Climate change, environmental destruction, whatever you want to call it, feels like an unstoppable monster that we are losing the fight against. And although the science behind it is not that simple, it is also not that difficult. We know what it is and of ways to change it, and we have known this for a long time now.There are actions that we can take ourselves, changes in our habits that have the potential to make a worthwhile difference to our naughty footprint if enough people embrace them.However, do not let anyone tell you that the responsibility for solving the climate crisis lies entirely in your own hands. This is a misleading and dangerous myth, especially at a time where the repercussions and knock-on effects of climate change are becoming increasingly more visible around the world. It is a myth propagated and eagerly supported by those who fear they have something to lose from the changes that need to happen.No one will deny that adapting your personal behaviour can help, but the real responsibility lies on the shoulders of the world’s politicians and industrial leaders. Those that have their powerbase and wealth to thank by maintaining the status quo.These are the real decision makers and influencers, and ultimately decide which choices we are able to make.Since pollution and its impact on the climate was widely recognised by the scientific community as undesirable and dangerous, governments and industries around the world have done little more than take increasingly large steps in entirely the wrong direction. Understandably so, if you follow the rules of the market and nothing else.With global market incentives, measures and developments to tackle climate change have rarely been embraced as a particularly rewarding thing to do. Until now. Today there are countless developments in search of more solutions that you thought were needed. It is now a question of whether the creativity of our global markets can overcome their conservative components, and with an honest vision provided by our global governors succeed in protecting the liveability of our world.Unfortunately, two things that do not often go well together are vision and economic growth. To some extent they seem mutually exclusive. With vested interests and the majority of global wealth still reliant on profit from traditional sources, there is still a crucial battle to be won.A below-the-belt fight against false narratives and fake-news that trivialise the severity of climate change, and would have you believe that it is your fault anyway.Acting solely in the name of profit and economic growth has brought the liveability of the planet in danger and ushered in an era of staggering inequality and insecurity, the solution to which has often been more of the toxic mix that created it as far as the liveable planet is concerned. It is time for a healthier global diet.And though most people’s world philosophies encompass more than just every person for themselves, market mechanisms on their own leave little sustainable room for anything else. This is where our elected representatives and lobbying for new environmental legislation come in to play.As a concerned global citizen, one of the most effective actions you can take is to let your voice be heard. Silence and individual disgruntlement will get us nowhere.As Dr. Martin Luther King eloquently put it in 1968, human progress “never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability. It comes through the tireless efforts and the persistent work of dedicated individuals.”To this end, we suggest the first action you take is to support society’s changemakers. The voices and activities of human rights defenders and environmentalists who battle for positive change from the ground up can no longer afford to fall on the same deaf ears which have lead to the situation we are in today.By signing our petition that calls to acknowledge the need for such support you will be making this voice stronger. Please sign this petition now