{"product_id":"112284","title":"I decided to save this fucking Earth ","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/tmgdisk01.cafe24.com\/images\/vs\/4172\/sv\/3jYEEofIDf6DBEwQzfsDxzEThzoZvL.png?v=1765122467\" style=\"max-width:100%;max-height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center;font-size:30px;font-weight:bolder;line-height:1.6em\"\u003e I decided to save this fucking Earth \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd 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style=\"line-height:1.2em;text-align:center;font-size:18px;color:black;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px;\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/goods\/154601029\/XL\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%;{split_style6}padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e Description \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003e“We have done well so far and will continue to do well in the future.”\u003cbr\u003e Data mining offers hope to modern people facing the reality of the climate crisis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHannah Leach, a senior research fellow at Oxford University's Martin School and associate editor of Our World in Data, has compiled her research on the climate crisis by accumulating vast amounts of data on climate, energy, population, and ecosystems into a single book, organized into seven themes: atmosphere, climate change, forests, food, biodiversity, plastic, and overfishing.\u003cbr\u003e The book, which caused a stir upon its publication by criticizing both the apocalyptic pessimism and the conspiracy-driven optimism surrounding environmental issues, can be summarized as follows.\u003cbr\u003e First, humanity is currently facing a serious environmental crisis.\u003cbr\u003e Second, however, there are many misunderstandings about its diagnosis, and efforts to improve the problem are hindered as misguided environmental movements spread as common sense.\u003cbr\u003e Third, if we strip away the polluted statistics and interpretations, we see that humanity still has a chance to change its future. \u003cbr\u003eIn this book, the author, as a \"scientist,\" goes beyond informing us of the reality of today's environmental problems based on specific statistics and extensive data, and distinguishes between \"fake environmental movements\" and suggests \"real environmental movements\" that can be practiced in everyday life.\u003cbr\u003e If you're curious as to why he insists that \"scientists never say there's no hope,\" follow this book.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e You can preview some of the book's contents.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePreview\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eindex\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Preface: The World Isn't Over Yet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 1: The First Era of Sustainability\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Why do you think people and the environment are in conflict?\u003cbr\u003e This world has never been sustainable.\u003cbr\u003e There has never been a better time in history to live than now.\u003cbr\u003e Seven Problems Humanity Can Solve for the First Time\u003cbr\u003e Two ideas that are completely useless in solving the problem.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 Air Pollution: The Real Way to Find Clean Air\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e How Beijing Got Its Blue Skies Back\u003cbr\u003e A History of Air Pollution: From the Discovery of Fuelwood to the Restoration of Ozone\u003cbr\u003e Air pollution: Still deadly, but steadily improving\u003cbr\u003e Six Ways to Stop Air Pollution: Stop Burning Now\u003cbr\u003e The beginning of the environmental movement is not to be fooled by the illusion that we are protecting the Earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Climate Change: It's Not Too Late to Lower the Earth's Temperature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The debate over whether climate change is real is over.\u003cbr\u003e A History of Human Energy Development: From Forests to Fossil Fuels\u003cbr\u003e The State of Global Carbon Emissions: Who Bears the Most Responsibility Now?\u003cbr\u003e How to Respond to Climate Change: From Energy Transitions to Carbon Taxes\u003cbr\u003e How to Adapt to Climate Change: A Ladder for the Vulnerable\u003cbr\u003e Reading e-books instead of paper books won't make the planet better.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: Deforestation: The Amazon Is Not the Lungs of the Earth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A History of Deforestation: Old Destruction, Still a Threat\u003cbr\u003e The Reality of Deforestation: What's Destroying Our Forests?\u003cbr\u003e Four ways to stop deforestation: 'Support, not oppose'\u003cbr\u003e Myths about Deforestation: There's Nothing Wrong with Vegetarians in the City\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 5: The Food Problem: How to Eat Well and Live Well Without Destroying the Earth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Who lied that humanity would starve?\u003cbr\u003e A History of Food Systems: Humanity Can Support a Larger Population\u003cbr\u003e The World Food State: Abundant Food, Hungry People\u003cbr\u003e Seven Ways to Feed Everyone Without Destroying the Planet\u003cbr\u003e Misconceptions about food: From 'How we produce it' to 'What we eat'\u003cbr\u003e What kind of world would come if we put all of this into practice?