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気候変動の現実から逃避する人々
気候変動がオーストラリア沿岸部に及ぼす影響に関するレポートが、今週、連邦議会に提出されました。国民にとっては、海面の上昇や高潮が、保険料の上昇と財産価値の低下をもたらすことを知る良い機会になりそうです。また、気候変動の影響は、発展途上国の沿岸部に暮らす、逃げるところのない貧しい人々にとっては深刻な問題です。けれども、産業界は温室効果ガス削減対策のために、補償金を要求しています。
| Heads in the sand on climate change 2009/10/29 |
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| THIS week's report to Federal Parliament on managing the effects of climate change on Australia's coast will have provided a lightbulb moment for many Australians, as the realisation dawned that along with rising seas and storm surges will come rising insurance costs and declining property values. It is unfortunate that for many people, the economic cost, rather than environmental or humanitarian motivations, will finally spur action on climate change.(More) Discussion Questions: 1. Would you like to have your ideal home positioned on the seafront ? 2. Should the government prohibit people from building homes close to the sea ? 3. How much can rising sea levels affect communities ? 4. How easy or difficult would it be to have international cooperation to stop the effects of climate change ? 5. Should people who live near the coast pay more in land taxes to help pay for future problems ? |
| 記事引用： WA today |
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