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[-] adamth0@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

I think we need to address this not just at individuals or corporations, but at nation states in which those individuals reside and are licensed.
We need to kick them in the wallet. Allowing rampant pollution? Extra trade tariffs, and exclusion from various international groups/events. Complicit in rampant pollution? Punitive economic Sanctions, and loss of access to certain technologies, financial networks, etc.

[-] SCB@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Trade tariffs hurt both countries and now is not really the time to be shooting your economy in the foot.

Targeted sanctions would be referable but are a much more serious form of leverage and will damage credibility.

[-] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago

And who is going to enforce these sanctions?

Because the capable ones to enforce these sanctions are the main culprits of the climate crisis and it would be incredibly convenient for them to use these laws to get even more ahead of underdeveloped nations.

Unless thats exactly what you want, keep the exploited poor and the exploiters rich. Think better.

[-] SCB@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Like, instead of doing this, we could simply tax carbon and achieve much more realistic results.

this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2023
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