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Our current systems are ill equipped to respond to climate change and must be altered completely
We knew this was coming, strategies and plans had been drawn up, but the system has been unable to act in a way that avoids the worst outcomes. The performance should make us certain that the world is ill prepared to respond to larger future climate shocks.
Supporting arguments · 2
- Our society prioritizes profit over human lives due to capitalism.As a result of capitalism, our governments are incentivized to prioritize profit and protecting the economy over taking measures to save human lives. The pandemic has forced many factories and corporations to halt production, resulting in a drop in harmful carbon emissions. This, however, is unlikely to continue past the end of the pandemic.
- Our governments were not prepared for a pandemic, so we can't expect them to be prepared for a climate change catastrophe.Due to political fragmentation and bureaucracy, countries such as the United States were not prepared for a pandemic and took too long to coordinate an effective response. Climate change research exists, and so does pandemic research - but disorganization in the various levels of the government renders this research less useful than it could be.