Grassroots Efforts

Making Reparations through Grassroots Efforts As a public policymaker, I am writing this paper to define global warming and explain some its key causes and problems. I will also list primary stakeholders under causes and problems, and then offer three alternatives to deal with climate change. Each alternative will be evaluated using four ethical reasoning methods to determine their efficacy. The paper will then close with my conclusions and final recommendation. The world’s rapid population growth and rising standards of living are beyond the Earth’s carrying capacity. The planet has a finite amount of natural resources, which are being rapidly depleted at an unsustainable rate. Earth is responding with a breakdown in its ability to …show more content…
This then increases greenhouse gases, which leads to the warming of the planet. Studies have shown that diesel engines, wildfires, and cookstoves are the leading producers of carbon. Wildfires and cookstoves are most attributable to underdeveloped nations, which still burn fires as a heat source, as well as for cooking. The stakeholders in this situation are poor families from underdeveloped nations who misuse natural resources for survival. Other major stakeholders are people who are dependent on cars, planes, trains or any form of transportation that burns fossil fuels. Also worth mentioning is the rapid industrialization of developing nations (e.g. China, India, and Brazil), which rely heavily on coal for fuel. These nations’ stakeholders include their governments, miners, industrial leaders, and laborers. All are benefiting from their industrial revolutions, but are not thinking about the environmental havoc they are reaping upon the …show more content…
The clear-cutting of forests for cattle grazing is in response to a growing demand for beef. Cattle are also large producers of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. So, along with destroying valuable forests, the beef industry is also contributing to global warming. This issue’s stakeholders are consumers from developed nations and ranchers who have a mutually beneficial supply and demand relationship. Then there are the same families who are dependent on forests for survival, while another group is the environmentalists who oppose clear cutting for cattle grazing. The melting of ice caps directly contributes to rising sea levels. Rising sea levels in turn threaten coastal communities, which leaves them vulnerable to regular flooding. Mass migrations could become more common and could create economic strife for the displaced. Stakeholders affected are millions of people from island nations and others who live along coastlines. Flooding also creates financial burdens for governments who need to provide emergency