LETTER FROM HAPPY ENGLISH SCHOOL Nov. 13th,2019

Hello. How are you?　We won’t have to worry about stormy weather any more this year, will we? Japan appears to be extremely vulnerable to natural disasters, especially ones apparently caused by climate change. The loss caused by natural disasters is increasing year by year. I am wondering which disaster-stricken areas I should support because there are too many. Recently we have had torrential rainfalls, raging floods, violent winds, ferocious landslides and mudslides triggered by storms, which have deprived many people of their normal lives.

Last year the typhoon 21 devastated the southern part of Osaka and this year the typhoon 15 , 19 and 21 ravaged Chiba, Nagano and other Kanto regions. It is highly likely that natural disasters will hit Japan next year, too. Which part of Japan? Nobody knows. However, we cannot rule out the possibility that we might fall victim to the relentless weather next.

It is an irony that we have thrived by burning fossil fuels, which has turned out to threaten our living.

気候変動のため、災害が頻繁に起こるようになりました。この２年間だけでも去年の台風２１号そして今年の１５号・１９号・２１号は甚大な被害をもたらしました。

まだまだ復興もままならない状態であるようです。何か役に立つといってもいくらかの義捐金を送ることしかできませんが、復興が少しでも早く進むように祈る思いです。アメリカのパリ協定からの撤退もあり、さらに温暖化が進み、そして、来年も天災が間違いなく日本を襲う事でしょう。次は私たちにも被害が及ぶかもしれません。 化石燃料を燃やして繁栄し、また化石燃料で生活が奪われる。そんな皮肉な結末？　この流れを阻むために、代替エネルギーをもっと活用し、環境にやさしい生活を更に実践していかなければなりません。