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 6: Biodiversity Loss: Sharing the Planet with Wildlife\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Numbers don't capture the full reality of wildlife.  \u003cbr\u003eA History of Biodiversity Loss: Or, the Terrible Imprint Humans Have Left on Earth\u003cbr\u003e The State of Biodiversity: Humans Don't Know How Diverse Species Live\u003cbr\u003e How to Prevent the Sixth Mass Extinction: Coexist, Don't Replace\u003cbr\u003e Things to focus on more: Action, not donations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 7: Marine Plastic Debris: The Seas Drown in Human Traces\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Can we protect the Earth's environment without plastic?\u003cbr\u003e A History of Plastics: From Shellac to Bakelite\u003cbr\u003e The State of Plastic Consumption: Where Plastic Ends Up\u003cbr\u003e Seven Ways to Stop Ocean Pollution: Recycling Doesn't Save It\u003cbr\u003e How can we restore the oceans that are already polluted with plastic?\u003cbr\u003e To reduce waste, start by reducing your guilt about using plastic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 8: Overfishing: A Plundered Earth, an Empty Sea\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The sea will dry up and the fish will disappear?\u003cbr\u003e A History of Fisheries: How the Oceans Were Destroyed and Restored  \u003cbr\u003eThe State of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources: Are Fish Resources or Animals?\u003cbr\u003e Fish species maintained at sustainable levels\u003cbr\u003e Five Actions You Must Take Now to Stop Ocean Destruction\u003cbr\u003e Some Misconceptions About Fish Resources: It's Okay If It's Not \"Natural\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: So we will save this planet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e main\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eDetailed image\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/momo\/TopCate5686\/MidCate002\/568515208.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Detailed Image 1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eInto the book\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Climate change researchers aren't saying there's no hope.\u003cbr\u003e Most climatologists I know have children.\u003cbr\u003e They study and think about climate change every day.\u003cbr\u003e What is clear is that they have not resigned themselves to the fact that humanity will face the end of climate change within 100 years.\u003cbr\u003e They believe there is still time left to create a future worth living for their children. \u003cbr\u003eAs NASA's Dr. Kate Marvel put it, \"I strongly disagree with the idea that our children's future is bleak, and I don't believe it, scientifically or personally.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Since 1990, the annual child mortality rate has been reduced by more than half.\u003cbr\u003e This is a tremendous achievement.\u003cbr\u003e But when I post this fact on an online community, I get replies like this.\u003cbr\u003e “So you’re saying it’s okay that 5 million children die every year?” Of course not.\u003cbr\u003e The fact that so many children are still dying is a serious problem that the international community must address.\u003cbr\u003e We've made incredible progress, but we still have a long way to go.\u003cbr\u003e As Oxford University professor Max Rogers said, “The world has become a better place, but it is still a terrible place.\u003cbr\u003e But it can definitely get better.”\u003cbr\u003e --- From \"The World Has Not Ended Yet\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eI once thought we were living in the most unfortunate time in human history, but now I believe we are living in the best of times.\u003cbr\u003e If someone had said this to me eight years ago, I would have laughed.\u003cbr\u003e Actually, when I first saw the video of Hans Rosling telling this story, I thought, 'I guess I'm the only one living on another planet.'\u003cbr\u003e As recently as the 1970s, about 35 percent of people in developing countries did not get enough calories.\u003cbr\u003e However, in 2015, this figure fell to 13 percent.\u003cbr\u003e In 2020, 75 percent of the world's population had access to clean, safe water.\u003cbr\u003e This is a 15 percent increase from 60 percent in 2000.\u003cbr\u003e The percentage of the population with access to electricity reaches 90 percent.\u003cbr\u003e --- From \"Chapter 1: The First Era of Sustainability\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I am neutral on what energy sources we should use instead of fossil fuels. \u003cbr\u003eThe environmental movement is divided into two camps over energy sources to replace fossil fuels.\u003cbr\u003e One side is pro-nuclear power, the other side is pro-renewable energy.\u003cbr\u003e In fact, nuclear energy is one of the safest energy sources.\u003cbr\u003e When measured per unit of electricity produced, mortality rates are very low for nuclear, solar, and wind power, and the differences between energy sources are not that significant.\u003cbr\u003e If it reduces mortality rates, it doesn't matter which low-carbon energy source we switch to.\u003cbr\u003e It is important to stop using fossil fuels at all costs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The most effective way for individuals to practice is to avoid the temptation to engage in behaviors that may seem environmentally friendly but are actually not.