Jordan Wilson
Soc 202-01
October 29, 2010
Closing the global equality gap between the rich “North” and the poor “South” would reduce the amount of carbon emission released into the atmosphere according to UK researchers for Global Warming. Currently, there is a gap between the industrialized North and the populous South, and researchers have found that both population size and economic growth contribute to emissions, though wealth seems to be more important to carbon emissions while population contributes more significantly to global warming.
This article interested me because it was a different kind of inequality. However, it was not explicit in its explanations and connections of economic wealth and population with carbon emissions. I did notice that the article specified that the North is particularly industrialized and the South is highly populated, and that economics is important to carbon emissions while population is connected to global warming. So there is a difference there, but there still remains the question of where the inequality comes into play. Is it inequality within an industrialized country that produces more emission, or is it an inequality between the northern countries and southern countries? Is the article suggesting that there should be more people in the North and more industrialization in the South? I agree that “to achieve global sustainability, a serious commitment to greenhouse gas emissions reduction is required…” but I would like to know more about its connection to economic and populace inequalities around the world. The only thing that makes sense to me in this article is the fact that a “swelling” populace contributes significantly to global warming.
2 comments:
This is very revealing. I think that they need to make an equal amount of industrialized energy reduction between the north and south countries, so that there is no inequality. If the people were to have a set limit of carbon emissions for both the north and south parts, this may help. They need to figure out a way to help the Earth, by not having too much emissions from both they north or south.
I think this article left out some important information clarifying inequalities. I do agree that changes need to be made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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