Posted on 09/22/2015 9:37:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
With the Paris World Climate Summit taking place in three months, scientists and politicians are raising concerns over the speed at which the effects of climate change are being addressed. Recently, developing countries demanded that the United States and other wealthy nations pay reparations for climate refugees affected in their respective countries. It is past time for the United States to pay its dues as it has a long history of climate inaction, and in 1997 was the only wealthy nation not to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, a document which, for many nations, represented a first step in reducing their carbon footprint. The United States has already felt the effects of a changing climate, such as Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy, and should mitigate the consequences of these disasters with the country’s abundant resources that poorer nations cannot afford.
The question of environmental reparations is a matter of ecology and humanitarianism. A changing climate could lead to a dangerous trajectory where the fight for resources in countries no longer able to provide for their own populations engage in civil wars or genocide. If a country’s resources are not enough to maintain an entire population, more extremist leaders would be willing to eliminate part of the population in order to have enough resources for the remaining inhabitants. Even if such drastic incidences are not repeated, it is undeniable that dislocated populations are often forced into war or forced to live as refugees. By paying reparations, the United States would allow poorer countries to put in place infrastructure that may help prevent ecological catastrophes which would force populations to be dislocated in the first place. This infrastructure could include seawalls in coastal areas to prevent severe flooding and proper tools for irrigation that would help reduce the impact of drought — things that, if implemented properly, could make the difference between life and death for thousands of people.
Finally, the United States should pay reparations because it is a matter of justice — the United States and China together account for more than a third of all CO2 emissions, and we are far behind other wealthy nations in reducing our emissions. Unless international organizations like the United Nations begin to financially penalize the United States for its irresponsible actions, it is unlikely that we will change our attitude. If the reparation proposals fall short, it should hardly come as a surprise to most of us. But at the very least, we must let American politicians and climate lobbyists know that their inability to take action against climate change will not go unpunished, and that those who suffer as a result shall be in some way compensated.
She’s a he.
My eyesight is going. I thought it said “Jean” :)
Ignoring the huge data changes since "Climate Change" became yet another excuse for big government control over our lives, as today's Ministry of Truth rewrites history, we're much cooler than 800 years ago. There are no "climate refugees", and everyone sensible knows that.
20-year-old, leftist college students - what don’t they know?
Hey, Jesus, name three “climate refugees” or name three Island nations recently rendered “aquatic” by climate change (Atlantis doesn’t count). You must also prove the USA is to blame beyond a reasonable doubt. Get back to me OK?
I want Jesus Kumamoto to pay me reparations for “I-got-stupider-when-I-read-his-article-ism”.
Every day there are more stories of dark outstretched palms demanding payment from white people for some fabricated grievance; before anything is paid all benefits must be removed (and they can go back to living in wattle & thatch huts with a life expectancy of 25).
Finally, the United States should pay reparations because it is a matter of justice — the United States and China together account for more than a third of all CO2 emissions, and we are far behind other wealthy nations in reducing our emissions.
I defy this climate change reality denier, DEFY his ass to find a cleaner country on the planet than America.
The global climate change mania on the part of liberals and the rest of the greedy rats in this world is long on “could” but pitifully short on specificity.
We could solve this climate change problem by getting the biggest D5s from all over the country and pushing it off into the East River.
From the article:
“raising concerns”
“climate refugees?”
“could lead to”
“if”
“could include”
“if implemented could make the difference”
“Justice” (for thee but not for me)
And finally:
US and China responsible for 1/3 of the CO2, yet no mention of Chinese Climate Reparations.
Also interesting how “punish” shows up in the last paragraph, as in “the United States will not go unpunished”. Those are the kinds of phrases that give lefties throbs of pleasure to write.
Is this kid trying to get the VP nod from Bernie?
OK!! Everybody pay attention!
Lesson for today:
1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.
2. The sun is a ball of fire that controls the climates of all its planets.
3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.
4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.
5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.
Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?
Daylight Savings Time?
-PJ
What the heck is that from?
Looks like Mr. Rogers doing some kid skit....but....
Is that Mr. Rogers?
Wow, never saw that one...
OK!! Everybody pay attention - lesson for today:
1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.
2. The sun is a ball of fire that controls the climates of all its planets.
3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.
4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.
5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.
Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?
Don’t forget about India and Russia!
This was the plan all along.
The northern countries had to deal with bad weather to make do through ingenuity, and if anything, it is the Southern countries with a monopoly on easy cultivation which should pay us back.
but fo figure, the Marxist dream of reverse “ colonization” goes hand in hand with losers dreaming to gain power and benefits over the successful.
He was a Marine sniper, I hear.
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