A Must Listen: Spoken word on climate change
This poem is titled Code 1.5, and it is a wake-up call to address the urgent threat of climate change. This poem seeks to educate and inspire individuals to take action, to work together to protect the planet and limit global warming to below 1.5°C.
Poem Title: Code 1.5
They say climate change is not real
But the weather and climate tell a different tale
And why is the summer more summer
And winter more winter
Why does it feel so hot even when it rains?
This is a call to action
Dialled on code 1.5 Celsius
To work together to protect the planet
And work towards below 1.5 Celsius degrees.
The warnings of yesterday
Are the consequences of today’s global warming
And today’s call to justice is to protect the unborn generation.
But you see, the warnings of today
To reduce emissions, if not acted upon
Might be the end of our planet
And that, we cannot afford
From loss of life to environment
Climate change has affected all.
From the IDAI cyclone in Malawi
To the drought in the Sahel
To the waves that are destroying
The lives and properties of the coastal communities
Every one of us has been tested
And had his share of climate change.
From the minbar of the mosques
To the altars of the churches
To the corridors of shrines
Let the religious leaders preach to their people
To protect the planet
For God is not happy
About the continuous destruction of planet Earth.
More conferences every day
From the Bonn talks to the COPs
What is the essence of the conferences
When it doesn’t confront this damning climate crisis?
Let the countries who promise to fulfil
Without the needed finance
The African continent cannot fight this crisis.
We’ve got to adapt and mitigate
At the local level, individual level
National level, and global level.
This is a call to action
Dialled on code 1.5
To work together to protect the planet
And work towards below 1.5 Celsius degrees.
By: Ibrahim Khalilulahi Usman
Ibrahim Khalilulahi Usman, an award-winning Ghanaian environmental journalist, and the founding editor of Eco Media Africa. All rights reserved, 2024.
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