Not many indeed who understand and care about climate change issues. Because many say, is that the environmental impact typically occurs accumulatively. At this point that environmental issues are often considered unimportant by many, the main recipient of the mandate power in making policy.
Climate change due to global warming (global warming), the main trigger was the increase in carbon emissions, due to the use of fossil energy (fuel oil, coal and the like, which can not be updated). Biggest producer of industrial countries like the United States, Britain, Russia, Canada, Japan, China, etc.. This is caused by consumption patterns and lifestyle community for countries north of the 10 times higher than the population of the southern states.
For developing countries, although not large, were also contributing to the development scenario that refers to growth. Stimulating industrilisme and rising consumption pattern of course, although not as high as the north country. Industry's largest carbon-producing developing country like Indonesia is the mining companies (oil, coal and raw materials are mainly fossil). In addition to Indonesia's forest destruction, which this year was recorded at a world record "Guinness Book Of Records" as the nation's fastest damaged forests.
According to the findings and Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). An international panel institution of more than 100 countries around the world. An agency under the United Nations, but its power over the UN. Stating in 2005 there was an increase in world temperatures 0.6 to 0.70, while in Asia is higher, namely 10. The next is the availability of water in tropical countries reduced by 10-30 percent and the melting of Gleser (icebergs) in the Himalayas and the Antarctic.
In general who also felt by the whole world today is increasingly long summers and short growing season, in addition to the more widespread storms and flooding in major cities (el Nino) worldwide. And an increase in extreme weather, which of course are very experienced in tropical countries. If we associate with the Indonesian region would be felt, as well as cities that used to be known for cool and cold hot increasingly alone. For example in East Java we can feel is the city of Malang, Batu, Pasuruan Prigen Regions in Mountainside Welirang and the surrounding region is also the foot of Mount Semeru. Or other cities such as Bogor, West Java, East Nusa Ruteng, is an area formerly known as cold but not anymore.
Increasing this temperature, it has led to the increasing number of outbreaks of endemic diseases of "old and new" equitable and continue to emerge, such as leptospirosis, dengue fever, diarrhea, malaria. Though diseases like malaria, dengue fever and diarrhea is a disease that should have passed long and able to be handled and now has caused thousands of people infected and died. In addition, hundreds of villages in East Java coast threatened drowning due to rising sea levels, the indicator seemed imminent only if we look at the rising tide in the third week in May 2007 yesterday. Starting from Kenjeran Beach, Beach Popoh Tulungagung, Ngeliyep Malang and other beaches on the islands of Indonesia.
For other countries rising sea levels could be seen with the higher waves on the coasts of Asia and Africa. Moreover, it is added to the melting of the Himalayan mountain gleser in Tibet and in the polar north. In annunciator by the IPCC it contributing directly increase sea levels as high as 4-6 meters. And if it all melted completely it will increase sea levels as high as 7 meters in 2012. And in the next 30 years this course could threaten the lives of coastal and exceptional food shortages, due to climate changes which we can already feel now with the increasingly short rainy season while the dry season has become longer. Up to crop failure than about vermin, but the drawback to the water in the plant due to the mother-father farmer many failed.
So with such a situation what is needed by the small "local" and we as individual residents of planet Earth? What is needed is a LIFESTYLE REVOLUTION, for thereby reducing energy use both electricity, fuel, water which is becoming a major source of the less our source of life.
In addition, the need bear consensus that carries a commitment from all countries for climate justice. As has been done by Australia who have instruments for climate justice, climate justice through the courts by establishing a climate. Where an instrument which refers to the contents of the Kyoto Protocol that emphasizes the obligation on the Northern states to pay for the disposal of their carbon emissions for the improvement of environmental quality for Southern countries.
In another practice time that we start using alternative fuel energy not only from the fossil energy materials, eg for cooking needs. Using biogas energy (gas from cattle dung), as did the red-white community in Batu. Desentraliasasi energy had to be done so that we deliver on energy sovereignty and removing dependence on centralized energy in the end the price was more expensive course.
As for policy-makers should issue a clear policy orientation is to reduce global warming. For example set a moratorium on forest throughout Indonesia for not going extinct and our region hotter. Stop the mining of minerals and coal, such as in Papua, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, this can be done by gradually starting to review his contract first. Furthermore, progressive policies with actual practice moratorium and energy sovereignty should be done if we do not want to be a major contributor to global warming.
Climate is filling our living space, both individually and socially, it is not possible without involving climate justice awareness and commitment of all parties. That is indisputable, we live in a world ecosystem "boat" is the same, so if there are parts that leak and are not balanced, this sebenarya a threat to the entire contents of the boat and its passengers. So revolutionized our lifestyles to more consumptive very basic not done right now by all mankind. Because with so we can put what we need can wait no, that should we buy to bring the benefits or not and whether we buy goods that can be replaced by other environmentally friendly?
This all is a reflection for those who seek and realize all my heart for the sake of sustainability of social life (sustainable society) which is socially equitable, culturally, ecologically and economically. This is real action to achieve energy sovereignty and dependence on fossil energy release that now has been dominated by corporate capital. Now anyone can vote, want to be a contributor to global warming impact on climate change and the temperature hotter? Or want to be part of the perpetrators of "global cooling" by changing consumption patterns and lifestyles of today as well? Happy World Environment Day. Let the real action for the future together.
