“What we see is that many of the politicians, under the pressure of short-term political cycles, are choosing the easier route of being re-elected, whilst doing damage to the long-term health of this planet,” said a business leader and climate campaigner.
FILE - The industrial backdrop of a BP refinery and a Uniper coal-fired power plant are seen in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, March 6, 2023. Six young people from Portugal are arguing on Wednesday, Sept. 27, that governments across Europe aren't doing enough to protect people from the harms of climate change at the European Court of Human Rights.
FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows the submerged cotton field after heavy rain in Dana, Cameroon October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Desire Danga Essigue/File Photo “Any business that embraces it, I think, is positioning themselves better. Increasingly, we see consumers or citizens of this world asking for ,” said the former CEO of consumer goods firm Unilever, adding that companies that actively decarbonise their business models are more successful financially.
Observers said the One Young World Summit gives young leaders a chance to connect, share insights and confront the biggest challenges facing humanity. “As an elder generation, as a generation has experienced more times of achievements and failures, it’s an opportunity to share with them and give them the realities in order to move forward and bring back the stability, which is almost vague around the world,” the civil society and women rights activist told CNA’s Asia Now.
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