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Article: What can i do ? On climate change, time to think globally and act individually before it is too late.
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- The Nepali Times (Kathmandu, Nepal)
- Article date:
- August 14, 2009
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MIKI UPRETI August 14, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- Many of us feel helpless when we hear about climate change. The problem is so vast, so global in scale that we tell ourselves: "Nothing I do will make a difference, so why even try?"
Nations also say the same thing. Small countries are having to suffer for the sins of others. They face a disproportionate share of the punishment for the big, rich and powerful nations burning all that fossil fuel. And they say, let the rich countries do something to curb emissions, it's not our problem. They say: "No matter what we do, the seas will keep rising, the glaciers will keep melting."
I used to think the same way ...