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Climate justice
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Climate justice means justifying out actions towards climate. This reflects that every individual living in a society is socially and ethically responsible for his action. Such if a person burn trees he cannot justify his action because it contributes to global warming that is linked to climate change. Similarly companies that are engaged in the process of manufacturing and release tons of toxic agents or harmful gases are also unable too justify their actions because they are playing negative role.
I believe that climate justice stresses on the significance of saving this climate for the future generations. We all have heard about the fight if the environmentalists for implementation of the environmental protection policies by focusing on limiting negative human activities. The central concept linked to climate justice is global warming. There have been many reasons behind this global warming such as increased use of fossil fuels, deforestation and emission of toxic gases. Massive industrialization and urbanization are also common causes of global warming. I think that the excessive release of greenhouse gases is constantly threatening the world and its population due to rising temperatures and other changing impacts of the world. There is no doubt in saying that all communities and in fact everyone is impacted by global warming CITATION Gua05 \l 1033 (Guarín & Taylor, 2005). Scientific evidence has revealed that climate change is the result of high deforestation, cutting of tress and increased dependence of society of fossil fuels. It therefore reveals that everyone is socially and ethically responsible for taking care of the environment and controlling their practices that are threatening the sustainability.
I believe that climate justice is extremely important for protecting it from the adverse human activities and saving it for our future generations. Climate change has become a serious issue of justice because global warming is increasing with every passing years CITATION Gua05 \l 1033 (Guarín & Taylor, 2005). Irrespective of all the measures and policy changes no progress has been made. The world is still facing the challenge of climate change. This concept is also linked to justice because climate is affecting the lives of the poor and deprived more. Considering potential climate justice ideas are important for identifying the ways that can promote its sustainability. Declaration on Climate Justice is an important step that engage global leaders and works to increase education of the people about climate justice.
Reply
I agree with the post of David Atwereboanda because she explains the aftermath of climate change and how deteriorating it would be for the human population. I like the discussion on ethical and political issues related to climate change. Populations are at risk because the change is continually threatening the world and the people. I agree that there has been significant growth in the victims hurricanes belonging too certain communities. The common threats linked to climate change include storms, hurricanes, typhoons and other natural disasters. I agree that the environmentalists have threatened the world due to consistent rise in the temperature CITATION Gua05 \l 1033 (Guarín & Taylor, 2005). Evidence and scientific researches have also confirmed that world temperature is increasing every year compared to the previous years. Hickey has managed to provide adequate support for her argument by including the reference of Haiti earthquake and the article “Hurricane hit the poor the hardest”. This effects he has considered only credible sources for evaluating the environment related issues. I think Hickey has provided adequate evidence to support the claims that climate change pose serious threats to human health and safety CITATION Jef031 \l 1033 (Fox, 2003). After reading the post it is clear that immediate measures are needed to be adopted for minimizing the challenges posed by climate change.
Climate denial
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Climate change denial is real because the most of the people in this world are not willing to change themselves for protecting it. Arguments have been made that the central reason for increased global warming is the denial of the people. This philosophy claims that climate change has been natural for freeing the humans from the responsibility of protecting climate. I don’t agree with this idea because it only dismisses the claims that human activities have the central cause behind global warming CITATION Jef031 \l 1033 (Fox, 2003). I think the central reason behind this ideology is the distrust of people on science and evidence. Deniers have debunked the criticism made on humans for damaging the ecology. I believe that deniers are only rejecting to accept their responsibility towards the environment. Another reason for this skepticism is the misconception that scientists have manipulated the data for making things look different. It is actually hard for them to accept that they have a responsibility for looking at their activities and cutting the ones that are linked to global warming. Take for example the use of fossil fuels. Majority of the population today is consuming energy and eating fast food that is linked to high fossil fuel use. Deniers want to reject the findings of the science for disconnecting from the responsibility. They want to see things as they are and deny the level of damage to the climate. Deniers have also rejected that importance of climate justice irrespective of the awareness campaigns and protests.
I believe that the industries and owners of the big companies also fall in the category of deniers because they are directly involved in activities the leads to greenhouse gas emission and global warming CITATION Gua05 \l 1033 (Guarín & Taylor, 2005). They are not willing to control their negative business practices such as release of toxic agents and increased use of fossil fuel. Deniers believe that everything that happens to climate is natural. Human activities don’t play significant role in protecting the climate. One reasons for this belief is the role of misinformation campaigns. I think it is possible to change the belief of the deniers by building trust for scientific evidence and convincing them that every person is responsible for protecting the environment and has a responsibility towards the climate. It is important for the campaigners to environmentalists to identify the right way of responding to their claims.
Reply
I like the post of Joseph M Hickey because he manages to make a valid point by explaining that it is important to examine the issue of climate change from both sides. The viewpoints of Hickey are important for understanding the role of climate denial and how prevalent it is in current times. I agree with him on the point that the remarks of people on climate change reflect their political orientation. Climate change has somehow resulted in the social and ecological collapse. I agree that the environmentalists have stressed on adopting adequate measures for saving this planet. The first Earth Day was founded in 1970 with the goal of giving awareness to the people about the threats that the world is facing due to destructive human activities. I like the point made by Hickey that even a common man can understand what is happening to this climate and the causes behind them. I also agree that the climate and planet earth has experienced much destruction due to the human activities. There is need for taking the responsibility of saving the climate by committing to avoid practices that threatens its sustainability.
References
Fox, J. (2003). People and Environment. Springer.
Guarín, A., & Taylor, A. H. (2005). Drought triggered tree mortality in mixed conifer forests in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Forest Ecology and Management,Vol 218 .
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