Climate change is, as far as I know, the first chance mankind gets to work together for the common good.
It brings back images from George Wells’ ‘The War of the Worlds’ - humanity united for the first time, striking back at a common threat. This simple idea attracted me and seemed worth exploring.
The climate change problem is unprecedented. It affect us all in a way nothing did before. Besides the solutions to the problem, some kind of new platforms for international collaboration may be launched.
I was reading at Time magazine, about the Sino-Japan Friendship Center for Environmental Protection. The name says it all! What other reason could put China and Japan fraternally working together? If China and Japan can set aside their historical clash, for the common good…so it may other traditional archenemies. Global warming might be the very best thing that happened to mankind so far!
For the first time in history, mankind can leverage the beautiful metaphor of Nash equilibrium.
After the Kilimanjaro, I may challenge myself to find sponsors on both sides of a conflict area. Two countries might contribute equally to the same common cause.
I’m not trying to flash the pacifist flag in this post…just highlighting some facts…this is more of a vision…more like a dream, if you want.
