Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. In the last few decades, its impact has become increasingly clear and felt on humanity. Climate change is a long-term phenomenon that involves changes in weather patterns, global average temperatures, and changes in weather extremes. One of the most striking impacts of climate change is the environmental crisis. Widespread deforestation, destruction of coral reefs, and loss of biodiversity are concrete examples of climate change affecting global ecosystems. Increasing global temperatures trigger species migration that causes dramatic changes in ecosystem dynamics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Climate change also has significant humanitarian impacts. Why is that? Rising sea levels due to global warming cause coastal flooding and the disappearance of small islands. Extreme heat waves, storms and droughts often result in property damage, loss of life and climate refugees seeking refuge. Not only that, global agriculture is highly dependent on a stable climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With climate change, it actually results in extreme weather variations. Including excessive heat, drought and flooding. This greatly affects crop and livestock production, which has the potential to result in food scarcity and an increase in food prices. Of course this will also have an impact on increasing insurance costs and loss of agricultural productivity. In this way, the impact of climate change on human health will receive increasing attention. Longer and more intense heat waves cause health problems such as dehydration, heat exhaustion and even death. The spread of vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever will also increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, what concerns humanity regarding the impact of climate change has been predicted in advance in Jostein Gaarder's novel entitled "Anna's World". This novel with the theme of environmental and natural metaphysics was first published in 2014. With the English version title "Anna, a Fable About The Earth's Climate and Environment<\/em>\u201d. Slightly different from Gaarder's other novels, the book Dunia Anna tends to focus on the theme of the environment on earth. Moreover, climate change and the impact of global warming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In other words, this novel conveys many values of love for the environment, especially how to protect the earth for the lives of the next generation. The environmental damage that is currently being carried out actually threatens the next generations who will inhabit the Earth. Anna, as the main character and part of the current generation, is required to think further about the condition of the Earth. In this way, Gaarder seems to influence his readers to care about the environment and the sustainability of the earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It tells the story of the character Anna who can see the life of the earth and her great-granddaughter named Nova through a strange dream. At that time, Anna clearly saw how the earth changed drastically in 2082. Nova could no longer enjoy the beauty of nature because it had been lost and damaged. Now, Nova can only see this beauty through documentary videos and photos. Humans are again using the services of animals such as horses and camels for transportation. This is because petroleum supplies are already scarce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How people have to queue long at gas stations to get vehicle fuel. Polar bears are migrating to forests as ice melts in the north. Meanwhile, mice and hamsters died because they could not stand the extreme heat. All of this is due to the greed and excessive exploitation of previous generations. Nova was angry and demanded that Anna and the previous generation be responsible for the conditions they experienced. Anna, who saw all this, finally took various steps to protect the earth and return it to its original condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, what is the condition of the earth now? Did Gaarder's fictional predictions come true? Quoted from The Conversation media, 120 researchers stated that climate change has an increasingly severe impact on health. Annual report The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change <\/em>presents the latest data on the health impacts of climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the results of his research was that there were 296,000 heat-related premature deaths among people aged over 65 years in 2018. Not only that, the global food harvest potential also decreased by 1.8-5.6% between 1981 and 2019. It is estimated that 145 million people will potentially face flooding with global sea levels rising by one meter. This number will increase to 565 million people with a sea level rise of 5 meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not only that, this annual report includes research from a variety of fields, including climate science, geography, economics and public health. Since 2015 and 2020 have been the first and second hottest years on Earth. Extreme heat events will increase in every region of the world and impact elderly people. Especially those in Japan, northern India, eastern China and central Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This will also be a big problem for those who already have certain health conditions. Also workers in the field such as in the agricultural and construction sectors. Climate change is also an important factor in drought. Where in 2019 there will be a drought twice as severe throughout the world. This drought will also be related to human health. Drought will lead to reduced drinking water supplies, livestock and food productivity, as well as an increase in the risk of fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An overview of research on the future conditions of the earth regarding the impact of climate change, becomes relate<\/em> with a fictional prophecy depicted in the book Anna's World. We as a generation who are responsible for future survival should act. There is no longer time to dilly dally or wait for individuals or groups to move further. Without realizing it, providing good conditions for the earth for future generations is one of the fulfillment of the rights regulated in the United Nations (UN) convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In fact, the protected rights include the general public, such as the right to a healthy life, the right to a decent life, the right to prosperity, the right to manage the environment fairly, the right to management of one's own land, the right not to excessively plunder natural resources and the right to obtain justice. This is also set in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights<\/em> which states that recognition of the inherent dignity and equal rights cannot be taken away from human beings because these rights are the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is increasingly clear that it is time for us and all relevant stakeholders to start implementing sustainable development and inclusion so that environmental problems do not get worse. Oversee how each government policy will manage the environment so as not to ignore human rights within it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As stated in the book "Ecology, Economy, Equity," written by Indonesian researcher, Rita Parmawati, that intergenerational equity is very necessary in realizing sustainable development and survival. Where humans have the same natural and cultural environment as the current and other generations, past and future. This means that we inherited the earth from previous generations and are obliged to give it in a reasonable condition to future generations.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yael Stefany<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-1085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-lainnya"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n