Lots of opinions and evidence going into the COP30 Climate Summit. I don't need to add to the noise; but I will say one thing. It would be nice if we could just do the right thing.
I recall years ago, asking advice of someone I trusted who said "when in doubt, do what is kind". Great. Every ethical dilemma reduced to one simple rule.
The thing is, simple doesn't work. When you do what is kind to someone whose pension fund is invested in oil, sooner or later someone's home burns in a wildfire, or their children are washed away in a flood, or their crop fails. Kindness here and now has hidden costs elsewhere and later.
Doing the right thing requires good evidence to go with the ethics, and it's complicated. Doing the simple thing is just irresponsible.
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