Chapter 482: Speed up! Speed up!
Just as Dr. Lena and others were discussing the climate crisis.
Jiang Mingxuan, head of the scientific division of Sapiens, the organizer of the African Climate Forum, appeared on the podium.
The emcee at the side quickly took the microphone and said: "Dear guests, please be quiet and take your seats. This forum officially begins."
Soon, meteorologists, environmentalists, and geologists from all over Africa arrived. In addition to scholars from Africa, there were also scholars from West Asia neighboring Africa, as well as some European scholars who came through special channels.
There were more than a thousand participants.
After everyone was seated, an operable screen and a simultaneous interpretation headset rose up on the table in front of each seat.
The waiter next to her reminded, "Madam, this is a headset for simultaneous interpretation, please wear it."
"Oh? I understand English." Lena shook her head.
However, the waiter smiled and continued to remind: "Minister Jiang speaks Chinese."
"Huh?" Lena finally reacted and had to pick up the simultaneous translation headphones and put them into her ears.
She was still immersed in a world dominated by Europe and America, and it took her a while to adapt.
Although Sapiens has stipulated that English is also a working language, there are dozens of other mainstream languages that are also working languages. Chinese accounts for about 18.4% of the usage within Sapiens, while English accounts for 11.7%.
In addition, employees of Sapiens companies usually speak several languages, so in daily communication, many people give priority to using their native language.
As for the situation in which the European and American academic circles use English as the core working language, this is simply impossible in Sapiens companies.
Sapiens Company will not indulge European and American scholars.
After a while, everyone plugged in the simultaneous interpretation headphones and, under the waiter's guidance, opened the picture and text simultaneous flipping panel.
Jiang Mingxuan saw the MC's gesture and began to speak: "Welcome everyone to the African Climate Forum. I will be giving a keynote speech on behalf of Sapiens. The theme of this forum is: Greening the Sahara and New Agriculture."
Lena frowned when she saw the title.
"As we all know, the Sahara Desert has periodic climate changes. Every 7,000 to 10,000 years, it will enter a relatively humid period. The last humid period in the Sahara Desert ended 6,000 years ago, and the next humid period is about to come."
The scholars in the audience looked at each other in bewilderment.
Of course they knew about the periodic climate changes in the Sahara Desert, but they also knew that Jiang Mingxuan was trying to change the concept.
Because of the periodic climate changes in the Sahara Desert, it is the self-regulation of the natural environment.
The wetness of the Sahara Desert before us is the result of artificial transformation by Homo sapiens. The two cannot be confused.
However, Jiang Mingxuan didn't care at all. He continued, "Human civilization has developed to the current stage. Industrial production emits too much carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. This behavior has led to a serious greenhouse effect and violated the laws of nature..."
As soon as he came to power, he started to attack Wei to save Zhao and directly put the blame on the entire human civilization.
In any case, it was the Western powers that first industrialized, and based on historical accumulation, the scale of pollution is also the most serious, so they should bear the greatest responsibility.
"Sapiens is a company dedicated to environmental protection. Our company has made indelible contributions to the carbon balance of the earth, including eliminating most fossil fuel power plants and working hard to develop green energy..."
Lena couldn't help herself and stood up. "I have reservations about this. I agree with your company's approach of eliminating fossil fuels and using green energy, but I oppose the greening and development of the Sahara Desert."
Jiang Mingxuan asked with a smile: "Why are you against it? This is a very beneficial thing for the African region. Doesn't Dr. Lena want to see the Abd Republic turned into a savannah?"
"Uh..." Dr. Lena choked.
Because she only realized at this moment that this was the African Climate Forum, not the World Climate Forum, let alone the European Climate Forum .
She is now a "citizen" of Abd, and her position must be based on the African region.
However, she quickly reacted: "Of course I hope Abd can develop, but your company's transformation of the Sahara Desert will have a serious impact on the global climate and may cause a lot of extreme weather, which will in turn affect global agricultural production. We should consider the problem from the perspective of the whole world."
"You said it's possible. I don't want a scholar to say such unfounded words. Now we only see that the Sahara region is becoming humid..." Jiang Mingxuan shook his head calmly.
Then he continued: "Since there is a humid period in the Sahara Desert, it proves that the Sahara Desert can become humid. This does not violate the laws of nature. We just brought this process forward."
In response, climate scientists from Africa and West Asia did not rush to stand up and refute.
Especially in areas with vast desert areas, they are in great need of water resources. For these areas, the transformation of the Sahara Desert into the Sahara grassland will definitely bring more benefits than disadvantages.
As for other areas that will suffer from extreme weather, many selfish people secretly sneered:
It’s none of my business.
When I was eating sand before, you didn't sell me food cheaply. Why do you want me to consider the overall situation of the Sahara region now?
The faces of those European and American scholars who sneaked in looked rather grim.
After all, Europe and North America rely on the North Atlantic Current to form a temperate oceanic climate.
The latitude of Western Europe and Northern Europe is similar to that of Northeast Asia. Once the warm water vapor of the North Atlantic Current is lost, the cold current of the Arctic Ocean will sweep across Europe.
The situation in North America may be even more serious.
Because of the terrain of North America, once the Arctic cold current moves south, there are no mountains or plateaus to block it. The cold current can move south from the Great Lakes Plain, directly through the Mississippi Plain, and reach the tropical waters of the Aztec Bay.
However, Homo sapiens Company is in the greatest advantage because all of its wholly-owned subsidiaries are located in the tropics or subtropics.
South Asia has the tall Roof of the World as a barrier, and North Africa has Europa and the Mediterranean to dissipate the Arctic cold current.
In this case, Sapiens must not only green the Sahara, but also accelerate the process so that the Earth can achieve carbon balance as soon as possible.
The two sides have different positions and naturally have different views on the Sahara greening project.
Despite the constant opposition from a number of European and American scholars, Jiang Mingxuan remained unmoved, and those climate scholars in Africa and West Asia also had a very ambiguous attitude.
Jiang Mingxuan also talked about the future of agriculture: "Thanks to the development of genetic technology, we have now cultivated a large number of seawater crops. If any party is interested in introducing seawater canals and seawater agriculture, our company is very welcome."
In response to this, the envoys from the small forces in the Sahara region all showed conflicted and eager expressions.
Apparently they both want and worry about Homo Sapiens company.
But seawater canals and seawater agriculture are very attractive, especially in areas with large areas of desert.
The forum discussion lasted more than three hours, during which time Sapiens Company had the sole say. Most of the scholars from smaller forces were just there to listen, and only European and American scholars expressed strong opposition.
However, the objections were useless, and Sapiens was already accelerating.
