Soka University confers honorary doctorate on Prof YunusBuild 'three zero clubs' to save the planet, CA urges youths

Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus on Friday received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Soka University.

He was conferred the honorary degree in recognition of his contributions to social innovation and global development.

Prof Yunus also delivered an address to a distinguished audience at Soka University in Tokyo. President of Soka University Suzuki also spoke on the occasion.

In his speech, Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus urged the youths to build 'three zero clubs' to save the planet from destruction saying the planet will not sustain under the current civilization.

"The civilisation we are building today is a self-destructive civilisation that will kill (the planet)," he said.

Prof Yunus said human beings will not be able to survive under the current civilisation as environmental destruction is going on all around the world.

Highlighting his three zero theories - zero carbon emission, zero wealth concentration and zero unemployment, he said everyone is trying to maximise his or her profit.

Majority of the world's wealth is at the hands of very few people now, the chief adviser said, adding that the wealth concentration is a curse for all.

He also focused on problems of unemployment and the challenges coming ahead due to the use of artificial intelligence.

About 'three zero clubs', Prof Yunus said five people together can create a three zero club with a commitment that they will not use fossil fuel.

Calling upon the young generation to be creative to build a new world, he said an effort of getting a job takes away people from creativity.

Noting that humans are born to be entrepreneurs, Prof Yunus said: "If you do not have creativity, you are nothing...every human being has creativity".

He also stressed establishing social business clubs to build entrepreneurs.

The chief adviser asked the students to be imaginative to create a new world, saying "imagination gives you the power to unleash yourselves."

He also enunciated the story how he started the journey of microcredit in a small village next to Chittagong University, where he was a professor of its Economics department.

Wrapping up his Japan visit, the chief adviser will depart Tokyo for Singapore enroute to Dhaka on Saturday morning by a Singapore Airlines flight.

He is expected to reach home late at night on the day.

On 27 May last, Prof Yunus arrived in Tokyo on a four-day Japan tour.