Discussion #11 Discussion Questions to Answer with source shown below. What are

Discussion #11

Discussion Questions to Answer with source shown below.

What are the key indicators of global climate change, according to NASA? And what evidence should be pointed out to climate skeptics?

How does global climate change reflect “negative externalities” and “Karl Polanyi’s Paradox” (as defined in GPCC)?

How do food exports from wealthy countries to poor countries hurt medium and small farmers in poor countries? What problems in general does corporate agribusiness cause? What are the present-day causes of suicide among family farmers?

How does climate change contribute to “extremist insurgency” in Africa as well as (review) Guatemalan/Central American migration?

What problems does “farming and biodiversity” address? What are its recommendations? How are these related to the “clean farming revolution” (sustainable farming/agroecology, as discussed last week)?

GPCC: Describe “the story of beef.”

Sources to use for the above questions.

Part One

“NASA: Global climate change”

https://climate.nasa.gov/

“What should you say to a climate change skeptic?”

https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-climate-change-arguments-20170818-htmlstory.html

“Meet the evangelical Christian persuading believers that climate change is real”

https://www.newstatesman.com/2017/06/meet-evangelical-christian-persuading-believers-climate-change-real

Part Two

“Rash of suicides in India—Cotton farmers without hope” (video, 6:10 minutes)

https://www.dw.com/en/rash-of-suicides-in-india-cotton-farmers-without-hope/av-17200458

“Australia: Suicides among farmers” (video, 6:45 minutes)

https://www.dw.com/en/australia-suicide-among-farmers/av-47117757

“Trading down: How unfair trade hurts farmers [in poor countries]”

Trading Down: How Unfair Trade Hurts Farmers

“Agribusiness is devastating to family farmers, rural communities, and the environment”

https://www.actionaidusa.org/work/agribusiness-family-farmers/

Part Three

“How climate change inflames extremist insurgency in Africa”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/climate-change-extremism-boko-haram/

Part Four

“Biodiversity: Food ‘key driver’ of accelerating death of wildlife”

https://www.dw.com/en/farming-food-biodiversity-extinction-food-waste-health-meat-plant-based/a-56416006

Part Five

“The sugar that permeates the American diet has a barbaric history as the ‘white gold’ that fueled slavery”

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/sugar-slave-trade-slavery.html

GPCC, chapter 7, “Environment and consumption”

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