Can we solve the climate crisis without confronting global inequities?
A recent study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA found that white residents in the USA produce more climate pollution than black or hispanic residents, but black and hispanic people are exposed to more air pollution.
And that is just the USA! Think about the global inequities in the "haves" and the "have nots".
And how are we going to lift people out of poverty without making the climate crisis even worse?
If you are a resident in a wealthy country, is it your responsibility to address both problems at once? And what would that look like in terms of national and international policy?
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I think that people as a whole need to understand that if we don't start to look out for our planet that the damage will be ireversable. As we progress as a society we need to keep in mind the planet on which we live on. An example of this is the bay area and how as we keep building the land is literally sinking and all the industries pump toxins into the environment and waterways. Now that we have made great leaps in technogalgy we now need to learn how to do it sustainably.