Let us be green problem solvers

Green no more: A file photo from April 2019 of part of a jungle cleared to make way for logging on top of a hill near Mengkuang Dam in Sungai Lembu, Bukit Mertajam, Penang. With the climate crisis looming, we can ill afford such illegal clearing of our forests. — The Star

WHAT constitutes an “emergency”? The Oxford Dictionary defines “emergency” as “a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action”.

The climate emergency, also referred to as the climate crisis, is nothing less than an emergency on a global scale. Everyone is affected. Every country is affected. In fact, every living thing on this planet has, is and will be affected by climate change, from viruses and microbes to elephants and giraffes and tapirs and tigers.