Stockholm+50

Stockholm+50 main aim is to recognize the importance of multilateralism in tackling the Earth’s triple planetary crisis – climate ?, nature ? and pollution ? – and act as a springboard in accelerating the implementation of the UN Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals, including the 2030 Agenda, Paris Agreement on climate change, the post-2020 global Biodiversity Framework and encourage the adoption of green post-COVID-19 recovery plans.

How can the Stockholm+50 meeting catalyse better results and deliverables be taken forward, followed up and monitored after the event? Leave your opinions in the comment section below! ?

From an evolutionary point of view, I have proved that mental evolution is our only way to survive and to thrive in the long run.

Why We Need Mental Evolution

*Physical evolution has its limits in the long term.
The fact that the Earth won’t last forever poses the greatest challenge to all the lives on the planet. No matter how successfully life forms have physically evolved on the Earth, they will inevitably go extinct once their home planet disappears. Different directions of evolution must be chosen by any species with the ambition to discover the ultimate truth about the universe.

*The evolution of intelligent species is no longer physical but mental.
Driven by natural selection, physical evolution takes a long time because genetic characteristics are only passed on to offspring. In contrast, mental evolution can be accelerated by wills because knowledge and wisdom can be shared with everyone by means of speech, book and electronic data.
Thanks to intelligence, we have become the dominant species on the planet. Making continuous improvements in our intellectual ability, I believe, will help us not only deal with global crises like climate change but also thrive in bigger environments than the Earth’s.

*Intelligent revolutions are needed to speed up human evolution.
Happy learning is perhaps the best way to improve our brainpower. To start intelligent revolutions, I suggest providing everybody with so many books and films in digital form that most people would enjoy art and science for a whole life. All creative works should be free for everyone while their intellectual property must be protected.
If intelligent species ever fail in survival, it’s only because they haven’t got enough time to become intelligent enough. Let’s start evolving mentally sooner than later.

May I ask young people a question?

Suppose you, the young, are in charge of the world, what would you do to persuade most people to take action against the climate crisis? You can certainly not force others to do the right thing, because it's only sustainable for people to do something when they are willing to do so.
Since young people comprise over 40% of the global population, the total number must be higher than 50%, plus their parents. If the majority of humans are determined to do the right thing, then there won't be any human crisis at all. But if it's hard to persuade your parents to take action, it will be even harder to persuade others to do it.
Young people are pure and innocent. 50 years ago, when those now in power were young, I believe, they were just as passionate about building a better world for everyone as the young are today. The question is why the elderly have failed to dismantle our common grand existential threat. It's not because most adults are so evil as to ruin the human future or their children's future by keeping doing business as usual in the midst of global warming, but because of human nature which is hard to change.
Please think deeper. Mankind is the maker of all the human-caused crises including climate change. It's human nature that dominates everybody's behavior. In other words, we are not dealing with climate change, but dealing with our nature.
Okay, okay, I'm not speaking for any government or global leader. I'm selling my ideas about future evolution and intelligent revolution.

hi, wonderful opportunity to share knowledge and experience with talented people from globe

Why is this forum not working?

Why isn't there more interaction?

Is the conference not important enough? Should it be more about celebrating that 50 years ago, there have been good speeches and if enough decision makers had listened, our children would have a bright future now.

So celebrate a lost chance?

Perhaps it would be good to reply to this post, why you are here and why you want to go to Stockholm+50?
[and perhaps even an answer to the question I am currently thinking of: Do I even have a solid chance that my travel emissions to Stockholm, as an investment in the future of all our children will pay off in the sense that I can contribute to future emission reductions? And how soon will I break even? - Is this something you are also thinking about?]

So why are you travelling to Stockholm+50?

Can you imagine a world with climate resilient economic development?
What if economic policies would have integrated climate risks 50 years ago?

Read the article below to find out how climate resilient development can be achieved by planning – not by chance.

Thanks a lot Anne Weltin, Nedim Sulejmanović and Sebastian Homm for sharing!

Announcing World Environment Day, 5 June 2022...

World Environment Day 2022 is the biggest international day for the environment. Led by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), and held annually since 1973, it has grown to be the largest global platform for environmental outreach - celebrated by millions of people across the globe. This year's celebration is hosted by Sweden and “Only One Earth" is the campaign slogan, with the focus on “Living Sustainably in Harmony with Nature” (UNEP, 2022).

“Only One Earth” was the slogan for the 1972 Stockholm Conference; 50 years on, this truth still holds – this planet is our only home. With nature in emergency mode, this year's #OnlyOneEarth campaign urges each of us to celebrate the planet through collective environmental action. #OnlyOneEarth advocates for transformative environmental change on a global scale. The campaign shines a spotlight on climate action, nature action and pollution action while encouraging everyone, everywhere to live sustainably (UNEP, 2022).

While our individual consumption choices do make a difference, it is collective action that will create the transformative environmental change we need, so we can advance to a more sustainable and just Earth, where everyone can flourish. Please share your events and actions by taking part in the Earth Action Numbers, and using #OnlyOneEarth and #WorldEnvironmentDay on social media (UNEP, 2022).
___
https://www.un.org/en/observances/environment-day
https://www.unep.org/
https://action.worldenvironmentday.global/
https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/get-involved/practical-guide
https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/get-involved/resources
https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/latest/live-updates
https://trello.com/b/7EYjAExk/world-environment-day-2022
https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/latest/associated-events
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CIPLOajR58
https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1298.html
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/90-years-of-our-changing-views-of-earth/
https://explorer1.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/earth-from-space/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/150721-pictures-eart…
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-captures-epic-earth-image
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/amazing-earth-satellite-images-from-2021/

According to The Guardian, just 100 companies in the world are contributing to a third of all global emissions ?. Thus, green industrial policies ? are key to reversing climate change ?️

On a different note, a study published on the Lancet stated that at the individual level, the most impactful actions that we can do to reduce our carbon footprint are 1. Shift to a more plant-based diet, 2. Use sustainable means of transport.
What are you ready to do to fight climate change? What do you think governments, private sector, civil society and communities should do to ensure a sustainable and inclusive recovery? Join the conversation now! ?

Some suggestions:
a. Enhance capacity for all sectors and stakeholders
b. Support society, jobs and small businesses that promote an inclusive and sustainable future
c. Reassess the distributional impact of public finance
d. Change the composition of investments towards low- and zero-carbon solutions
e. Accelerate innovation in low-carbon technologies
f. Make the environment a priority and bridge the commitment action gap