I broadly agree with your view, but think I strongly disagree with the conclusion. There seem to be lots of worlds where having some small percentage of total EA focus include this area pays off hugely. So while I agree it’s not the highest impact area, because of synergies, it seems somewhat likely for it to be part of the highest impact portfolio.
I’m pushing back more at 80k ranking it as a priority above the likes of global health or mental health rather than concluding it doesn’t have any value and nobody should be studying it!
I mean, something like CleanSeaNet probably is cost effective using standard EA [animal welfare] metrics, it’s certainly very effective at stopping oil dumping in the Med, but I wouldn’t treat that sort of program as a higher level of priority than any other area of environmental law enforcement (and it’s one which is already relatively easy to get space agency funding for....).
I broadly agree with your view, but think I strongly disagree with the conclusion. There seem to be lots of worlds where having some small percentage of total EA focus include this area pays off hugely. So while I agree it’s not the highest impact area, because of synergies, it seems somewhat likely for it to be part of the highest impact portfolio.
I’m pushing back more at 80k ranking it as a priority above the likes of global health or mental health rather than concluding it doesn’t have any value and nobody should be studying it!
I mean, something like CleanSeaNet probably is cost effective using standard EA [animal welfare] metrics, it’s certainly very effective at stopping oil dumping in the Med, but I wouldn’t treat that sort of program as a higher level of priority than any other area of environmental law enforcement (and it’s one which is already relatively easy to get space agency funding for....).
I agree about that.