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by pjc50 2371 days ago
> If the two fisherman can’t get in an agreement for the greater good and they both die, so be it.

Literally this is what the EU fish quota fixes - although in that case it's the risk of the fish dying out.

> When we demand that countries lower their emissions what we are doing is forcing them in poverty, hunger and death.

Not reducing emissions also does that in many cases. Large areas of Bangladesh are predicted to be physically underwater, for example.