before the end of the century. Another goal of this agreement is to support poorer countries financially in lowering their emissions, which should bring investment in environmental soft technology to those countries, and provide growing job opportunities and higher living standards. This endeavour could be led by powerful nations and leaders wanting to make history.
Mongolian view on Trump’s “no go” For us Mongolians, US President Donald Trump is a man with extensive albeit not always successful business experience, who knows how to communicate with people and appeal to the desires of the masses. And, if we understand correctly, Mr. Trump would like to satisfy the desires of the American people and the wider world to make our planet more sustainable and peaceful and to avoid conflicts and solve problems through
Mr Trump should understand at least that the “world will exist with or without USA and in the 21st
century, the century of globalization in which, human society should keep closer together to solve local problems with support of the entire world.” dialogue amongst countries. That is why we also hope that Mr. Trump, business man that he is, will support new and innovative technology that will be both good for our planet and make America great again! We do not think that America should be made great again with environmentally unfriendly policies like supporting coal mining and fracking industries, which engender social tensions and make America part of the problem rather than the solution.
The stakes
Olzod Boum-Yalagch has been chairman of the Mongolian Green Party since 2012 and main coordinator of the Green Coalition since 2006. Born in1960 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, he received his university education in bio-physics in Mongolia, in forest manPhoto: private
agement in Thailand and travel management in Germany.
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The global fight for climate justice already began with the Paris Agreement and people are putting their lives on the line to stop fossil fuel worldwide for a cleaner, healthier future. The global green movement leads the way by investing in renewable energy that we already enjoy in abundance. Renewable energy market prices, in the main, have been halved compared to coal prices thanks to government levies on CO2 emissions which foster investment in research into solutions to keep the costs of photovoltaic, wind and energy storage systems lower than the fossil-based ones with their fuel logistics. Our appeal to the president and politicians of America is to base the development of American industry on renewable energy resources, rather than fossil resources, to ensure a secure and bright future for the American people and the rest
