UPSC Mains 2024 · GS IV · Q2(b) · 10 marks · 150 words

Global warming and climate change are the outcomes of human greed in the name of development, indicating the direction in which extinction of organisms including human beings is heading towards loss of life on Earth. How do you put an end to this to protect life and bring equilibrium between the society and the environment ?

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ग्लोबल वार्मिंग और जलवायु परिवर्तन विकास के नाम पर मानव के लालच का परिणाम हैं, जो इस ओर संकेत करता है कि मानव सहित सभी जीवों का विलुप्त होना पृथ्वी पर जीवन की समाप्ति की ओर अग्रसर है। जीवन की रक्षा के लिए और समाज तथा पर्यावरण के बीच संतुलन लाने के लिए आप इसे कैसे समाप्त करेंगे ?

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Toppers wrote this one in a test series: “As per reports, if global warming is not controlled today, it might become irreversible. Is this is unfair to future generations?”

Ganesh Kumar BaskarAIR 7 · CSE 2019 · 72 wordsTheir whole copy

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  1. It can also be argued that by Difference principle of John Rawl's Social justice - inequality is acceptable if it helps the disadvantaged.

In general future generation would have better technology and more wealth than current generation so difference principle suggests that future generations should take higher responsibility.

  1. As the current generation is responsible for climate change, it should take moral ownership and be held responsible for solving the crisis.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Main) Examination 2024, General Studies Paper IV, Q2(b). The paper on upsc.gov.in. Themes and links to toppers’ answers are by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.