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Climate change is unfair. While rich countries can fight against rising oceans and dying farm fields, poor people around the world are already having their lives upended — and their human rights threatened — by killer storms, starvation and the loss of their own lands. Mary Robinson asks us to join the movement for worldwide climate justice..
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I completely agree with your view points. Reading your blog post and watching the video has completely opened up a new door for me. I found the video quite interesting. I never thought about how climate change is unfair. The majority of emissions are coming from developed countries and they should be trying harder to reduce those emissions and help developing countries with all their problems as they are being hit hardest with the effects of climate change. The third world countries cannot solve their problems on their own which is all the more reason to help them out, but the first world countries cannot be doing everything. Reducing emissions has to be a collective effort from all around the globe. Everyone needs to cooperate and work together to achieve their targets and goals.
Thank you for sharing the video, Ann! Yes, poor countries are not as well equipped to deal with climate change and may need to rely heavily on international organizations in order to mitigate the effects of climate change. Bangladesh is ranked as the country most vulnerable to climate change and will need lots of help from other countries. Since wealthier countries have contributed most to the problem with the largest carbon foot print, we hold a larger responsibility to solve the problem. However, the problem can only be solved when everybody co-operates (especially the G7 countries). This becomes a problem that can be explored using game theory to explain why countries may hesitate to invest largely to the problem. Instead of a top-down approach to tackling climate change, local institutions may be much more effective in solving climate change.
Jasmine Sekhon
Oct 18, 2015