“The main reason people are moving is because they don’t have anything to eat. This has a strong link to climate change – we are seeing tremendous climate instability that is radically changing food security in the region.”
We are all aware of the nature of the immigration problem, no not that one which is underlined by Brexit, but the larger world wide phenomena of people moving from their countries for economic reason. It worries us, this movement of people, what can we do about it? There isn't an answer of course, it will happen. When the better off countries turned the world upside down with their proxy wars, many people had to suffer, these people were like you and me... Syria, Yemen, Libya and Palestine to name but a few pulled out of the hat.
War does that to countries, when you destroy their crops, kill their cattle. But there is a bigger beast looming on the horizon, it is called 'Climate Change', the young are addressing it literally in Switzerland.
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"The last message refers to the maximum level of global warming that scientists say should be aimed for if the planet is to remain liveable."
The glaciers shrink, as we warm the air with our needs for a comfortable life. No matter how many protests take place, wasn't there one on Saturday, Extinction Rebellion, closing the London Bridges for a time? the politicans are arguing about something else, knee deep at the moment in the mire of Brexit. Well Brexit will be short lived if we only have 12 years to bring the galloping horse of climate change to a halt, and not for just ourselves but for those immigrants trekking all round Europe and America.
The first quoted paragraph by the way was taken from a Guardian article about the wave of people walking through Mexico towards a better life in America, goodness knows what will happen, again no answers. The simple answer is of course there are too many humans on this Earth, and no logic to how we should all live in harmony.
In medieval history, first born inherited the farm/manor, younger male siblings sent off to monasteries or death in war, women were really useful as wives and mothers and constructing allegiances;)
There is a certain tongue in cheek here as I desperately try to get my head around such traumas that exist in the world, I am angry about the loss of wildlife, elephants, tigers, rhinos, this morning I even signed a petition against scraping (all) the kelp from the bottom of the sea round West Scotland, because we have the f****** machinery to do so, this will not only wipe out a lot of sea life but the otters as well.
So apologies for the rant, I will leave you with a gentler photo...
and if you want to sign...https://www.change.org/p/scottish-parliament-ensure-that-mechanical-kelp-dredging-does-not-happen-in-scotland
I think there may be too many people but I think that our waste in food and other things is the worst. We waste water, we waste energy, we are users and abusers.
ReplyDeleteWell Tabor I did not mean a culling of people, they, whoever they are, say that there is enough food to go round but how do we 'settle' the people wandering around I wonder.
DeleteWe need to deal with it and we aren't as a world community. What can we do? What should we do? I don't see any easy answers. We've been in a rare time for the world and it seems to be coming to an end.
ReplyDeleteA bit pessimistic Rain, humans often manage to find some answers, whether we will or not. True we are not a world community, China is finding some answers though. Greener cities but of course the economic means to keep people in jobs is a problem.
DeleteSurprisingly, I feel more optimistic than pessimistic. I just see that in the years since I was born, we've had it easy. The earth doesn't have that kind of history with many turbulent times for 'climate.' We had fought a world war and the attitude was positive-- we can fix anything. Time will tell if that's true. Humans don't have a particularly long history on earth.
DeletePerhaps we will be depopulated as in the animal kingdom when numbers grow too high ( oh... then again it’s humans who are accelerating the natural order of things).
ReplyDeleteThe Black Death and the Spanish Flu after WW1 spring to mind - don’t think the NHS or other medical bodies around the world would be able to control a massive outbreak of something really nasty and highly infectious. I dare say it will happen eventually.
Blossom welcome, I see you have got the same rather black humour that I have, didn't have my flu jabs on Saturday - likely candidate here then. Will nature curb humans prolific need for sex?
DeleteI daresay we will go the way of the Dodo! I rather liked the portrayal of that in the film ‘Ice Age’. Trying not to trivialise what really is a serious world issue about necessary migration - but I can only liken the Dodo’s Melon (in the film) as possibly being the equivalent of current day pre Brexit hoarding!
DeleteThat gentle photograph made what has been a far too hectic and busy day bearable. Thank you for that.
ReplyDeleteI often see that photo in my albums and it calms the fevered brow, the child smiling and solemn...
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