Op-ed: To see or not 2 °C
By Tufts Divests For Our Future | January 23To some, climate change means fewer polar bears. To others, it means an increase in the frequency and power of natural disasters. To us Tufts students, it means a disproportionate burden on people in least developed countries, especially people of color in the global south. It means generations of profligate industrialization, it means the hottest year in America on record, and it means injustice and inequality. Climate change stands for a call to action for students not to let our world crumble due to the inaction of our decision makers. Divestment from the fossil fuel industry is one crucial tactic to announce our generation's symbolic rise to the occasion: We will not let our Earth warm to two degrees Celsius.
