IAH 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Stephen Palumbi, Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change, Garrett Hardin
18 Jul 2019
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Important to recognize the great value of nature"s services. Lie rejects efforts to attach a price to them as futile attempts to legitimize the standard cost-benefit policy framework, which he believes undermines the struggle to protect the natural environment. Replacing fossil fuels would increase energy security and avoid dangerous climate change. Given that there may be some uncertainty about the seriousness of global climate change, christopher flavin recommends that: If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening without sacrifice, that it is our duty to do so. If we can afford to help the poor then we must. If we are obligated to help the poor around the world then this would increase population growth beyond earths capacity and the environment will suffer from. Garrett hardin argues that we do not have an obligation to assist the poor around the world.
