{"id":198861,"date":"2022-08-05T18:10:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T12:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=198861"},"modified":"2022-08-05T18:10:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T12:40:03","slug":"breathing-life-into-the-climate-narrative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/breathing-life-into-the-climate-narrative\/","title":{"rendered":"Breathing LiFE into the climate narrative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on an article \u201cBreathing LiFE into the climate narrative\u201d<\/strong> published in the Indian Express<\/strong> on 5th<\/sup> August 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS 3 Ecology and Environment<\/p>\n

Relevance: <\/strong>The Concept of Lifestyles for the Environment (LiFE)<\/p>\n

News:<\/strong> Recently, the Prime Minister of India launched the concept of \u201cLifestyle for the Environment\u201d (LiFE)<\/strong> on June 5, 2022, World Environment Day.<\/p>\n

In November 2021, at the CoP 26 in Glasgow, Prime Minister Narender Modi, in addition to announcing the panchamrit<\/strong>, or five climate-related commitments<\/strong> of the country, also articulated the concept of LiFE.<\/strong><\/p>\n

About the concept of LiFE<\/strong><\/h5>\n

It is planned as a first-of-its-kind global movement<\/strong> that advocates for \u201cmindful and deliberate utilization<\/strong>\u201d by people worldwide, instead of \u201cmindful and wasteful consumption\u201d. <\/strong><\/p>\n

It will provide the world with a unique people-powered platform <\/strong>to relentlessly focus on bringing individual and collective actions to the core of the climate action narrative.<\/p>\n

Objectives<\/strong><\/h5>\n

(1) It aims to harness the power of individual<\/strong> and collective<\/strong> action across the world to address the climate crisis. It aims to nudge individuals and communities to adopt simple and specific climate-friendly behaviors in their daily lifestyles. For instance<\/strong>, an individual can carry a reusable cloth bag instead of a plastic bag; walk short distances instead of driving; or turn off electrical appliances when not in use; prioritize public transport wherever possible and take other similar actions.<\/p>\n

(2) LiFE aims to activate a global community of \u201cPro Planet People\u201d<\/strong> and steer the world towards a sustainable model of development.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Key Component<\/strong><\/h5>\n

(1) Consume responsibly<\/strong>: LiFE plans to break down the mental model like Sustainable living and comfortable living are competitors. It will nudge the world to consume responsibly, rather than consuming less.<\/p>\n

LiFE will deploy a range of tested behavioral techniques<\/strong>, including nudges, social and behavior change communication, and norm influencing to make mindful consumption a mass movement, on which India relied in the recent jan andolans<\/strong> such as the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM).<\/p>\n

(2) Produce responsibly<\/strong>: The LiFE movement\u2019s nudging of the consumption patterns of the society may also go to the extent of leading to responsible production and a sustainable market.<\/p>\n

(3) Live responsibly<\/strong>: Humans remain at the mercy of the natural world, no matter how much technological progress we make as a global society. This was recently proved during the Covid pandemic.<\/p>\n

Why can climate change no longer be an after-thought to the global development agenda?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

It has been estimated that the global economy could lose up to 18% of GDP, and India could lose $6 trillion by 2050 if no climate action is taken.<\/p>\n

In India alone, more than 50% of our largely rural workforce will be negatively affected by climate change.<\/p>\n

Further, the ongoing climate crisis is already threatening food and water security across the world.<\/p>\n

Importance of community and individual actions<\/strong><\/h5>\n

According to the United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP),<\/strong> if one billion people out of the total global population of close to eight billion people adopt eco-friendly behaviours <\/strong>in their day-to-day lives, then global carbon emissions <\/strong>could drop by approx 20%. For Example<\/p>\n

(1) Eco-friendly behaviours include turning off ACs, heaters, and lights when not in use can conserve up to 282 kilowatts of electricity per day.<\/p>\n

(2) Avoiding food wastage can reduce an individual\u2019s carbon footprint by 370 kg per year.<\/p>\n

(3) Reducing one flight trip per year can reduce per capita carbon emissions by 700 to 2,800 kg.<\/p>\n

Other pro-planet initiatives around the world<\/strong><\/h5>\n

(1) Denmark promotes the use of bicycles by limiting parking within the city centre and providing exclusive bike lanes.<\/p>\n

(2) Japan has its unique \u201cwalk-to-school\u201d mandate, which has been in practice since the early 1950s.<\/p>\n

The Way Forward<\/strong><\/h5>\n

India can lead the global climate debate<\/strong> by nudging the world towards a new model of sustainable and inclusive development through the LiFE movement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The LiFE movement can play a pivotal role in not merely reversing the effects of climate change, but also mainstreaming a harmonious<\/strong> and mindful way of living<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Indian leadership can promote LiFE movement while presiding as the G20<\/strong>, a group that covers 60% of the global population, 80% of the global GDP, and 75% of global exports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on an article \u201cBreathing LiFE into the climate narrative\u201d published in the Indian Express on 5th August 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 Ecology and Environment Relevance: The Concept of Lifestyles for the Environment (LiFE) News: Recently, the Prime Minister of India launched the concept of \u201cLifestyle for the Environment\u201d (LiFE) on… Continue reading Breathing LiFE into the climate narrative<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10343,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,10500],"class_list":["post-198861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10343"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}