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Canada: Colonial Context
- How does your footprint reflect the economy of your country, including its colonial relations?
My footprints shows how I treat my country, which means the results happen to what I did.
The Economy of our country, Canada is doing quite well because of how most people act, we recycle and give as much as we can. Our Economy is only becoming greater.
The colonial relations are the way we treat the First Nations in Canada, and what we give them. They government pays everything for them and that's the way we treat them- with high respect.
2. How are the effects of climate change related with power imbalances among countries or within countries?
U.S.A is a very powerful country, and it can produce many GHG that make the Climate Change stronger, if they changed how some things worked there would be less GHG. Same thing within countries, you have your cities and the people that live in them. Those people can make a change
China also is a very powerful country that makes GHG.
Both countries create so much compared to Africa.
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Hello Cielo,
Great reflection! In fact, China is one of the propellers of the Paris Agreement, and although the US backed out of the climate deal, they are still very supportive of the targets that were agreed on (http://time.com/4810846/china-energy-climate-chang... In the US, industries are shifting from coal to natural gas and renewables, so in the later years, the GHG emissions will most likely decrease. I think another reason Canada is doing quite well in terms of the environment is because it has stricter and better standards and policies. What policies do you think should be put in place in countries such as China, USA, and India, so they could reach their targets and become sustainable, not at the expense of their economy, and numerous citizens?
Keep it up!!
Helen Chen
Sep 27, 2017