GEM - Green Evangelization Movement

Green Evangelization Movement, also known as GEM in its short form is registered as a charitable Trust in Gods Own Country, Kerala, by a group of Jesus Youth supporters, with the intention of nurturing God's Own Nature by doing activities related to the mission of our project which is to reduce air pollution at the earliest. As a result of that we promote the use of electric vehicles instead of fuel powered vehicles, solar powered panels and equipment's to depend on electricity from sustainable renewable energy sources, reducing pollution in construction, waste management, controlling indoor air pollution, promoting plastic recycling units, interior and exterior plants that gives clean air to breathe, planting maximum trees, especially the ones that absorbs carbon emissions like mangroves, installing bio gas plants, promoting electric vehicle charging stations etc.

Considering the horrific situation where millions of people are dying every year due to air pollution and what is more alarming is that billions are affected by many chronic diseases, we started promoting Green oriented projects for reducing air pollution, which is the need of the hour that will tackle the greatest human made disaster of all time, the world is experiencing now.

Our Organization is keenly working towards curbing this disaster and is fully committed in implementing all possible measures for bringing this disaster to an end. As the world gets hotter and more crowded, our engines continue to pump out malign emissions, and half the world has no access to clean fuels or technologies. Today nine out of ten people breathe excessively polluted air, which is the primary cause of the atrocious murderous killing of millions every year.

Let us join hands to impact fully terminate this murderous calamity called air pollution which mercilessly causes havoc on human population across the globe. If we are to ponder on this problem wisely, then we realize how selfish and ignorant our Governments and World leaders are, as even after being a direct victim of this calamity, they still fail to work on it or even change its hazardous impact on all of us. So as a matter of fact each and every human being in this universe will be affected by the disasters if air pollution.

Apart from human beings all the species including the planet as a whole will have a threat to its existence which is unbelievable but a real fact which has started to prove its point in recent times. Actually it's everyone, everything and everywhere, which is affected by air pollution including unborn children and our planet as a whole. In this situation the role of GEM becomes so vital where the common man will be given the proper awareness about the disasters of air pollution and also train them about the alternatives to be used for getting out of this nuisance.

Air Pollution - A Real Threat

According to the WHO, more than 1 million premature deaths in China are caused by air pollution every year and India leads the world in pollution related deaths which also crosses more than a million in a year. Air pollution would decrease the lifespan of a human being from 51 to20 years because it makes innocent people suffer from chronic respiratory and other related diseases including coronary Heart problems, Stroke, Lung Cancer etc. Mostly children below the age of five are leading to lifestyle diseases and also the people above the age of 60, are being very badly affected . In 2019, 16 000 infants died in India within the first month being born, often a direct outcome of a mothers exposure to air pollution during pregnancy.

Most of the 7 million premature deaths attributed to air pollution by the WHO, originates from various poisonous chemicals emitted by the exhausts of fuel powered vehicles, sandstorms, agriculture, industry, wildfires, burning of fossil fuels, felling of trees to widen roads, construction of new housing and public infrastructure to accommodate migrant workers etc. According to the WHO, India Exceeds The limits of small particle pollution by 500%.

Climate change amplifies the health risks caused by pollution, due to intense exhaustion of diesel and petrol vehicles, forest fires, Coal firing power plants, burning of agricultural wastes etc. Link with Lung cancer is well established, where excess deaths from air pollution are caused by Heart attacks, Strokes etc.

Air Pollution And Solution

A holistic accounting of the harm from fossil-fuel burning is needed to address the growing threat to future generations. Unless we act forcefully right now, our children and theirs will inherit an unsustainable world, lacking the essential ecological resources and social stability to support them.

Globally, the majority of air pollution is generated by the combustion of fossil fuel like diesel fuel, gasoline, oil, Coal and natural gas for transportation, electricity production, heating and industry. Worldwide, in 2011, fossil fuels represented 82% of the total primary energy supply.

The global transportation sector accounts for almost half of energy related Carbon emissions and this proportion is rising. Air pollution emissions from transport have been linked to nearly 400,000 premature deaths annually. Almost half of all deaths by air pollution are caused by diesel, petrol and CNG emissions from the transportation sector, while those living closest to major traffic arteries are up to 12% more likely to be diagnosed with dementia.

A global solution for this is to reduce vehicle emissions to the maximum as an important intervention to improve air quality, especially in urban areas. Policies and standards that require the use of cleaner fuels with advanced vehicle emission standards and the promotion of electric vehicles will reduce vehicle emissions to a great extent. Team Green is fully committed behind the same to save the lives of millions and billions affected by chronic diseases due to air pollution.

When the air is polluted through Carbon and other poisonous emissions, microscopic flecks which are small enough to enter the bloodstream via the respiratory system, leads to Asthma, Lung cancer ,chronic Heart diseases, Stroke etc. Among the world's megacities of million or more people, the most PM2.5-toxic in 2019 was the Indian capital New Delhi where Air pollution has now become a symbol of Delhi, followed by Lahore in Pakistan, Dhaka in Bangladesh, Kolkata in India, Linyand Tianjin in China, and Jakarta in Indonesia.

UN on Electric Fleets

According to the recent United Nations electric mobility program, it can take as much as 20 years to turn over a country's vehicle fleet. As the very big boom in car numbers in the developing countries is still ahead, we have to make vital steps to ensure low emission technology and avoid an increase in emissions.

The UN Electric Mobility Programme is currently the only global programme that supports electric mobility for developing and transitional countries.As of today, the UN Environment is supporting over 50 countries and cities to introduce Electric buses, car, two and three wheelers.The current transport contributes approximately one quarter of all energy related Carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere, which is set to reach one third, growing faster than any other sector.The global passenger car fleet will double by 2050.

In developing markets, where an estimated hecoenotf four care will be fuel powered. Yet, while developing countries have the fastest growing fleets, most of them have no vehicle emissions standards, new programmes and attractive incentives to promote zero emission vehicles. To achieve a more cleaner transport sector, a combination of effective measures needs to be implemented world wide like non motorized electric transport facilities, public transport, more cleaner and more efficient on - road fleets with electric vehicles .Some countries have put in place policies to support the use of electric vehicles. For example, through a comprehensive set of fiscal and non fiscal measures, one out of our car sold in Norway today is electric, while in China national two and three wheeler strategy that started ten years ago had excellent results.

UN Electric Mobility Program - 2

The UN Environment Programme will work with countries and its strategic partners to support shift from fossil fuels to electric vehicles, including buses, 2 and 3 wheelers and light duty vehicles. The UN Environment Programme will use its extensive network and country contacts to promote electric mobility with a special focus on clean technology options to support the development of electric mobility strategies. The UNEP's Electric Mobility Programme supports countries with a focus on emerging economies, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution by introducing electric mobility. The Programme will be a major contribution to UNEP's work o n air quality, also with regards to the United Nations Environment Assemblies, Air quality resolution and the implementation of the Paris climate agreement.

Today transport contributes approximately one quarter of all energy related Carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere, which is set to reach one-third, growing faster than any other sector. The global passenger Car fleet is projected to double by 2050, with themajority of growth taking place in developing markets. Even though developing countries have the fastest growing fleets, most have no vehicle emissions standards, in place to promote zero emission vehicles. Furthermore electric vehicles will be a stepping stone towards designing an intelligent and futuristic green healthy infrastructure for the transport sector which will be capable of catering to the mobility needs of the huge population indifferent countries.