This is a reflective essay written as part of the WISE Emerging Leaders program.
My fingers slowly press on the warming keyboard. It is now 40 degrees celcius in my North of France hometown. It is the first time in my life that this region, known as one the coldest in the country, has reached such scorching temperatures. No one can ignore climate change anymore: we are all facing it today, with increasingly dramatic consequences.
We already know what it takes to avoid a catastrophe. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s guidelines are clear: we must drastically reduce our meat consumption, rethink our ways of traveling, be more energy efficient and encourage overall sobriety.