If you think you can do it at the policy level, that sounds very tempting but means nothing, because you are trying to defy the very law of existence. You are saying the minister will do it. Why will the minister do it? The ones in power have the least interest in any climate action because they are the ones with the minimum stakes there. You'll have to awaken the individual so that the one in power listens to you. Awaken the individuals. What else? There is no option.
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Questioner: Sir, recently you got the award for the most impactful environmentalist, and I've been following you on the issues of climate crisis and environmental activism. You also wrote a column in The Pioneer about “Greenwashing.” So, with regards to that, I was wondering: is the climate crisis discourse shifted, emphasizing more on individual responsibilities, that I should be vegan, I should recycle, and it is my responsibility to help the climate?
And in your book, you talk about this inner disease. You talk about, “Man's hunger not in the stomach. It resides in the mind. That hunger — blind, restless, insatiable — has destroyed everything it could touch. Climate change is only the latest, the most devastating, and perhaps the final symptom of this inner disease.”
This inner disease has also been manifested in industries. You see, they have their own negligence, recklessness, and you talk about “Operation 2030,” which is just five years away. So, do you think we should focus more on policy change rather than individualistic actions? That's my question, sir.
