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Chief Adviser calls for ‘zero carbon’ lifestyle to save planet

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  • Update Time : 02:31:52 pm, Wednesday, 13 November 2024
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Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday proposed the creation of a new lifestyle based on ‘zero waste and zero carbon’ to safeguard the planet from climate catastrophes, presenting his long-standing vision of a world of three zeroes.

‘In order to survive, we need to create another culture. A counter-culture which is based on a different lifestyle. It is based on zero waste. It will limit consumption to essential needs, leaving no residual waste,’ he said while speaking at the opening session of the World Leaders Climate Action Summit in COP29, held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.

This lifestyle will also be rooted in zero carbon, with no reliance on fossil fuels, only renewable energy, Prof Yunus explained.

He added that the economy would be primarily based on zero personal profit, akin to the social business model.

Describing social business as a non-dividend enterprise aimed at solving social and environmental issues, he highlighted that a significant portion of social businesses would focus on protecting both the environment and humanity.

‘Human lives will not only be protected but qualitatively enhanced through affordable healthcare and education. It will facilitate entrepreneurship for the youth. Young people will get prepared through new education of entrepreneurship. Education of creating job seekers will be replaced by entrepreneurship-focused education,’ Muhammad Yunus said.

Noting that environmental safety demands a new lifestyle, the 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate emphasised that this way of life would not be imposed but offered as a choice.

He said young people would embrace this lifestyle voluntarily, with each young person growing up as a ‘three zero’ individual—zero net carbon emissions, zero wealth concentration through the creation of social businesses, and zero unemployment through entrepreneurship.

Prof Yunus pointed out that people are deliberately choosing a lifestyle that harms the environment, justifying it with an economic framework that is perceived as natural, much like the planetary system.

Chief Adviser calls for ‘zero carbon’ lifestyle to save planet

Update Time : 02:31:52 pm, Wednesday, 13 November 2024

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday proposed the creation of a new lifestyle based on ‘zero waste and zero carbon’ to safeguard the planet from climate catastrophes, presenting his long-standing vision of a world of three zeroes.

‘In order to survive, we need to create another culture. A counter-culture which is based on a different lifestyle. It is based on zero waste. It will limit consumption to essential needs, leaving no residual waste,’ he said while speaking at the opening session of the World Leaders Climate Action Summit in COP29, held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.

This lifestyle will also be rooted in zero carbon, with no reliance on fossil fuels, only renewable energy, Prof Yunus explained.

He added that the economy would be primarily based on zero personal profit, akin to the social business model.

Describing social business as a non-dividend enterprise aimed at solving social and environmental issues, he highlighted that a significant portion of social businesses would focus on protecting both the environment and humanity.

‘Human lives will not only be protected but qualitatively enhanced through affordable healthcare and education. It will facilitate entrepreneurship for the youth. Young people will get prepared through new education of entrepreneurship. Education of creating job seekers will be replaced by entrepreneurship-focused education,’ Muhammad Yunus said.

Noting that environmental safety demands a new lifestyle, the 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate emphasised that this way of life would not be imposed but offered as a choice.

He said young people would embrace this lifestyle voluntarily, with each young person growing up as a ‘three zero’ individual—zero net carbon emissions, zero wealth concentration through the creation of social businesses, and zero unemployment through entrepreneurship.

Prof Yunus pointed out that people are deliberately choosing a lifestyle that harms the environment, justifying it with an economic framework that is perceived as natural, much like the planetary system.