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 could easily stop a lot of things that contribute to global warming like reducing things I do that contribute to my carbon footprint like keeping electronics plugged in and leaving lights on and being conservative about my resources, I believe if we stopped doing things like that we would see a big change.
yo what up matthew, i totally i agree with what you said here but i belive if we were to take larger steps such as driving less and possibly biking more, or even buying cars with better fuel economy or smaller displacment engines we could possibly make an even bigger impact on the amount of c02 we are producing as a town or even as a state.