Also, some ways of mitigating climate change have (positive or negative) side benefits* for humanity’s ability to solve other upcoming challenges, such as AI safety or pandemics. And from an EA perspective, these latter challenges might possibly be higher priority than climate change. Thus, there’s a further avenue for EAs who do not care much about climate change to “harness” the current societal focus on climate change for EA-aligned goals.
*For example, I’m thinking of side benefits of strategies such as:
-- strengthening global cooperation
-- spreading a radically technology-friendly mindset among greens
Also, some ways of mitigating climate change have (positive or negative) side benefits* for humanity’s ability to solve other upcoming challenges, such as AI safety or pandemics. And from an EA perspective, these latter challenges might possibly be higher priority than climate change. Thus, there’s a further avenue for EAs who do not care much about climate change to “harness” the current societal focus on climate change for EA-aligned goals.
*For example, I’m thinking of side benefits of strategies such as:
-- strengthening global cooperation
-- spreading a radically technology-friendly mindset among greens
-- fighting anti-science trends in society
-- etc