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Union square clock counts down the time before the climate disaster

According to researchers, our planet has 7 years until global warming. In fact, several regions all over the globe have climate clocks, on buildings where people experience a moment of disbelief that generally lasts about a minute and then forget and go about their day. Many argue that we, as individuals, are the problem, and while this is true, power has the most important impact, and by power, I mean giant corporations.

“Changes to the ocean chemistry, currents, and temperatures have profound effects on global weather patterns”. Many animal deaths are caused mostly by plastic and the vast amount of waste found on oceans and beaches. The second hazard is the release of greenhouse gases, which have a significant influence on the earth. Large corporations such as Coca-Cola, Nestle, PepsiCo, and many more well-known brands are seen as the most serious danger. Each year, these firms produce 3 million tons of bottle packaging. Coca-Cola, for example, switched from glass to plastic bottles in the 1950s and swiftly became the world’s top plastic polluter. What are they willing to give up is a typical issue that, despite the fact that there isn’t much time left before global warming, remains unanswered.

“ Giant companies such as Levis, Costco, Netflix, Google, have not established emissions reduction targets” despite saying they want to reduce their impact on climate change. They have made these commitments to cutting emissions but are struggling to do so. Although their struggle, these companies and many more always have their sustainability reports to show people how much they care not only about the customers but also the environment. Institutional Shareholder Services, a service that advises investors on how to vote on board elections and other corporate affairs, assesses what firms are doing to cut emissions using company data and its own analyses. It discovered that little more than a third of the 500 businesses in the S&P 500 stock index had set ambitious aims, while 215 have no target at all. The remainder had mediocre goals. Many corporations are “considering” but not willing to take action even though time is running out. 

Corporations have power in their hands and have the ability to decide whether or not they will be sustainable. Companies contribute to air pollution by utilizing energy sources that use fossil fuels like oil and coal, which emit greenhouse gases. Many companies rely on transportation as well. Some specific companies produce large amounts of waste that dramatically affects the oceans and lands. As a result, these corporations matter and have the ability to change, as do we individuals who support these changes. If nothing is done, sea levels will rise much further, coral bleaching will worsen, floods will become more often and more severe across the planet, plants and animals would lose more than half of their habitats, and so on. I’d also like to add what we as people can do; it’s not always nice to sit back and evaluate what others are doing, but we as individuals must act since everything counts such as making less trash through reducing, reusing, recycling, not wasting water, keeping your home at the proper temperature, reducing food waste, reducing your usage of plastic, and so on.

NASA scientist arrested after chaining himself to Chase Bank as part of global climate protests

What will the consequences be if no change happens?

  • Hurricanes will become more powerful
  • Plants and animals will lose their habitats
  • The frost-free season will be extended
  • Rising ocean acidity
  • Coral bleaching will worsen
  • animal death
  • Landscape damage and so on.

– Ia Macharashvili