Simon Caney Analysis

In “People or Penguins: The Case for Optimal Pollution”, William F Baxter argues the idea that we should take care of the environment only when doing so is in the best interest of mankind. Baxter argues this from an anthropocentric prosperity perspective. Baxter supports his claim by beginning his essay with four reasons for his anthropocentric preference, but his reasons only serve to influence solutions to issues that pertain to human organization. The goals work to benefit humans and completely leave out the ideas that animals have a right to live or that other parts of nature should remain undisturbed. William F Baxter tell us, “I reject the idea that there is a ‘right’ or ‘morally correct’ state of nature to which we should return” and that “The word ‘nature” has no normative connation” (Baxter, 1974, 383).

Patterson expresses a fear that “Man will be convinced by these climate cultists to turn his back on the very political, economic, and scientific institutions that made him so powerful, so wealthy, so healthy”. By framing his argument in a way that transitions from highlighting the scientific ignorance of global warming to the policies that such a worldview could impact, Patterson attempts to establish a chain of logic that justifies his concern for global warming as an influence on government. The language used in the sentence (“climate cultists” trying to convince “Man”, turning their back on beneficial institutions) also implies to the reader that the proponents of global warming are actively attempting to undermine the institutions that have allowed humankind to thrive in the modern world. This opinion is underlined later in the article, when Patterson contemplates why many “hope” for climate change catastrophe.

This paper considers two issues: firstly, human rights in the developing world and secondly Canada’s responsibility of humanitarian assistance. Both issues are of grave importance and are mutually exclusive - as nations lacking strong human rights standards are more likely to require the greatest humanitarian assistance. Additionally, the need for humanitarian assistance will increase as global crises become more frequent, due to climate change insecurity (Adger, Huq, Brown, Conway & Hulme, 2003). The example of climate change will be utilised throughout this paper to explore the disparaging links between climate justice and human rights. In defining humanitarian assistance this paper will take Jamieson’s (2004) definition that humanitarian assistance is a response to crises via support in the short term to overcome disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. Whereas, development assistance considers the longer term issues in developing countries. By defining the two main types of assistance this paper will propose that greater investment into development aid may reduce the need for humanitarian aid as nations become more capable to support themselves. The body of this paper will consider key arguments concerning humanitarian assistance and human rights, including: Canadas humanitarian response in the developing world, the increasing need for global crisis response, human rights as a global responsibility and lastly the move from humanitarian to development assistance. In

Climate change has become a major issue in global environmental politics as it has been shown to have a correlation with issues such as deforestation, biodiversity loss, and desertification. As Chapter 45 states “The 2007 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) found consensus in the scientific community that greenhouse gas emissions have significantly increased because of human activity and, further, that the modest temperature increases we have already experienced are “very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations.” Due to this report awareness was brought to almost everyone of how serious human activity was to the global climate. In 2009, it was declared that “If global warming is to be limited to a maximum of two degrees C. above preindustrial values, global emissions need to peak between 2015 and 2020 and then decline rapidly”. To me this sounds foreboding and it is something that deserves our full attention immediately. To try and get a better understanding of how serious climate change is, I’m going to try and interpret chapter 45 which deals on climate change through 5 different paradigms of International Relations.

The main objective of environmental human rights is to “create increasing opportunities of legal action to protect the environment.” Barry and Woods emphasize that “[t]he point of claiming environmental human right(s) is, therefore, to promote some minimum level of environmental sustainability as being beyond the sphere of political compromise.” According to Philip, human rights advocates should not lose sight of their

When I polled a few of my friends about “what is the single most critical problem facing us today?” I got a frequent response that’s not so shocking, climate change. So why climate change? Why not obesity, or population control, or education? While all of those are problems that deserve discussion, no single topic is so fundamental to us as humans as climate change. In 2007 Al Gore stated in his person of the year interview that “Today we 're dumping 70 million tons of global-warming pollution into the environment, and tomorrow we will dump more, and there is no effective worldwide response. Until we start sharply reducing global-warming pollution, I will feel that I have failed.” (Walsh) Perhaps the paradigm has changed. Climate change is now talked about at every level of government, in large and small businesses, and communities across the globe. It’s a topic that functions to affect our economy and our environment. Moving forward, it’s important to understand why our way of life will be affected by the way we tackle these issues surrounding climate change. Climate change is the single most important issue affecting the human race today due to its widespread impact on our survival; impacting food sources, transportation, weather, geography and other life forms on the earth.

