Posted on 09/22/2017 10:24:52 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Hurricanes in the Caribbean and deadly floods across South Asia have once again raised the issue of climate justice.
The association between such events and climate change is now beyond serious question: we have had 30 years of well-founded scientific warnings about the relationship between increasing global temperatures and the incidence and severity of extreme weather. Much more problematic is the question of responsibility for climate change itself, and who should justly pay compensation for the resulting damage.
Responsibility for global warming was usually framed as an obligation for developed states to make the initial moves to reduce their emissions, under the concept of “common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities”. Climate justice was seen as something developed states owed less developed states, and were obliged to deliver so the latter had an incentive to cut their emissions, too.
True climate justice will have to reorientate the debate away from state sovereignty and international standing towards a focus on personal harm. A system of individual carbon accounting would also help so that people make a contribution to poverty reduction and disaster relief appropriate to their wealth and lifestyle.
As hurricanes engulf numerous countries at once, and indirectly affect even more, climate change powerfully illustrates the need for creative thinking about a truly global cosmopolitanism in which the avoidance of human suffering comes before self-interest and it is recognised that there are many poor and vulnerable people in “rich countries” and fabulously rich people in “poor countries”.
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Silly you. History starts TODAY. Winston, do you really believe there were no major hurricanes believe 2007 and 2016? How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?
Who should pay? Obviously conservative-minded Americans, who’s debt will be proportional to wealth.
Who should be compensated? Obviously any leftist-minded politician who can oversee those funds, making sure they go to the “right” place.
You wouldn't let an 8th graders with a science project get away with crap like that.
That should have sunk them right then and there.
But remember there's literally trillions of dollars riding on these frauds.
Climate change is caused by (1) God or (2) Mother Nature, depending upon your beliefs. Good luck collecting from either!
Go ahead and tick-off (mother) nature and God (the father) (who’s responsible) and see where that getcha. Just sue the Sun and you have a case provable with real science in a court of law.
The real question...
Will there be any money left for “climate justice” after we’ve finished paying “reparations”?
Hey,
It doesn’t matter what it is, the U.S.A. is guilty and they need to pay dearly.
What a load of Hooey
Since many people act crazy during the full moon, the full moon causes insanity. This is beyond serious question.
There is no man made climate change. No money should be spent for something that does not exist.
What an idiot. There is no way to make the SUN pay for hurricanes.
“San Francisco sues Exxon over ‘warming,’ but there’s 1 huge problem ...”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3588090/posts
“the city of San Francisco is suing five of the world’s largest oil and gas companies based on the “scientific consensus” that mankind is causing catastrophic damage to the planet through fossil fuels and other carbon emissions.”
The answer of who should pay is obvious, if you are a liberal. Who should pay is those who can pay!
Who should be compensated? Again, it is obvious to a liberal. Anyone who has little should be compensated.
Take from the rich and give to the poor (and the politicians).
Seriously, this is silly and stupid.
https://i.redd.it/nyd82khwx71z.png
The AGW cult has never been about anything other than economically punishing The West for the great crime against humanity of defeating the soviet union.
Nobody and nobody
I got wet in a shower yesterday! Where are my reparations????????
Asia gets storms like this every year. But they don’t bitch and moan about it, in fact they get very little coverage. Typhoons have always been a part of life and some big ones hit this year. But you would never know that by the American mainstream media.
The “climate scientists” and model makers should have to pay for all of it. It’s their baby.
This article is a classic example of an intellectual activity that serves no practical purpose!
IOW, mental masturbation!
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