“What is going to our world be like within the subsequent 100 years?” To reply this query, we’d have to look into our previous.
66 years in the past, ‘Zoo Quest’ was first aired on BBC on the twenty first of December 1954. The documentary, introduced by 28-year previous David Attenborough, confirmed the world the wonders of the earth. The world noticed, for the primary time, marvellous creatures residing in undiscovered landscapes and hidden oceans by the eyes and phrases of the 28-year previous storyteller.
In the present day, now aged in his 90s and with a knighthood title, brimming with expertise as earth’s adventurer and nature’s storyteller, Sir David Attenborough stands by his chosen path as a naturalist. All through the previous half-century of his profession, he continues to talk for the planet, elevating consciousness of preserving wildlife, and over the previous 20 years, has been an avid speaker for local weather change.
His newest documentary, ‘A Life on Our Planet’ highlights the issue the world is dealing with at an alarming price on account of human-induced local weather change. He posits that persevering with on our present paths of consumption and fossil gasoline use would result in devastating outcomes for humanity. The documentary presents, by his ‘witness assertion’, a crossroads between the ‘destruction’ that’s dawning upon us in a interval shorter than a lifetime, and a glimpse of ‘hope’ that all of us can nonetheless save ‘our planet’, which is dwelling to all of humanity and life on earth.
The UK (UK) will host the United Nations Local weather Change Convention (COP26) in November 2021. As such, the British Embassy Bangkok, at the side of ICONSIAM and Main Group, proudly hosted the Screening of Sir David Attenborough’s newest documentary ‘A Life on Our Planet’ at ICON Cineconic, ICONSIAM on thirtieth November 2020.
The occasion forwarded the aim of COP26 which is to unite the world on a path to a zero carbon economic system as we construct again greener from COVID-19. It featured actions in line with COP26 campaigns, specifically showcasing of British merchandise which are on the coronary heart of driving a transition to low-carbon power and a panel dialogue about nature-based options to local weather change.
Nature-based options – saving nature with nature’s options
Pure methods are on the front-line of the struggle in opposition to local weather change, each as a result of they’re impacted by local weather change, and since they supply us with important instruments to assist us adapt to rising temperatures, and to lock up and retailer carbon. Our land and Ocean are underneath menace from local weather change however also can contribute to those options. That’s why “nature-based options” is a core theme of COP26.
On the panel dialogue – joined by Aban Marker Kabraji, Regional Director for IUCN Asia and Director of the IUCN Regional Hub for Asia-Oceania, Peter Galli the International Director, Company Communications at Thai Union Group PCL, Weraya, a finalist within the “Altering Local weather, Altering Lives Movie Pageant” – nature-based options had been mentioned from numerous perspective specifically the non-public sector, NGOs and media.
Options talked about embrace coping with ‘Ghost nets’ within the ocean to avoid wasting wild ocean life; exploring how communities and teams are utilizing nature-based options to avoid wasting the surroundings by reducing meals waste and monitoring and decreasing ocean carbon ranges; and the way native communities may also help handle local weather change by sustaining pure mangrove forests.
Power Transition
Within the post-event on-line survey, the gang was requested ‘Which coverage ought to governments deal with to unravel Local weather Change?” Curiously, “Power Effectivity” is probably the most talked about key phrase adopted by “Bettering Public Transport”.
The outcomes replicate the truth that ‘Power’ and ‘Transport’ are two issues individuals expertise of their day by day lives and felt it could make a major affect if know-how was utilised to make sure these areas of city residing are environmentally pleasant.
By partnership with the UK’s Division for Worldwide Commerce, 5 British corporations have showcased their applied sciences on the occasion together with:
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Versatile and Light-weight Photo voltaic Panels from Verditek Photo voltaic. The panels are put in on the roof of the Electrical Car Affiliation of Thailand’s (EVAT) Electrical Tuktuk. Its light-weight benefits permit for set up in locations standard photo voltaic panels can’t be fitted, for instance, on public transport, low load bearing roofs, boats, vehicles, lorries and movable short-term solar energy technology
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Experience-hailing Platform from evRiderz, world’s first Triple Play experience hailing firm, gives Electrical Motorbikes to its drivers and goals to steadily transition drivers and customers to Electrical Automobiles (EVs). The platform was just lately launched in Thailand, early in November. The App “evRiderz” could be downloaded from Apple & Google Play Retailer.
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Kinetic Tiles from Pavegen which converts kinetic power into electrical energy, offering companies geared up with the tiles with insights and incentives that rewards constructive buyer expertise.
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Easson Power present Power Effectivity Options which incorporate innovative applied sciences resembling AI, SaaS and IoTs to provide customers granular, asset stage, actual time management of their power utilization serving to customers save as a lot as 40% of their electrical energy payments while concurrently decreasing power utilization and carbon footprint.
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Make change a alternative not a consequence
However there may be nonetheless hope, among the many alarming details about local weather change and the scientific knowledge warning us that if we don’t take an bold local weather motion earlier than the flip of the last decade, nature may very well be irreversibly ruined, and with it the human livelihood. There may be nonetheless hope, even because the clock is ticking away. Opinions from the post-event on-line survey and Attenborough’s message from the film itself counsel that there’s way more we are able to do. Apart from the actions to be taken by governments, the non-public sector, and we as people, have a vital position in making modifications to avoid wasting nature now. As a result of by taking local weather actions we’re saving not solely mom earth but in addition the way forward for our personal humankind.
