† Council on Energy, Environment and Water Today, we are at an inflection point and must review whether the Declaration’s principles have stood the test of time as the world transitioned from the 20th to the 21st century, and reframe those that need correction based on the lived experiences of the global population. [...] based on the ‘Economic Situation and Prospects’ of nations (United Nations Department Retrieved December 30, 2021, from of Economic and Social Affairs), that defines lifestyles, and hence, the levels of india-cop26-un-climate-change-7607694/ consumption, and differentiates the developed world from the developing one. [...] For example, wind and solar energy are infinite resources, but the rate and extent of their exploitation are limited by variables such as access to adequate land in favourable locations; the ecological impacts of exploiting resources to manufacture, transport and maintain thousands of gigawatts’ worth of equipment; and the large volumes of end-of-life waste of these plants. [...] The time is now: the imperative of affordable, favourable and sustainable lifestyles for all To move towards more sustainable lifestyles, we need to understand and accept that lifestyles are derivatives, and not the definers, of the global political, social and economic systems. [...] An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty.
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