Babie, Paul
As I write, in the first month of 2019, Australia swelters through one of the hottest summers on record. Extreme weather is the global norm; the science is clear: the frequency and intensity of weather events are the result of anthropogenic climate change, in turn the consequence of human choices that produce greenhouse gases. Once considered a matter of international concern, the recent global attitude seems to have shifted: ‘oh, yes, we know all about climate change; governments are already dealing with it’. Yet, governments are not dealing with it. At the end of 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reminded us that far from dealt with, far from being nothing to worry about, the earth is now very close to the point of no return. According to the IPCC, we must choose now if we are to limit global warming to the 1.5degreeC above pre-industrial levels necessary to avoid dire climate consequences from which we may never recover. Our choice, then, matters. Here I want to focus on one source of that choice: the liberal concept of property.
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