Whether or not moral imperatives cut mustard, surely medium term strategic interests will be more successful in delivering workable solutions to the crisis of rising waters in Bangladesh.
If developing and advanced industrial economies do not move to radically control carbon emissions, not only–in time–will Manhattan and parts of Florida be underwater, but those islands of real estate will have to deal with a human flood of immigrants from Bangladesh. And perhaps, if our leaders were serious about the claims of responsibility, if nothing is done to halt this crisis, then along with India and China, the U.S. should allow in a good number of the refugees who will come clamoring for aid and shelter.
The following links are available on the Now on PBS web page:
AFP: ‘No global climate accord without US backing’
Baltimore Sun: Rising seas, rising awareness: Climate change threatens to drown Maryland’s coasts and islands, but it’s not too late to act
The Economist: Bangkok blues —Gloom and pragmatism ahead of the Copenhagen climate-change summit
Global Warming Siren: Arnold Schwarzenegger Video on Climate Change Summit
New York Times: As Time Runs Short for Global Climate Treaty, Nations May Settle for Interim Steps
New York Times Op-ed: Yes We Can (Pass Climate Change Legislation) by John Kerry and Lindsey Graham
Pulitzer Center: Bangladesh: Easy Like Water
Reuters: Climate cooperation to help ties, Hu tells Obama
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Oxfam America: Climate Change
