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Discussion around limiting climate change primarily focusses on whether the best results can be gained by individuals changing how they act, or governments introducing new legislation.
Now though, University of Leeds academics Dr Rob Lawlor and Dr Helen Morley from the Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied Centre suggest engineering professionals could also play a pivotal role, and could provide a co-ordinated response helping to mitigate climate change.
Writing in the journal Science and Engineering Ethics, they say engineering professional institutions could take a stand in tackling climate change by developing a declaration imposing restrictions and requirements on members.
"A strong and coordinated action by the engineering profession could itself make a significant difference in how we respond to climate change," they said.
"We know many engineers and firms make great efforts to be as environmentally friendly as possible, and research is carried out and supported by the sector to help reduce its impact on the world. We're suggesting that concerted action could improve this process further."
Quoting 2014 research by Richard Heede from the Climate Accountability Institute, they say nearly two-thirds of historic carbon dioxide and methane emissions could be attributed to crude oil and natural gas producers, coal extractors, and cement producers. These are industries typically enabled by the engineering profession.
They're looking at you, VW engineers.
(Score: 3, Informative) by julian on Saturday March 18 2017, @08:43PM (5 children)
...you can read this. [skepticalscience.com]
(always check for links, folks. I just got too heated. Like our climate!)
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 18 2017, @09:08PM
That link is rather old, I believe. More recent speculation on the part of climate change scientists is that sometimes, temperature has driven CO2 levels. See - the science isn't "settled". Science has a nice wad of facts, and some of those bright boys have made some educated guesses, but they don't have all the facts. Meanwhile, non-scientists have created a religion out of these half-understood facts and speculation.
You appear to be a believer. When anyone asks your religion, you should reply "climate changology, which is related to scientology."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 18 2017, @09:39PM
http://principia-scientific.org/climate-drives-carbon-dioxide-levels-not-the-other-way-round/ [principia-scientific.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 18 2017, @09:42PM
http://notrickszone.com/2016/08/04/non-existent-relationship-co2-temperature-correlation-only-15-of-last-165-years/ [notrickszone.com]
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday March 18 2017, @09:44PM
https://skepticalscience.com/argument.php?a=7&p=11 [skepticalscience.com]
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 19 2017, @07:16AM
Why link to propaganda websites?
You guys never have links to a major site or a university with a reputation worth losing. Spare us the Koch.