Reflect on the systematic structure of the inequality underlying Global Warming that Baer and Singer examine in global warming and the political ecology of health then answer the following questions…….
Week 9 Discussion: Global Warming
1. What are some ways in which people around the world are mitigating the adverse impacts of global warming?
Global warming is one of the concerning issues that the whole world is worrying about at present times. The rate of global warming is increasing at a faster pace therefore it is high time that humans become more conscious of the rising temperature on earth. Therefore, to combat the problem of global warming people across the world have been switching over to the use of renewable energy rather than using fossil fuels. Solar energy and wind energy are harnessed to a greater extent in order to save non-renewable natural resources. Manufacturing of Electric cars and electric buses is being encouraged to reduce the amount of smoke released into the atmosphere from petrol or diesel vehicles. the concept of building green energy has become popular in recent times. The energy from biofuels is also trapped to reduce the use of fossil fuels. There are political efforts across the world as well to ensure the sustainable use of natural resources and to decrease emissions so that the process of global warming can be controlled. The Paris Agreement shows the political will to stop climate change and take necessary actions to combat climate change across the world.
2) What are the challenges faced by the anti-global warming movement?
The challenge for the anti-global warming movements is that harnessing alternative sources of energy is difficult as well as costly. Although the companies are focussed on CSR activities lately it can be often seen that most of the companies apart from some of the business giants are more focussed on the profit-making part and less on their CSR activities. Yet smaller enterprises are not at all focussed on the sustainable use of environmental resources.
3) How do Baer and Singer envision the positive contributions anthropologists can make in global warming debates and in anti-global warming politics?
Anthropologists play a critical role in the global warming debate as anthropologists conduct research to assess the impact of human activities on climate change. Anthropologists also study the impact of climate change on the populations on earth. It is one of the subjects that include research in diversified niches and collaborates the research studies from other fields to understand the implications of climate change on human survival. According to Baer and Singer anthropologists play an important role by collaborating the data from all fields and making a comprehensive study about global warming and its impact on human lives.
4) Do you think the “democratic ecosocialist” approach can come to fruition and/or meaningfully inform global environmental and public health policy? Why or why not? What other and/or better economic systems can we draw from or even develop that you believe is more ideal than either capitalism or democratic socialism?
The “Democratic Eco socialist” approach is gaining prominence as it is based on a growth model and not on mere production and consumption of goods and services. The idea of democratic Ecosocialism is more in alignment with sustainable development than capitalism. I feel that the socialistic approach to the economic model is more fruitful as it focuses on the overall development of the common mass. Rather I think an environmentally sustainable approach to the economy is the need of the hour.
