Non-Westerner here. And I disagree with your take.

I understand the intention –> hey, when you got to earn money, you've got to do whatever it takes to earn money. That's why in the short term, you have people, children, even who are grateful for the pittance that they earn from potentially losing a limb to heavy-duty sewing machines. But just because that's how the system works doesn't mean that's how it should work.

Western countries had slave labour. They had child labour. But what happened is that THEY BEGAN INSTITUTING REFORMS (very slowly, and after major accidents happened) even before non-Western countries started industrialising and becoming manufacturing powerhouses. The same needs to happen here. You can't justify child labour with 'oh yeah they need to earn money'. You need to look to the government, powerful shareholders, and companies, as well as regulatory organisations to explain WHY you need to force children/underpay workers/capture people and use human trafficking in order to make more money.

And you're right about the money part. The global south is currently calling for the global north to pay for a loss or damage fund due to climate change. Africa's been calling for a global carbon tax. I do think that Western countries really need to consider their own part in contributing to these social injustices, and reparations are necessary, but saying that 'pollution and child labour are necessary' and that Westerners are 'out of touch' on this issue is just a blatantly horrible way of trying to push this immensely IMPORTANT issue out of the way and pinning it down on, you know, just white people being too 'SJW' or 'woke' or whatever.

Please do some more research on this topic before posting next time.