Do you think we need to preserve resources for future generations as the cost of present?
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The agreement by 195 countries at the Paris Climate Change Conference is a landmark consensus that climate change is a global problem requiring global commitment. Some people believe spiralling populations and associated development in India and China is the biggest issue. Others believe greenhouse gas emission control will be ineffective with the growing trend of factory farming. Not only do farm animals produce methane, but forests are felled to plant crops for animal feed.
Another question often asked when considering climate change and the depletion of non-renewable resources is why should we care about future generations? Don’t we just live the life we want and leave future generations to deal with the fallout?
The rate at which we’re using the world’s natural resources combined with population growth is a pressing environmental problem. Energy-related resources (such as oil, coal and natural gas), mineral resources (such as copper and iron), and biological resources (such as wood, soil and food) are in greater demand than ever before. In business and residential developments, resource conservation must be considered so that resource consumption doesn’t exceed availability. With the right balance, current needs can be met without exhausting resources for future generations. But do we have any duty or moral obligation to future people?
We care about our family, friends, neighbours, community and our country, and we may even care about current environmental issues. But how can we care for people who don’t exist? But if you think about it, we already consider people who don’t exist when we build museums and sports facilities, especially on the scale of the Olympic Games, because these facilities provide a legacy for the future. We also donate to charities to help people we don’t know. Some cultures care about ancestors, passing on stories and living in a way to make their ancestors proud. We might extend this care to our descendants so they may be proud we have passed on a thriving planet.
We can only care about future generations in an abstract way, by projecting the care we feel about current generations. Ecologist Diane Hunt suggests this may be easier to do for the near future, for our children and our children’s children, but if each generation thinks this way, “the future will be cared for in a succeeding chain of concern.” If we need a personal interest so we care, we might consider that future generations could be our own bloodline.
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