May 1, 2024

The environment that protects us may be destroyed.（1）

In today’s global environment, for example, there is a latent risk that a sudden rise in temperature, aridity, desertification, or erosion due to flooding will lead to irreversible and drastic changes in the environment, rather than rather reversible problems such as economic problems. The daily life we used to take for granted may one day become a dream of the distant past that we may never be able to recover. I think we must always be aware that global warming can lead to such a situation at any time, and take measures to prepare for it.

『So far, we have thought about the current risks associated with air, water, and food. However, at the same time, the global space in which we have been able to live until now, for example, if a sudden rise in temperature, drying/desertification, erosion due to floods, or even mass death of living organisms due to pollution occurs, there is a risk that the environment will change drastically and irreversibly, rather than as a reversible problem like an economic problem. In other words, the daily life that we have taken for granted until now may become a dream of the distant past, and we may not be able to get it back. To go even further, it might be like war breaking out one day and you are suddenly faced with the fear of death.』