The human race has achieved distinction in fields of culture, traditions, beliefs and inventions, but has grossly failed to secure their future or even plan for it by ignoring the signs nature has been throwing at them. We know how to build, use electricity, run huge machines and even go to space, but we fail to instill small measures like turning off lights when not in use or even throwing paper in the bins.
To tackle the impending disaster that might have hit the world, the UK Government signed the Kyoto Treaty in 1997, which came into force in February 2005. Under this agreement, 164 countries have committed to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The Paris Agreement of December 2015 is meant to signal the beginning of the end of more than 100 years of fossil fuels serving as the primary engine of economic growth and shows that governments from around the world take climate change seriously. The inclusion of both developed and developing countries, including those that rely on revenue from oil and gas production, demonstrates a unity never seen before on this issue.
Nothing will ever change unless people's cultural awareness is improved. Besides, certain countries' greed for exploiting the world resources under the intervention of selfish leaders must be stopped.
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