Raekwon Chung believes that Kazakhstan can achieve its net-zero goal by focusing on individual responsibility and grassroots initiatives rather than relying solely on state-led efforts.
Kazakhstan needs a 'me first' campaign to achieve its net-zero goal, Raekwon Chung told Eurasianet. The South Korean Nobel laureate believes action should start at the grassroots. There are over 400 environmentally oriented non-governmental organizations in Kazakhstan , a country with a complex environmental history, including the scarring legacy of nuclear testing at Semipalatinsk.
can play a role in social education,' said Chung. Yet he believes that raising awareness is not enough. 'To trigger real action, we need to design a system' that shifts the focus from the state to individual consumers, he added. projects focus on biogas and humus production, or reversing land degradation. Chung visited Astana on Nov. 21-23 for the Nobel Fest education forum and to promote the idea of a 'me first' campaign, he said. In what sounds like a paraphrase of Donald Trump's 'America first' motto, the aim is to empower individuals to make their own green choices. In May, a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers PwC found that some consumers are willing to pay an average of 9.
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