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A climate treaty is not justice for any nation

There is no question that Supertyphoon Haiyan was the biggest and baddest tropical storm ever seen. The death and destruction caused by Haiyan can be added to the growing list of unusual, extra large, tremendous or remarkably violent events that have taken place over the past few years, all in some way attributed to climate change.

Like good neighbors everywhere, the world community responded again to the call for help, not only monetarily, but with rescue teams, medicines, food and other types of aid. It is difficult to put a monetary value on the aid to the Philippines, just as it is difficult to add up the aid given to Haiti, China and other countries impacted by natural disasters these past few years.

But that seems to be the big issue being talked about now. Proponents are calling it "climate justice." Adherents say the principles behind climate justice endeavor to link human rights and development so that a human approach is achieved in safe guarding the most vulnerable, or in other words, the have nots of this world.

What these advocates are saying, in plain words, is simple. Rich, industrialized countries, the ones most guilty of throwing carbon emissions into our atmosphere and creating greenhouse gases, should be required to pay reparations to those nations impacted by the destruction brought on by weather events caused by climate change.

With climate change negotiations being held in Warsaw, advocates are eager for a climate treaty that would force "wrong doers" to pay climate victims. While this sounds ludicrous, there are those that believe it is only fair to countries like Kenya, Bangladesh and others that did absolutely nothing to cause greenhouse gas increases.

Well, excuse me, but the argument just doesn't make sense, and a treaty would only end up hurting poor and developing nations, and it would put an end to creating reasonable and workable international limits on greenhouse gas emissions. The most sensible way to address the issue would be to exclude measures that would redistribute the wealth and seek redress for wrongs that go back hundreds of years.

Eric Posner and David Weisbach have published an excellent book called, "Climate Change Justice." In the book, they point out that climate change and justice are so intertwined with each other that many people now take it for granted they are one and the same, and a global climate treaty should address both issues together. They instead outline a set of four basic principles for creating a climate change treaty that would address the most pressing issues we as a global community are facing today.

Not to digress from the main issue, but the real argument for dropping the idea of reparations Nike Outlet Clearance is quite sensible. We need to look at what is known. Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere today Cheap Air Max 2016 Blue Black USA have been building up since the Industrial Revolution, one hundred years or more. Most of this took place in Europe and the United States, and these countries are the most responsible for the higher CO2 gas levels.

Using Typhoon Haiyan as an example, which country are we going to blame for the typhoon? Going further, would the typhoon have occurred regardless of greenhouse gas emissions? We can't begin to know for sure if Typhoon Haiyan, Hurricane Sandy or any other devastating weather event is the direct result of climate change, can we?

But one thing we can put some stock in, and it's the scientific backing of the effects of long term greenhouse gas emissions and their effect on the climate. And yes, the effects on poor and developing nations will be a continuing threat. But to assign a monetary value to the cost to these nations is going to backfire.

What we Nike Air Max 2016 as a world are doing right now is the most sensible way to help our neighbors. We give without question to those in the most need, regardless of political barriers or boundaries, and that's the way it should be. Let the Warsaw conference establish limits on emissions, but not on a nations ability to help their neighbors.