Page-by-page, I hope to make my young readers see that this world has so much diversity and beauty to offer them.įilled with engaging activities, colorful illustrations, and fascinating facts, My Globetrotter Book takes children and tweens on a journey around the world. With my books, I seek to give them a better grip onto their world.
With my activity books, I want to spark their sense of wonder and give them some joy. Knowing more about it, and more about that myriad of cultures that surround them, will help make them more open, more tolerant, more curious, and less scared. This is the impact I seek to make with My Globetrotter Book.Įvery time a child walks out through the door of their home, they are stepping into a vast, complex, diverse world. #earthday2023 #watersecurity #UNWaterConference2023 #unwater #climatechange #IPCC We CAN do this! We HAVE to!! But it takes all hands on deck. Let me just say: it's not all doomsday, there is a lot of hope.
In honour of Earth Day, if you want to inform yourselves, and listen to some of these talks (even their Majesties the King of the Netherlands and the Emperor of Japan, who have been champions of water security for decades, are in on this), here is the link: The UN has launched a massive Early-Warning for All Initiative, with 30 countries already targeted for support in 2023. at present, only about half the world has an early-warning system in place to give advance notice to populations (the poorest of course), and it is the single most cost-effective line of defence to buffer from disasters and save lives. 90% of disasters are related to weather, and 75% are water-related, with growing amounts of floods, droughts, and heatwaves on every corner of this Earth. we need to limit the global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius by dramatically speeding up the shift towards renewables. As I have been rewatching the 6th UN Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters that I supported with my Japanese colleagues last month at the United Nations in New York, here are some of the salient points that strike out at me:
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