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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: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 19 2017, @04:30PM
I guess you totally missed Douglas Adams' follow up to the B ark. Everyone on the A ark ended up dying from a virus contracted from a dirty phone headset... I guess you're the type of idiot that would cheer on Rorschach from "Watchmen" too when in reality the author meant for him to be an absurd characterization that would make people recoil in horror from such a black and white application of "justice".
You're a closet fascist who is apparently pro-eugenics / genocide. Get a grip, if anyone is going to be thrown into confinement it will be the asshats that want to harm the rest of society because they think they're soooo smart. You deniers are blowing up this article in the most insane ways! I think the reason people accuse others of beings shills is because statements such as yours are just so far from reality that they hope it is due to an agenda and not an actual human opinion.