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Why We Don’t Care About Saving Our Grandchildren From Climate Change
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Why We Don’t Care About Saving Our Grandchildren From Climate Change
Tue, 2014-04-22 22:09 — Kathy GilbeauxSome 30,000 people demonstrate in the center of Copenhagen on Dec. 12, 2009 to turn up the heat on world leaders debating global warming at the U.N. climate conference
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A new study shows that human beings are too selfish to endure present pain to avert future climate change. That's why we need win-win solutions now
science.time.com - by Bryan Walsh - October 21, 2014
You want to know what the biggest obstacle to dealing with climate change is? Simple: time. It will take decades before the carbon dioxide we emit now begins to have its full effect on the planet’s climate. And by the same token, it will take decades before we are able to enjoy the positive climate effects of reducing carbon-dioxide emissions now.
STUDY - Intra- and intergenerational discounting in the climate game
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