THE “POOR COUNTRIES HARDEST HIT” PITY ARGUMENT FOR CLIMATE ACTION

THIS POST IS A LIST OF LINKS TO POSTS ON THIS SITE IN WHICH THE CLIMATE ACTION ACTIVISM AGAINST FOSSIL FUELS USES A “PITY THE POOR” ARGUMENT TO SELL CLIMATE ACTION. IT IS A CASE OF HOW CLIMATE SCIENCE USES THE PLIGHT OF THE POOR AS AN ACTIVISM TOOL.

THE ARGUMENT IS THAT POOR COUNTRIES ARE HARDEST HIT BY CLIMATE CHANGE CAUSED BY THE EMISSIONS OF THE RICH AND SO THAT IS WHY YOU MUST HEED THE CLIMATE FEAR WARNING AND TAKE CLIMATE ACTION FOR THE SAKE OF THESE PITIFUL PEOPLE OF THE THIRD WORLD.

BELOW WE PRESENT A LIST OF SUCH CALLS TO CLIMATE ACTION IN WHICH PITY FOR THE POOR IS USED TO SELL THE CLIMATE ACTION AGENDA.

FOUNDATIONAL EXAMPLE: CLIMATE RACISM: POOR COUNTRIES MUST NOT SEEK TO DEVELOP THEIR ECONOMY TO WESTERN STANDARDS FOR THE SAKE OF THE CLIMATE: http://chaamjamal.blogspot.com/2009/12/reference-low-carbon-is-economy-of.html

EXAMPLE#1: CLIMATE CHANGE SEA LEVEL RISE CAUSING BANGLADESH TO LOSE LAND AND SHRINK: http://chaamjamal.blogspot.com/2010/03/reference-rising-sea-levels-sinks-new.html

EXAMPLE#2: CLIMATE CHANGE CAUSES SOIL SALINITY IN SOUTHERN BANGLADESH AND DEVASTATES AGRCULTURE OMG! OMG!: http://chaamjamal.blogspot.com/2009/12/reference-destruction-on-global-level.html

EXAMPLE#3: CLIMATE CHANGE CAUSES SEA LEVEL RISE TO FLOOD SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND, OMG OMG! http://chaamjamal.blogspot.com/2009/12/reference-what-and-where-is-our-climate.html

EXAMPLE#4: CLIMATE CHANGE MELTING ICE IN THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS SO FAST THAT IT WILL ALL BE GONE BY THE YEAR 2035. OMG OMG! http://chaamjamal.blogspot.com/2009/12/reference-giant-climate-fraud-in.html

EXAMPLE#5: THE IPCC SAYS THAT THE MELT OF THE GANGOTRI GLACIER IN THE HIMALAYAS HAS ACCELERATED AND ALL THE RIVERS THAT DEPEND ON HIMLAYAN ICE MELT WATER WILL RUN DRY IN A DECADE. OMG OMG! http://chaamjamal.blogspot.com/2009/12/reference-himalayan-glacier-melts-to.html

EXAMPLE#6: BHUTAN IS THE POSTER CHILD OF CLIMATE SCIENCE, AND WHAT CLIMATE SCIENTISTS WANT THE WORLD TO LOOK LIKE: http://chaamjamal.blogspot.com/2010/04/reference-kingdom-sees-big-struggle-to.html

EXAMPLE#7: CLIMATE CHANGE WILL WEAKEN AND DELAY THE SOUTH ASIAN MONSOON AND DEVASTATE AGRICULTURE: http://chaamjamal.blogspot.com/2010/04/reference-forecasters-predict-good.html

EXAMPLE#8: CLIMATE CHANGE DRYING UP THE MEKONG RIVER: http://chaamjamal.blogspot.com/2010/04/reference-non-water-flushing-bangkok.html

EXAMPLE#9: ILLEGAL ENTRY OF CENTRAL AMERICANS: http://chaamjamal.blogspot.com/2019/06/climate-change-causes-illegal-entry-of.html THE ARGUMENT THAT NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAWS MUST BE SUSPENDED BECAUSE THE POOR IN CENTRAL AMERICA HAVE BEEN HARD IT BY CLIMATE CHANGE.

EXAMPLE#10: IS POPULATION GROWTH A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING? : http://chaamjamal.blogspot.com/2010/04/reference-america-will-be-just-fine.html

EXAMPLE#11: THE COMING RISE OF CHINA: A BILLION CHINESE LIVING THE GOOD EUROPEAN LIFESTYLE WILL DEVASTATE THE CLIMATE. OMG OMG! WE CAN’T LET THAT HAPPEN OMG! http://chaamjamal.blogspot.com/2009/12/reference-dont-put-south-on-road-to.html

EXAMPLE#12: ECONOMIC GROWTH IN SOUTHEAST ASIA WILL DEVASTATE THE CLIMATE OMG OMG! ASIANS SHOULD NOT ASPIRE TO LIVE LIKE WHITE PEOPLE IN THE AGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE: http://chaamjamal.blogspot.com/2009/12/reference-climate-changes-dealmaker.html

EXAMPLE#13: A CLIMATE CHANGE POSTER CHILD: https://tambonthongchai.com/2020/03/13/bangladesh-a-climate-emergency-poster-child/

BOTTOM LINE

We conclude from this analyss that here in the 21st century and in the age of enlightenment, the former colonies in the Global South must ultimately serve the needs of their colonial masters of the Global North by being the pitiful victims of clmate change that their former colonial masters of the Global North need so that they can sell their climate action agenda. The negative impact of their pitiful victim role in terms of lost foreign investment flows is a small price to pay to serve the needs of their former colonial masters of the Global North.

RELATED POST: POPULATION RACISM: LINK: https://tambonthongchai.com/2010/10/20/overpopulation-to-cause-mass-extinctions/