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Originally Posted by Pastiche
So you would not have a problem with the proposed global cap and trade systems which would see money transfered from western countries to developing countries to build clean energy and support adaptation efforts?
Already doing this.
Because we're already doing this we can assume that you actually don't favour additional action to mitigate climate change considering that you said we should be focusing instead on more important things. Which we are already focusing on.
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I would simply not favor policies that favor environmental policies over economic recovery at this time. If there is a good compromise, that's fine.
I don't think cap and (emissions) trade is generally the ideal answer as pollution trading creates tons of problems of its own which I don't want to get into in this thread. Emissions trading as currently employed is probably unfair, offers unjust advantages to major pollutors resulting from government issued permits, it's ineffective due to cheating, and distracts people from looking for real solutions as they simply trade their emissions for offsets. If transferring money from western countries to developing ones is purely for developing clean energy where it could be better spent on liberalizing those countries and improving the quality of life for those people, then I would disagree with that as well.