‘Big business must pay to save world’
FIRSTLY, praise to Adam Colclough for his apposite and informative letter (Sentinel, November 18), and my good wishes to him, and his group, for the future.
COP27, you really couldn’t make it up. Following a lukewarm response from the delegates of the world’s major polluters (China and India disgracefully not even attending), at the 11th hour the only remotely tangible response forthcoming seemed to be as follows we will carry on more or less as before but agree to compensate developing nations for the effects of our ‘cavalier’ climate attitudes.
It’s rather like a group of individuals calling at your house, asking very politely if they could continue to flood and set fire to various parts of your property, then informing you that it’s ok though because we will pay to restore it for you. It actually beggars belief.
Of course the truth is it’s not entirely governments running the climate change agenda.
In large part it’s down to uncontrolled global business, from supermarkets and online retailers to oil companies and other fossil fuel-based energy suppliers.
Their only driving force is vast inflated profits, while politicians trail in their polluting wake uttering fine words and undeliverable promises. This will continue, unabated and untaxed, until those in government tackle these organisations head on.
Money, not principles, is the driving force of our world. It’s unpalatable but true.
Governments must make these companies pay, legislate for them to change the way they operate, force a more responsible attitude and not just give in to their overwhelming ‘market place’ power.
It shouldn’t be easily manipulated Joe Public being constantly expected to foot the bill while these organisations are laughing all the way to the bank.
Those who have profited incredibly from global exploitation ought to be the ones paying to save that globe.