\u003cbr\u003e While such a way of life may feel “natural” and “fundamental,” the actual data shows that it is often the opposite, destroying the environment. \u003cbr\u003eThe beginning of the environmental movement is not to be fooled by the illusion that we are protecting the Earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- From \"Chapter 2 Air Pollution: The Real Way to Find Clean Air\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Unless there is an unexpected and massive technological revolution, it is clear that temperatures will exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius.\u003cbr\u003e Almost every climate scientist I know agrees with these projections.\u003cbr\u003e That doesn't mean they don't try.\u003cbr\u003e If there had been no climate policies implemented so far, the average temperature of the Earth would have risen by up to 4 to 5 degrees.\u003cbr\u003e Scientists know that every tenth of a degree matters and is worth fighting for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The world already peaked its per capita carbon emissions a decade ago.\u003cbr\u003e Most people are unaware of this fact.\u003cbr\u003e In 2012, global carbon emissions peaked at 4.9 tons per capita.10 Since then, per capita carbon emissions have been gradually decreasing. \u003cbr\u003eIt's definitely decreasing, although not as fast as we expected.\u003cbr\u003e This signals that total carbon emissions, not just per capita emissions, have also peaked.\u003cbr\u003e In a world with a steadily growing population, this is true by any metric.\u003cbr\u003e Carbon emissions increased sharply in the 1960s and 1970s, and continued to increase sharply in the 1990s and early 2000s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Scientists estimate that if everyone around the world increased the proportion of plant-based foods on their plates, the amount of greenhouse gases produced by food production could be cut in half.\u003cbr\u003e However, people who do not consume enough animal protein do not need to refrain from eating it.\u003cbr\u003e Also, increasing your intake of plant-based foods doesn't necessarily mean you have to become a vegetarian. \u003cbr\u003eThe media constantly taunts us with guilt about environmentally harmful foods, but if we were to eliminate all of them from our diets, the reality is that there wouldn't be much left to eat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Those who will suffer the most from climate change are the citizens of the poorest countries and low-income workers.\u003cbr\u003e They also have very limited resources to adapt to climate change.\u003cbr\u003e In the sweltering heat, you have to run the air conditioner all day to be able to bear it.\u003cbr\u003e I know this claim will be controversial in environmental discourse, as air conditioning systems require a lot of energy.\u003cbr\u003e But my opinion remains unchanged.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Moral licensing' refers to the psychological phenomenon of trying to justify other actions based on one's previous good deeds.\u003cbr\u003e This also applies to environmental movements. \u003cbr\u003eWhen asked what the most effective way to reduce your carbon footprint is, people often answer with things that actually have little effect, such as recycling, reading e-books instead of paper books, eating only organic foods, and using paper bags instead of plastic bags.\u003cbr\u003e We often overlook things that actually work, like reducing meat consumption, switching to electric vehicles, and investing in low-carbon energy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- From \"Chapter 3 Climate Change: It's Not Too Late to 'Lower the Earth's Temperature'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 2017, Ben \u0026amp; Jerry's stopped producing products containing palm oil.\u003cbr\u003e Because palm oil has been a scourge of the food industry that everyone hates.\u003cbr\u003e But even though palm oil, deforestation, and food are complex issues, we tend to be lured into simplistic messages that play on our emotions.\u003cbr\u003e Palm oil is produced at a rate of 2.8 tons per 10,000 square meters. \u003cbr\u003eOlive oil can only be produced at 0.3 tons per unit area, and coconut oil at 0.26 tons per unit area.\u003cbr\u003e It is not a good alternative to palm oil.\u003cbr\u003e Replacing palm oil with other products would require cutting down more forests.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Deforestation is usually linked to agriculture.\u003cbr\u003e About three-quarters of the causes of forest destruction are due to conversion of primary forests for agriculture and livestock or creation of plantations for the pulp and paper industry.\u003cbr\u003e The most overwhelming cause among them is the beef industry.\u003cbr\u003e Clearing forests to create pastures for cattle accounts for more than 40 percent of global deforestation.\u003cbr\u003e However, it is unlikely that people will stop eating beef completely, so realistic solutions are needed.\u003cbr\u003e For example, consuming meat from grain-fed cows or reducing beef consumption by just 25 percent. \u003cbr\u003eIf we want to get people to cut down on their meat consumption, we need to offer simple and enjoyable ways to do so.\u003cbr\u003e For example, suggestions like 'one day a week, have a meatless lunch' are made.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- From \"Chapter 4 Deforestation: To Save the Trees, You Must See the Forest\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One of the most chilling claims about environmental destruction is that the world's soils are degrading so rapidly that they will be unfit for farming by 2074.