It Is Real Poem by Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon

It Is Real

Rating: 4.6

Climate change
is a fact. It is real.
And it affects
the poorest of all
the commonest man
the most;
much more
than everyone else;
though it is he who
contributes the least
to the disaster.

Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Topic(s) of this poem: climate change
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
The poorest people in the poorest countries use least petroleum fuels, destroys least of their forests, uses least cfc etc. and leaves least carbon footprint. Thus they contribute least to environmental degradation and least to climate change. But it is they who have to bear the brunt of the consequences.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dr Dillip K Swain 08 August 2023

Yes, we are responsible for everything. I may be just one of us

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Alyx True Edge 22 September 2024

Thank you for promoting an empirically analysed, objective fact and for pointing out the inequality in contribution and effect. Also, an eye must be directed to what global companies and petrochemical industries emit, next to our own responsibility, there is only one chance to act.

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Rebecca Navarre 13 October 2023

Thank you ever so much for sharing this! .. As so very many suffer! .. May your heart, may your plea be felt by all! .. Millions of 10'S And Millions of Stars! ..++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Thank you Becca. Happy that you read the gravity of the issue in my poem. Great

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Rebecca Navarre 13 October 2023

Very powerful and very heart touching spoke! ..

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Thank you, Becca for standing by me.

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Aarzoo Mehek 16 August 2023

We all are bearing the brunt of global warming

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It is the developing nations and the underdeveloped countries, whose economies will have stunted growth as a result of the steps proposed to contain carbon footprints. India faces lot of hurdles. But it is the poorest of the poor, the Africas and their populations that'd suffer most

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 16 August 2023

I have so much to say but PH did not allow my previous comments stating that I have more than 300 words. The flow of my thoughts has been distracted. I will visit again and read this poem if time permits.

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You are true Rose Marie. And the impact of climate change is on our doorstep.

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Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon

Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon

PUTHENCHIRA, KERALA, INDIA
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