Let's go for stringent measures to address Climate Change - Scientist

World leaders, especially African leaders, have been urged to put in place stringent and effective climate change policies with tangible ambitions to deal with the increasing impact of the phenomenon on their people.

A Ghanaian Scientist, Mr. Joris Wartemberg, who was delivering a lecture, said such policies must be appropriate for their respective jurisdictions.

The lecture was in the revised edition of his book titled, “The Science of Biblical Creation”. It was held at the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) at Biriwa in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region.

The 752-page book, published by Yeshrun Entertainment and Publishing Limited, seeks to define the unity of Science and Religion and to attempt to use Mathematics to ascertain the existence of God. It is to disapprove some scientific theories propelled by renowned scientists.

The book also examines and questions the models of the universe as imparted to the current generation by renowned scientists like Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton and others, who died scores of years ago.

He said the situation where initiatives, plans, and programs were repeatedly aimed at reducing emissions under different projects were unhelpful to efforts at tackling the effects of climate change.

Mr. Wartemberg rather proposed that every week, one day must be set aside in every country, during which factories would not operate and the movement of vehicles would be limited as research had shown that, climate change was a manifestation of human impacts on the earth’s natural climate.

In this instance, he said, it would afford the atmosphere time to substantially cleanse itself from toxic emissions and other harmful substances from such avenues, which contributed to climate change and restore to its original condition.

Mr. Wartemberg said, it had been predicted that billions of people, particularly those in developing countries, were likely to face shortages of water and food, and also stood greater risk to health and life as a result of climate change in the next decade.

Citing strategies being implemented in China to reduce pollution prior to the Beijing Olympics in 2008, Mr. Wartemberg said unless something was done in this mid-century, the world would be overwhelmed by the catastrophic effect of climate change.

China banned vehicles with the high emission of gas fumes and introduced other alternative measures to improve the quality of air in the atmosphere.

He said he did not believe in Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, which states that "certain animals and human beings survived because they were the fastest and they were selected by nature to survive."

Rather, Mr. Wartemberg said, the existence on earth and survival in what he refers to as the ‘juggles of life’ was based purely on the weather and no matter how fit any animal or individual was, he could be killed by an extremely high or low temperatures and natural disasters, beyond human understanding.

“That is the truth of the matter, he declared. “We shouldn’t be surprised, therefore, to find out that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a disastrous change of weather like we are heading for now in our generation.”

He said his research was also based on the fact that scientific solutions like solar and other clean energies being advanced by scientists to improve the weather and the survival chances of the world, were based on the scientific work of scientists who died long ago, which he had challenged.

The World Bank has said that climate change and poverty were inextricably linked and without the rapid, inclusive and climate-smart development, climate change could see more than 100 million more people living in poverty by 2030.

Born on 25 December 1951 at Sekondi, in the Western Region, Mr. Wartemberg schooled at the Achimota School and at the University of Ghana, where he studied Law.

He is widely known for his famous Akan drama series, "Osofo Dadzie", broadcast on State television in the late 90's.

However, he spent most of his years doing business in Egypt, Yemen, and many other Arab countries from his base in London, England.

Now retired, and back home, Mr. Wartemberg spends his time researching and trying to understand why all human generations unquestioningly accept the beliefs and knowledge of their times as indisputable truths simply because they came to meet them.