More and More Reparations to Developing Countries

Should the aid given to African countries be considered as reparations? An article from the Guardian online newspaper tries to answer this question. It seems that slavery isn’t the only issue that affects developing countries where people were enslaved and maltreated. Trade policies that were set to benefit western countries and “harm” poor countries is something else that should be considered, and I believe damages done through “harmful trade rules” should be paid as well. 

Global warming is another form of reparations  proposed by the UN, but the U.S. plans to oppose these compensations. The UN believes that developing countries should be compensated for the "loss and damage" caused by global warming, but it seems like the poor and the rich countries will debate over this issue for a long time. Even though developed countries contribute more to global warming, the U.S. doesn't agree that rich countries should be obliged to pay charges for the "historic greenhouse gas emission."

The U.S has been opposing reparations to African-American due to slavery and it now plans to challenge compensations due to global warming. Global warming is an issue which affects everyone in the world and I think it would be wise for developed countries to invest in developing counties in response to the increasing climate chance. Some of the investments that I would suggest is funding forest conservation projects and also regulate paper exportation from developing countries. The matter of fact is that developed countries contribute more to global warming and its time that these countries take responsibility of their actions.

 Per capita green house gas emissions in 2005

Global temperature trends since 1881 to 2010

 

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