\u003cbr\u003e This claim has made the front pages of The Independent and The Guardian several times and has been repeatedly cited by environmental groups.\u003cbr\u003e So how did the number \"60 years\" come about? No one knows.\u003cbr\u003e The Food and Agriculture Organization, which first mentioned this, has never provided any evidence to support this claim.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"If all the world's food production were distributed equally to everyone, how many calories would each person consume? Raise your hand if you think you'd eat 1,000 calories.\"\u003cbr\u003e All the students raised their hands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “People who think they can eat 1500 calories keep raising their hands.”\u003cbr\u003e Then, 10 to 20 percent of the students lowered their hands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ...\u003cbr\u003e “3500 calories?”\u003cbr\u003e The last student also put his hand down.\u003cbr\u003e “If all the food produced in the world were divided equally among everyone, we could all eat at least 5,000 calories a day.\u003cbr\u003e In other words, we are currently producing enough food to feed more than twice the world's population.”\u003cbr\u003e Yet, the number of people worldwide who do not consume enough calories remains very high, at one in ten.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e About one-third of the food produced worldwide is simply wasted. \u003cbr\u003eWhen we think of food 'waste,' we usually picture rich people throwing their leftover food into the trash.\u003cbr\u003e However, most food waste occurs during the supply chain, and this is called 'loss'.\u003cbr\u003e There are many ways in which food can be 'lost'.\u003cbr\u003e Sometimes, the wrong farming equipment is used, the crops are left in the field unharvested, or they are damaged during transport.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I am in no way against local produce.\u003cbr\u003e There are many reasons why people eat food from their region.\u003cbr\u003e It could be to support local farmers or because you want to know where your food comes from.\u003cbr\u003e All of these reasons are valid.\u003cbr\u003e However, the claim that eating local produce produces less carbon is not valid. \u003cbr\u003eWe encourage people to eat local produce because transporting food also emits greenhouse gases, but the carbon emissions from transporting food only account for 5 percent of the carbon emissions from food production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Organic farming is beneficial for promoting biodiversity, especially protecting various insects.\u003cbr\u003e If you compare 10,000 square meters of organic farmland to 10,000 square meters of conventional farmland, the organic farmland will be healthier from an ecological perspective.\u003cbr\u003e However, the biggest disadvantage of organic farming is that crop yields are relatively low.\u003cbr\u003e In other words, more land is needed to grow crops organically.\u003cbr\u003e This soon creates new contradictions and sparks debate about the best way to conserve biodiversity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- From \"Chapter 5 Food Problems: How to Eat Well and Live Well Without Destroying the Earth\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Biodiversity is necessary for human survival. \u003cbr\u003eThis is generally true, but not always.\u003cbr\u003e While there are species with clear functional value, there are also species with unclear functional value.\u003cbr\u003e Ecosystems are complex places.\u003cbr\u003e The needs and dependencies between species are intertwined.\u003cbr\u003e Humans don't understand this.\u003cbr\u003e We view biodiversity loss as a charitable cause rather than a core element of future goals.\u003cbr\u003e I don't think we'll put as much direct effort into biodiversity issues as we do other environmental issues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Is humanity truly heading towards a sixth mass extinction? To answer this question, we must examine two criteria that define a mass extinction: 75 percent of species going extinct and a period of two million years.\u003cbr\u003e About 1.4 percent of mammals have gone extinct since 1500.\u003cbr\u003e According to one study, vertebrates are becoming extinct at a rate 100 to 1,000 times faster than we expected. \u003cbr\u003eThere's more bad news.\u003cbr\u003e If we compare the modern extinction rate to the five previous mass extinction events, we are already far ahead of them.\u003cbr\u003e The answer to the question, \"Is humanity heading for the sixth mass extinction?\" can only be \"yes.\"\u003cbr\u003e However, this bleak outlook assumes that species will continue to go extinct at the same rate as they have over the past 500 years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- From “Chapter 6 Biodiversity Degradation: Sharing the Earth with Wild Animals”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Even for recycled plastics, it is rare for them to be recycled more than once or twice.\u003cbr\u003e We tend to think of recycling as the holy grail of environmentalism.\u003cbr\u003e But in reality, plastic cannot be recycled over and over again.\u003cbr\u003e In terms of the general 'physical' recycling practiced in most countries today, yes. \u003cbr\u003eWhen people say they recycle plastic bottles, they think they are being reborn as other plastic bottles, but in reality, they are just being used to make lower-quality products.