The world is getting better...and the story is broader than ozone recovery

 The British newspaper "Daily Mail" stated, on Wednesday, that the world will become greener, cleaner, healthier and richer in wild areas by the sixth decade of this century. This estimate came after scientists said that the ozone layer, which protects the earth from dangerous radiation from the sun, is "on the right path" to recover within 4 decades, that is, in the late decade that begins in 2050.

At the same time, they warned that geoengineering projects to curb global warming could threaten this progress. This development came after "the phase-out of about 99 percent of the banned substances that destroy ozone, as it allowed the preservation of the layer, and contributed significantly to its recovery in the upper part of the stratosphere."

Exaggerated scenario

And the British scientist in the field of science and environment, Matt Ridley, wrote in the "Daily Mail" that by the end of the fifties of this century the world could be greener, cleaner, healthier, more peaceful and just, if people allow it.

Ridley added that there are "doom and gloom activists" who spread panic among people when they talk about climate change, to the point that some people are pessimistic and refuse to have children. But in fact, there are many planetary and other indicators related to human health that are moving in the right direction, according to the British scientist.

He stated that the report prepared by the UN experts is certainly good news, though not in the way that was covered by the media. He pointed out that it is misleading to say that the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica, which is reshaped every year, is slowly improving, yet the hole in 2021 was the largest of its kind ever.

innovation

But the positive side over the next four decades is that chemicals that harm ozone, such as chlorofluorocarbons, are declining rapidly. He said the United Nations attributed the decrease in banned ozone-destroying substances to the 1987 Montreal Agreement, but ignored the importance of innovation.

He added that innovation created new materials that replaced CFCs, and without them, the agreement would not have been signed and these compounds would not have been dispensed with. Therefore, the British scientist concludes that the problem of climate change can be solved by finding a reasonable and reliable solution to produce emissions-free energy, and not by banning flights or stopping heating homes. He emphasized: innovation, not austerity, is the solution.

He demonstrated his position that the death toll from natural disasters is declining as a result of development in crisis response, due to innovation. And slowing the course of climate change seems increasingly possible, as well, as a result of creating a more effective and safer version of nuclear energy in the short term, and in the long term, it seems likely that nuclear fusion will meet, for example, the demand in the United Kingdom within one to three decades, and is considered an unlimited energy From relatively small amounts of water and lithium.

He said that with cheap and unlimited energy, a lot can be done, such as bringing treated water to the desert to irrigate the lands there, using lighting to promote the growth of vegetables and fruits inside greenhouses without chemicals, and of course providing cheaper heating for the population.