The present situation of Xinghai

On March 3rd, 2065438, KLOC-0, Peking University Institute of Strategic Studies and Peking University MBA Alumni Association held a special press conference. The content of the conference is two photos: these two photos were taken in 2009 and 20 1 year respectively. The content of the picture is the source of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, the mother rivers of the Chinese nation: Xinghai and Jianggendiru glaciers. The photographers of the pictures are Qu Xiangdong, a famous host of CCTV, and Mr. Wang Hairong, the chairman of Singapore RH Energy Company, a teammate of his "Second Plan" scientific research team. They went to the plateau on 20 10 with the photos of the two places taken by famous photographers such as Mr. Sui Chu in the 1970s, and went to the Sanjiangyuan area to look for the location as taken by Mr. Sui Chu. Finally, on March 10 and 15, we successfully reached the Jianggendiru Glacier in the Jacky of the Yangtze River, and completed the purpose of investigation and shooting.

After reading these two pictures, people can't help but think of the drought in southwest China. What's going on here? Is global warming the direct cause of these phenomena? Is human life and production the real culprit? Scholars and experts attending the meeting, Qu Xiangdong and Wang Hairong of the "Three Rivers Source Scientific Research Team of the Second Plan" have caused more in-depth discussions and even heated debates on these topics.

Judging from the pictures released by them on the spot, after more than 30 years of vicissitudes, Xinghai at the source of the Yellow River is not worthy of the name, and the beautiful lakes and mountains dotted in the past have become dry lakes and barren Gobi; However, in Jianggendi at the source of the Yangtze River, the retreat and melting of large glaciers can be clearly seen.

1979, the China municipal government announced that the upper reaches of Jianggendi, such as glaciers, are the source of the Yangtze River. 1976, People's Pictorial reporter Ru Suichu photographed the whole picture of Jianggendi, such as glacier ice's tongue. In the past 30 years, no more than 300 people should have arrived here. On March 5, 20 10, 10, Qu Xiangdong and others stood in the place where Ru Suichu had taken photos, and finally photographed the current situation of Jianggendi as a glacier. What they feel is happiness. Is it shock? At least at that time, the severe altitude sickness brought to him at an altitude of 5400 meters was a deep memory. When they finished taking pictures, Wang Hairong shouted: Don't move east, I'll take pictures for you! QuXiangDong answer, while stumbling down from the hillside, even as if still awake.

Qu Xiangdong, TV planner and host. He has been the host of CCTV's Economic Half-hour, Dialogue and Everyone for a long time, and interviewed hundreds of masters at zero distance, covering a wide range of fields such as economy, science and technology, culture and art. 1 9 9 8, he spent three months driving along the Yellow River, from the estuary to the source, interviewing and filming "The Yellow River is cut off, Wan Li explores the source", and began a journey of "ecological witness" touching the earth with his heart and footprint. Today, his footprints have spread all over the North and South Poles, Amazon, Sanjiang, Siberia, South African grasslands, Andean Plateau, Lop Nur, Taklimakan and Himalayan glaciers ... In the fourth report of I P CC in 2 0 0 7, the concept of "2 degrees threshold" was put forward for the first time, that is, 2 degrees is the highest temperature rise that human society can bear, and he began to pay attention to and think about it during his trip: Why 2 degrees? Will it really happen? What happened to our planet from 1850 to 2050?

Since 2009, Qu Xiangdong has launched the "Two Plans", a global investigation activity on climate change and ecological civilization. The goal is to visit, interview and film places seriously threatened by climate change and ecological crisis, pay attention to the ecological changes that have occurred and will occur in these areas from 1850 to today and even in 2050, and make documentaries. The composition of the investigation team, in addition to the media and the film crew, attracted EMBA students from major business schools. Qu Xiangdong hopes that the participation of these pillars of China's industry will better drive China's industry to pay attention to the global topic of climate change and actively participate in the construction of a new world economic structure triggered by climate change.

At the press conference, Qu Xiangdong, who has just returned from the plateau, seems to have not fully recovered from the physical shock caused by altitude sickness, or the witness of Sanjiang has brought him more questions. He always needs to think a little when answering every question. But when it comes to climate change, it is a scientific, political, social, economic and moral issue. His thoughts are meticulous and his views are endless.

The photo itself took two years to shoot, during which it experienced an extremely difficult failure. In 2009, in the place only 18 kilometers away from the source, in the face of harsh climate and muddy frozen soil, we experienced more than 100 traffic jams and car excavations. When oil and supplies were almost cut off, Qu Xiangdong and team member Wang Hairong and others had to give up. Speaking of that experience, they are still very excited.

On March 20 10, they pushed into Jiangyuan again. In order to avoid the frozen soil from being stuck when they first entered the source of the river, they chose the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and entered the source of the river when the land was still frozen. Everything is going well. Off-road vehicles run wildly in hard frozen soil and even rivers, and there are no more muddy obstacles, except for severe altitude sickness caused by rapid rise and low temperature of MINUS 30 degrees.

However, this photo is shocking. In the photo, the glacier tongue of Jianggen land, such as a glacier, has retreated by about 1 km. Most of the areas in the photos taken by Ru Suichu are already loess. Although the magnificent glaciers can be approached, they will soon retreat into the snow-capped mountains in Gladin Cave. I'm afraid it's hard to see the amazing wonders of Jiangyuan in The Story of the Yangtze River again. In the contrast photos of Xinghai at the source of the Yellow River, Qu Xiangdong and his "two-degree plan" used practical actions to make their voices heard by Chinese people. Their method is simple: go to places that may be greatly affected by climate change and record the changes. Tell the people of China in the most intuitive way, and tell the world what is happening there.

A reporter asked that a series of findings of IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) encountered a crisis of confidence. Does climate change exist? Is it the result of people? These newly obtained views seem to be being questioned by people. Facing this problem, Qu Xiangdong said that the pursuit of truth is endless. We took this photo not only to prove something, but also to show that we were there through our actions. We can't rely on hearsay and other people's observations and data to reach our conclusions. We need to go out and make our own observations and judgments. As a big country that gradually assumes international responsibilities, this is our duty.

He also stressed that no matter what the truth is, no one can stay out of the debate on global climate change and the changes in economic structure caused by it. It is our unshirkable historical responsibility to pay attention to this topic with actions and make the right choice. A correct understanding of this is also the purpose of the "2-degree plan".