This
contains the most radical measures of New Grammar of Living which are needed to
be implemented if we need to become in one year's time zero carbon and environmental degradation.
Climate
objectives:
Try to halt and reverse the relentless march of
climate change through back to nature movement…
Strategic
climate policies
All government,
education, commercial, manufacturing, infrastructure, logistics, agriculture
and food, environment, transportation, administration bodies/organisations/social
groups/etc will need to recast their strategic objectives / action plans in
terms of priorities aligned with the needs associated with coping and combating
and reversing rapid climate change, environmental degradation….
Climate
Measures
1.
Stop using air conditioning and heating for
temperatures between 10C and 30C in cold countries and up to 35C in warm
countries across the world.
2. Running
hot and cold water to be stopped except in hospitals.
3. Stop
using internal combustion engine cars, SUVs, vans, and all kind of trucks
except for food transport, medical needs.
4. Ban usage
of washing machines, dryers, dish washing machines due to their intensive use
of water and power.
5. Stop
usage of fossil fuel and other non-renewable energy production except in
hospitals.
6. Strict
family planning and population control / reduction through one child limits and
no child rules in required cases.
7. Closure
of all non-essential manufacturing units. All products to be subject to strict
water and carbon limits. Products to be water and carbon positive.
8. Planned
and sparing use of lifts.
9. No neon
and bright lighting.
10. Strict
water control and caps on uses. Rationing of potable water.
11. Limiting
cloud usage of all social network websites.
12. Ban on
smoke emitting activities.
13. Clamp
down on non-green conspicuous consumption.
14. Reduce
high carbon agriculture.
15. Reduce
air travel by 75%. Permit only essential and humanitarian travel. All other travel by bus, train, etc to be based up
urgency, essential services, critical industries…
16. No new
coal plants. Phased closure of existing coal plants in one year framework. Stop
new hydel projects.
17. No
ironing of clothes. Ban on suits above 20C.
18.
Phase out non-vegetarian food. Water
intensive meats first.
19. Climate police,
surveillance, information, networks, etc to be set up for ensuring strict
implementation with stringent 360 deg punishment process. Existing departments
in these areas to work closely with climate bodies and report to them.
20. Ministry of Climate with overarching
powers to eradicate the root causes which have led the present climocalypse state….
Strategic
Initiatives
1.
Top priority to climate, environment studies
and research at all educational, technology institutions.
2.
Climate change mitigation plans for top 1000
cities of the world.
3.
Map all major geographical locations,
especially those which could be safe in terms of potential climate changes and
events, and prepare historical grids of temperature, rainfall, flooding,
aquifer levels, storms, etc. Then applying auto regressive models make
projections for next 30-50 years. Arrive at best places to stay during 2050-2100.
4.
Similar research for top cities and try to
find out their respective breaking points in terms of becoming inhabitable due
to action of one or more of climate perils / hazards as they increase
exponentially.
5.
Prepare action plans for shifting/ migration
population from collapsing cities when clichange intensifies to the safe places
identified from above research.
6.
Climate proof ratings for cities, buildings,
complexes, organisations, homes.
7.
Green action plans for cities, buildings,
complexes, organisations, homes.
8.
Deurbanisation action plans.
9.
Decarbonisation action plans. To include
reducing cars on roads. Stop producing internal combustion engine cars.
10.
Rehabilitation and restructuring action
plans for implementing Climate Action Plans under which many carbon intensive
products and industries are going to be banned, controlled, phased out,
remodelled, merged, closed for individuals, companies, sectors, industries.
11. Universal
income scheme of Zuckerberg especially since several industries like car,
fossil fuel based, etc would need to close.
12.
Carbon and water values for all consumer
products, food, buildings, manufactured items.
13.
Carbon and water monitoring and meters for
homes, offices, buildings, complexes, organisations and cities.
14. Above points
6 to 13 to be linked to salary structures, individual and company tax rates,
GST, interest rates both for deposits and loans.
15. Processes
and systems for all above.
Strategic Coping Plans for Climate Change
Espouse, write, help in implementing radical or
moderate versions of the following action points:
1. Heat
Action Plans for cities and rural areas.
2.
Flood action plans.
3. Sea level rise action plans
4. Back to
nature and roots movements for urban people.
5. Integrated
climate plan for alternative lifestyles and eco systems for Zero carbon
societies.
The above list is not a
comprehensive or exhaustive one. Further details of the above will be published
in this blog periodically…each of the above points need to be expanded and
fleshed out into draft action plans….then maybe with the collaborations of
educational and research institutions these drafts can be finalised….next get
in touch with agencies which can implement these and convince them about the
usefulness of these action plans for combatting climate change… we must try to
minimise the ravages of climocalypse by being better prepared….
