09/06/2026
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Climate change is already changing life exactly as we know it, with hotter summers, more intense storms, and growing stress on water and food systems. If current trends continue, by 2050, the crisis could cause an estimated 14.5 million fatalities and displace 3.3 billion people through deteriorating air quality, urban heat, water scarcity, sea-level rise, malnutrition, and poverty.
Understanding the cause of climate change is as important as understanding the consequences. To mitigate the human toll, a 1.5ยฐC goal was adopted to limit the man-made global temperature increase. Today, the planet Earth is about 1.42ยฐC to 1.55ยฐC hotter than the preindustrial baseline, emphasizing how limited the margin is before we exceed that target.
The liability for the crisis is not even truthfully disclosed. A report from Carbon Majors Database highlighted that over 70% of global industrial greenhouse gas emissions are contributed by 100 corporate and state-owned entities since 1988, dominated by coal, oil, and gas (ExxonMobil, Shell, etc). These major industrial and fossil fuel companies are responsible for a disproportionate share of global warming over the last 50 years. Despite these findings, climate crisis accountability is still often framed on individual actions.
This shifting of responsibility allows these major companies to downplay their role in the climate crisis and undermine climate litigation, regulation, and activism so they can continue committing unethical deeds. Thus, an influential movement is needed to call for action on climate change.
On June 5, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) invited people worldwide to participate in the global campaign to speak for the urgency of climate change. World Environment Day 2026's theme focuses on promoting sustainable actions, especially in response to non-renewable resources, in hopes of repairing our relationship with the climate.
For 50 years, World Environment Day has consistently been a channel for environmental advocacy, reaching more than 150 countries to raise awareness on ecological threats โ air pollution, plastic pollution, illegal wildlife trade, unsustainable consumption, sea-level rise, and many more driving climate change.
Why take part?
Our planet is a neutral force. It doesn't care about humanity's favorability โ it only responds to physical and chemical changes happening. The planet simply rebalances itself when there are extremities occurring, such as rising seas, raging wildfires, heatwaves, and melting glaciers, affecting billions of people. Between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250,000 deaths per year. Therefore, our planet simply changes regardless of whether human societies suffer or benefit. Totally, a hard pill to swallow.
Time here on earth is running out, and so are we. To avert these catastrophic impacts and prevent millions of climate change-related deaths, the world must limit temperature rise to 1.5ยฐC. Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) challenges us with these 3 main objectives.
Promote actions to reduce carbon emissions and improve health.
Build better, more climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable health systems.
Protect health from the wide range of impacts of climate change.
Together, in collaboration with UNEP and WHO, let's help to amplify climate action now: demand corporate accountability, advocate sustainable policies, and promote community resilience. Care for the Earth, Secure our Future โ because the choices we make today will dictate the world that the future generations will inherit.
References:
Climate change impacts. (n.d.). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/climate/climate-change-impacts
Roxburgh, C., & Roxburgh, C. (2022, January 31). Individuals are not to blame for the climate crisis. YES! Magazine. https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2022/01/31/climate-change-fossil-fuel-industry-individual-responsibility
World Environment Day. (n.d.). https://www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/world-environment-day/
World Health Organization: WHO. (2023, October 12). Climate change. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/climate-change-and-health
WRITTEN BY: Cereno, Mikaela Joie
PUBMAT BY: Regina A. Santos
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