What does equity have to do with the global warming issue? Explain
What will be an ideal response?
Equity means "the state, quality, or ideal of being just, impartial, and fair"
according to the dictionary. In this case, we are referring to the costs and gains coming from
global warming. The causes of global warming lie in the industrial revolution, which was
restricted to what are now called the developed countries. These countries have benefited
from spewing out greenhouse gases, and the inhabitants of these countries have benefited
from these actions as well. Should the groups that have caused the problem and gained
thereby also pay the price for cleaning up the mess? What is fair in this context? What does
justice mean? These are good questions, and students (and citizens) do need to contemplate
these equity issues.
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