\u003cbr\u003e Recycling does not prevent waste from being created; it merely delays the process.\u003cbr\u003e _\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Until a few years ago, Asia was by far the largest importer of plastics.\u003cbr\u003e 70 to 80 percent of all plastic waste ends up in Asia.\u003cbr\u003e But this proportion has fallen sharply since Asian countries, fed up with the way developed countries dispose of their own waste, stopped importing it.\u003cbr\u003e Today, Europe is the largest importer of plastic waste.\u003cbr\u003e For example, Germany exports plastics to neighboring countries such as the Netherlands, Turkey, Poland, Austria and the Czech Republic, but it also imports significant quantities of other types of plastics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDisposable plastic bags are a sin for environmentalists.\u003cbr\u003e We've all experienced the pain of arriving at the grocery store only to realize that we left our grocery bags at home.\u003cbr\u003e In fact, data shows that occasional plastic bags aren't that big of a problem.\u003cbr\u003e In fact, disposable plastic bags are better than some alternatives in many ways.\u003cbr\u003e To match the carbon footprint of a plastic bag, a paper bag would have to be used three or four times, while a cotton bag would have to be used hundreds of times.\u003cbr\u003e The same is true for other environmental aspects, such as water use, acidification, and nitrogen pollution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- From \"Chapter 7 Marine Plastic Waste: The Sea Submerged in Human Traces\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Seaspiracy became one of the most-watched shows on Netflix that year.\u003cbr\u003e People around me also said things like the documentary claims, “By the mid-21st century, all the fish in the sea will have disappeared!” \u003cbr\u003eSo where did the claim that \"the oceans will dry up\" come from? In 2006, Boris Worm and his co-authors published a paper in Science.\u003cbr\u003e The press focused on just one sentence in the paper.\u003cbr\u003e “By the middle of the 21st century, it is predicted that all currently exploited taxa will have collapsed globally.” However, in fisheries science, “collapse” has several definitions.\u003cbr\u003e The term Boris Worm uses refers to a situation where catches fall to 10 percent of their historically high levels.\u003cbr\u003e A new study by Worm and Hilborn, published in Science in 2009, found that, on average, fish stocks did not decline.\u003cbr\u003e However, this conclusion received no media attention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The way we discuss 'fish' is different from the way we discuss other wild animals.\u003cbr\u003e There are two perspectives on fish. \u003cbr\u003eOne perspective, taken by most environmentalists and ecologists, is to view fish as animals in their own right.\u003cbr\u003e Their goal is to restore wildlife populations to pre-human levels.\u003cbr\u003e Another perspective is to view fish as a resource.\u003cbr\u003e Millions of people eat fish, and hundreds of millions of people catch fish for a living.\u003cbr\u003e For them, 'sustainability' means catching as many fish as possible each year while managing fish populations so that they do not decline further.\u003cbr\u003e This is in line with the concept of sustainability in the Brundtland Report.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Throwing away accidentally caught creatures into the ocean is called \"discarding,\" and 10 percent of the world's catch is discarded this way.\u003cbr\u003e The situation has improved, with 20 percent of fish caught being discarded as recently as the 1960s, but it is still not zero. \u003cbr\u003eOne of the reasons why we were able to reduce the amount of waste is because the market value of seafood has been increasing.\u003cbr\u003e Above all, the European Union has implemented a landing obligation system that requires all fish loaded onto ships to be 'landed', making it impossible to indiscriminately dump the fish caught.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- From \"Chapter 8 Overfishing: The Plundered Earth, the Empty Sea\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There are many different opinions about the direction we should take.\u003cbr\u003e There are heated debates over issues such as 'nuclear energy or renewable energy', 'bicycles or electric cars', and 'strict veganism or flexible vegetarianism'.\u003cbr\u003e These debates, which approach solutions in an all-or-nothing fashion, are unproductive and do nothing to solve the problem.\u003cbr\u003e As far as I know, we're all on the same side.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e --- From \"Conclusion: So we will save this Earth\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublisher's Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBill Gates' highly recommended book has been published.\u003cbr\u003e “Scientists fighting the climate crisis\u003cbr\u003e “I never say there is no hope.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On August 20, 2025, US President Donald Trump criticized solar and wind power on his social media, calling it the \"fraud of the century.\"\u003cbr\u003e He also labeled the inflation reduction law, a key policy of the former Biden administration, a \"green scam.\"\u003cbr\u003e What's interesting is that many people agree with this extreme denial.