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Western countries should consider going further to incentivize other partners into curbing their emissions: place quotas on visas issued to foreign national fro
by 908B64B197 5y ago
Western countries should consider going further to incentivize other partners into curbing their emissions: place quotas on visas issued to foreign national from polluting countries that are not part of the union.
Some countries have a point-based system for immigration, why not reward those doing their parts for the planet?
- burlesona 5y agoI’m not sure that would have the effect you have in mind. It’s kind of complicated if you’re a country that is losing population to emigration. Yes, remittance payments come in. But brain drain is a big problem, and most countries facing it try to stop it however they can. So, fire up a coal plant and nobody can get visas out? Seems like that could backfire.
- 908B64B197 5y ago> So, fire up a coal plant and nobody can get visas out? Unless they vote against using coal
- gruez 5y agoHow much voting power does that group have? They can't be that big, because if they are the country would be empty in several decades' time
- adrianN 5y agoRight now, western countries themselves could do a lot more to curb their emissions. No one is on track for the Paris agreement: https://climateactiontracker.org/ https://climateactiontracker.org/