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Climate Reparations?

2022-09-15 Mama Minimalist

A hotter planet is here, my friends. Don’t believe me? Just turn on the news.

On today’s show we first break down major current climate events; we then ask ourselves a set of ethical quandaries. Should the global north pay reparations to the global south its for centuries-long polluting behaviors, or is the inequitable and unjust natures of climate change simply bad luck?

Here’s a preview:

[4:00] How’d summer go? (Hint: not great, especially in Pakistan)

[12:30] The climate reparations argument: What it is and why it has legs

[20:00] 3 ethical questions for you to answer re: charity versus reparations

Resources mentioned/Further reading:

Advocates Call On U.S. To Help Flooded Pakistan In The Name Of Climate Justice (via National Public Radio)
A Hotter World: Climate Change’s Effects Are Already Unequal (via NY Times)
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