The ISCFC is all about reducing our individual and collective contributions to climate change.
But is climate change really happening? Is it mostly caused by human activity, including our production of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases?
In the United States and elsewhere, there are people who are not convinced by the science. But the great thing about science is that we use evidence to evaluate scientific questions. So what is the evidence related to climate change?
Are you or are you not convinced by the majority of climate scientists who say that climate change is real and largely human caused? Why are you convinced/not convinced? What evidence might change your mind one way or the other?
Is Climate Change Real & Human-Caused? >
Is climate change real? And is it caused by humans?
Yes. It is. And people who say it isn't, are willfully ignorant and obtuse. While some climate change is natural, the majority of it is caused by humans. We burn fossil fuels (i.e. coal, oil, and natural gases), public transport is not as widespread as it should be, the waste production is exponential, and we're cutting down our forests, and those are only few things. If public transportation was used by more people, the overall carbon footprint of the world would decline a bit because it's decreasing the amount of energy that's used in single-person transportation and if we started to produce and consume renewable products our waste production would go down, too. Along those same lines, if renewable energy became more common, then that would be a great help as well. In 2019, the U.S.--ALONE--had contributed 6.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide to climate change. That is 6.6 BILLION TONS of CO2 that is wrecking our atmosphere, and it's our fault. So, yes, climate change is real and we need to do something about it.