The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was signed 30 years ago this June. Three decades ago. Yet humanity still has not bent the curve of our greenhouse gas emissions.
It can be hard to remember the history of humanity's struggle with climate change: when did rising CO2 and temperatures become apparent? When did action start? And why, after all this time, are we so far from hitting the targets we need to prevent dramatic warming?
Knowable magazine had the idea to track this history against something more familiar: one person's life. Arun Agrawal, born in 1962 when Silent Spring was published and climate change wasn't yet on the agenda, has seen 3 decades before the UNFCCC and 3 decades since, living in India and the United States, working on issues of climate and sustainability. Have a look at the history of climate change through his eyes.
https://knowablemagazine.org/article/food-environment/2022/lifetime-climate-change
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