Ahead of the crucial climate summit in Glasgow, the Dalai Lama said on Sunday that climate change issues should be addressed on a cooperative global scale for the benefit of all. In his message to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, known as the Conference of the Parties (COP26), the Tibetan spiritual leader said that tackling climate change requires realistic action based on scientific understanding.
The COP26 summit starting on Sunday will bring together the parties to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Today we need to address the future not with prayers driven by fear, but by taking realistic action based on scientific understanding. The inhabitants of our planet are interdependent like never before. He said that everything we do affects our human companions as well as myriad animal and plant species.
We must tackle climate change issues on a cooperative global scale for the benefit of all. But we should also do what we can on an individual level. Even small daily tasks, such as how we use water and how we dispose of what we don’t need, have consequences. He said that we should make taking care of our natural environment a part of our daily life and learn what science teaches us.
The Dalai Lama said he was encouraged to see that the younger generation is calling for concrete action on climate change because it gives some hope for the future. The efforts of young activists like Greta Thunberg are vital to raising awareness of the need to listen to science and act accordingly. He said that since his stand is realistic, we should encourage him.
Global warming is an urgent reality. None of us is capable of changing the past. But we are all in a position to contribute to a better future. In fact, we have a responsibility to ourselves and to the more than seven billion human beings alive today to ensure that we can all continue to live in peace and security, he said. He said that with hope and determination we should take care of our lives and that of all our neighbours.
Our ancestors saw the earth as rich and prosperous, which it is, but more than that it is our only home. He said that we must protect it not only for ourselves, but also for the generations to come and for the countless species with whom we share this planet. He said the Tibetan Plateau, which is the largest reservoir of snow and ice outside the North and South Poles, is often referred to as the Third Pole.
Tibet is the source of some of the world’s major rivers, including the Brahmaputra, the Ganges, the Indus, the Mekong, the Salvin, the Yellow River, and the Yangtze. He said these rivers are a source of life as they provide drinking water, irrigation for agriculture and hydropower for nearly two billion people across Asia. He said the melting of many of Tibet’s glaciers, damming and diversion of rivers and widespread deforestation are examples of how ecological neglect can have consequences almost everywhere in one region.
The Dalai Lama said that he regularly stresses the importance of maintaining a sense of oneness of humanity, the idea that every human being is a part of us. The threat of global warming and climate change is not limited to national borders; It affects all of us. He said that as we face this crisis together, it is imperative that we act in a spirit of solidarity and cooperation to limit its consequences.
I hope and pray that our leaders will gather the strength to take collective action to address this emergency, and set a timetable for change. He said that we have to work to make it a safer, greener, happier world.
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