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CLIMATE FINANCE
Humanity’s Collective Shortsightedness Will Result in Our Self Destruction
Long-term thinking is nonexistent anymore.
My aunt has been a tree hugger her entire life. As a 50-year member of GreenPeace, she used to send me t-shirts, stickers, pencils, etc. with conservation slogans.
One of my favorite shirts was a simple white shirt with a silk screened wolf sitting on a rocky outlook. The tag beneath the wolf said, “Gaining ground”.
It was a quasi-brag about the increasing populations of wolves and the pilot programs during the 90’s that reintroduced some wolves to wild areas.
Unfortunately, that shirt is now a sad reminder that most of humanity just can’t see past the end of its nose.
Success Story: Yellowstone Wolves
After being hunted to almost extinction, the gray wolf found protection under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
During the next 20 years, wolf populations grew to the point where they could be introduced into national parks, with a series of pilot programs across the county.
The most famous reintroduction was in Yellowstone National Park, where the wolves had an immediate and profound impact, as see…