\u003cbr\u003e Some people dismiss this phenomenon, saying that they simply cannot face reality.\u003cbr\u003e However, even though the climate crisis has become a daily reality, with summers breaking records for the \"worst heat wave\" every year, the reason so many people are heeding such claims is not simply because of fatigue with the issue.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOutlook on climate change falls into two broad categories.\u003cbr\u003e One is that a catastrophe so great that humanity will no longer be able to live on Earth is imminent, and the other is that the current climate crisis is exaggerated and climate change is entirely manageable.\u003cbr\u003e And the public, repeatedly exposed to conflicting views, is left to waver between the pessimistic \"This summer will be the coolest summer of your life\" and the optimistic \"Climate change is just a temporary problem.\"\u003cbr\u003e Climate and environment are areas of great uncertainty.\u003cbr\u003e This is because human society and institutions are intricately intertwined with the global environment, influencing each other and producing effects that are difficult to predict.\u003cbr\u003e Therefore, it is impossible to be certain about how climate change will unfold in the future based on the current level of science, and only a few scenarios exist to predict the future.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn such uncertain times, what we want to hear is not the hasty predictions of the future offered by environmental activists, politicians, or businesspeople, but the sober analysis of scientists currently on the front lines of environmental issues.\u003cbr\u003e Only through expert advice based on concrete numbers and data can we gauge the extent of humanity's current situation and properly prepare for the future.\u003cbr\u003e We have wasted the slogan \"climate crisis\" by either setting unattainable, idealistic goals and then giving up, or by being optimistic and dismissing the climate crisis as an exaggeration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eScientists tell us with data\u003cbr\u003e The Truth About the Climate Crisis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “I Decided to Save This Damn Earth” is a book that came out to answer these requests. \u003cbr\u003eIn this book, which Bill Gates recommends as a must-read for people around the world, author Hannah Rich, starting from the sky and working down, reveals the reality of seven major environmental problems that humanity currently faces, including air pollution, climate change, deforestation, food problems, loss of biodiversity, plastic waste, and overfishing.\u003cbr\u003e Hannah Leach is a senior research fellow at Oxford University's Martin School and associate editor of Our World in Data. She is a data scientist and environmental scientist who collects and analyzes global data on everything from greenhouse gases to forests, fish, and food resources.\u003cbr\u003e He built a COVID-19 information dashboard during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the analytical data compiled at the time is still cited by governments and media outlets around the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHannah Rich was shocked when she witnessed a coral reef turning white and dying during her school days and found the underwater scenery different from what she had expected.\u003cbr\u003e Since then, as I majored in environmental science and accumulated data on climate change occurring around the world, I have been plagued by the fear that I am living in the most horrific time in human history.\u003cbr\u003e Driven by a compulsion to inform the world about the current state of the Earth, he pursued his studies and encountered both data that confirmed his fears and data that contradicted his concerns.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWe have done well so far,\u003cbr\u003e I will continue to do well in the future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But in fact, scientists studying climate change in the field have never said that the future of Earth is hopeless. \u003cbr\u003eScientists have struggled not only with those who dismiss the climate crisis as a conspiracy theory, but also with environmental doomsayers.\u003cbr\u003e The reason the author analyzes and explains the vast amount of statistics in this book is not to claim that the world is stable and that we can rest assured.\u003cbr\u003e Rather, the author warns that the environmental problems facing humanity today are serious and that if they are not resolved quickly, we will face a harsh future.\u003cbr\u003e However, the author affirms that humanity has steadily improved its environmental problems to date, and that there is still a chance for a future that is both precarious and optimistic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book, written by Hannah Rich after extensive analysis of vast amounts of data collected from around the world, offers a helpful summary of these facts. \u003cbr\u003eOne, don't be optimistic.\u003cbr\u003e Humanity faces a serious climate crisis.\u003cbr\u003e Second, humanity has succeeded in changing many things in a short period of time.\u003cbr\u003e Third, don't be pessimistic.\u003cbr\u003e We can change the future in a positive direction.\u003cbr\u003e Fourth, these three conclusions are not mutually contradictory.\u003cbr\u003e Now, for the first time in history, humanity has the capacity to choose its future. 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