The content in which the author’s argument is structured is crucial to the overall effect of her article. She begins with a statement describing how some feel uncertain about climate change and more specifically the disagreement about anthropogenic climate change. Subsequently, the author proves her main claim that humans are affecting climate change with supporting evidence from credible organizations. She continues to examine her gathered evidence to reinforce her argument as factual, and not merely opinion based. Towards the end of her article, she generates an emotional tone “our grandchildren will surely blame us if they find that we understood the reality of anthropogenic climate change and failed to do anything about it”, which connects her to the audience (par. 9). This advances her purpose because she then asks the readers to take action and listen to climate scientists, who have tried to make anthropogenic climate change clear to the public (par. 10).

Climate change in our natural ecosystems are at risk; since human economics and cultures depend on. Caused by human factors such as greenhouse gases, the evidence of climate change is becoming more clearer. These ecosystems, it threatens humans as well. According to Stephen M Gardiner, money and morals block our way to stop global warming. In his essay “A Perfect Moral Storm”, he lists these types of dilemmas, or “storms”that prevent meaningful action against climate change: the global storm, the intergenerational storm, the theoretical storm, and the moral storm. By “theoretical storm”, Gardiner refers to the fact that the ongoing climate change is a result of uncontemplation. On the other hand, Climatologist John R Christy believes that global warming isn’t something that we should worry about and our impact will be minuscule if we try to stop it. Of these dilemmas, the theoretical storm is most critical to Christy’s testimony because the time to fixate global warming is now before the future populations decide it’s too late.

In the contemporary world, the importance of the environment, human lives in, which was always debatable, has now become controversial. The substantial influence of global warming has sparked the controversy over the potential impact of this trend on climate change in recent years. It can be agreed that governments as a more powerful body is responsible to control this unwanted change, however, multitude individuals claim that all companies and citizens themselves are part of the solution. This essay will examine all arguments on this contentious issue under scrutiny prior to reaching an informed conclusion.

What I just read makes me think about how people sent mail or letters to someone who was far away from them because, in the book Michael Vey, letters and notes were easily sent by the use of technology. During the olden days when technology was not available, how were messages sent to people around the world?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in a report said “More people are projected to be harmed than benefited by climate change, even for global mean temperature increases of less than a few degrees centigrade.” If you don’t care to hear me out listen to people’s IQ that make me look like a fool they know their stuff. The IPCC are telling you, no us that harm will come to everyone but more to the people and industries that are responsible for the gasses that are harming the planet. The report shifts to another part “ The ability of human systems to adapt to and cope with climate change depends on such factors as wealth, technology, education, information, skills, infrastructure, access to resources, and management capabilities.” not everyone on the planet has all the “factors” needed to last and make through what’s to

(2013). Climate Change, Human Rights and Moral Responsibility. Climate Change and Individual Responsibility, 1-25. doi:10.1057/9781137464507.0007

Jim Casy was separated from the group earlier in the book and they are finally reunited. Jim has finally gotten to Tom with his theory that we are all a part of one big soul. Everything happens for a reason and it all contributes to the big picture. Tom has opened up and is telling stories from the jail, when a rustling of leaves comes from outside the tent. When Jim goes to check things out he was struck over the head with an axe. Contradicting to how far Tom has gotten on becoming a better person he picks up the axe and kills the attacker. This symbolism back to the beginning of the book when he killed the first attacker. Tom realizes what he has done and is forced to run into hiding. This surprise act just shows theme in how everything is

All structures of society are challenged by climate change because there is literally no existence without the earth. Both Klein and McFague have helped me understand that injustice calls for drastic change; a new definition of development. It’s not simply fixing the harm, but conceiving a new reality where the right to live for all living things is recognized and pursued. Klein calls for a change in everything, and injustice will still plague society unless all sources of oppression are rewritten. Justice is not the right to exist, but the right to survive and thrive. As Klein puts it, we need systems designed to “promote more life”

There are many literary devices in this song, and the first one is onomatopoeia. Scotty Sire writes, “WHOOPDIE DOO” and, “HAHA”. These are onomatopoeias because they are words are sounds associated with words. Secondly, the lyrics, “I’m always so sad the littlest things get me upset or mad my life’s pretty good, no I don’t have it bad” are rhymes. The words, sad, mad, and bad, all rhyme, and are adjectives that tell how Scotty feels. He uses these words because he wants the listener to know how he feels right away, without having to think more about what the word means. Additionally, the lyric “I’m just a baby” is a metaphor, because Scotty is not actually a baby, he just compares himself to one because he is sad and cries a lot. The next literary