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? >
Climate Change is Real and We are Responsible
Climate change is definitely a real thing. The evidence is easy to see everywhere you go. According to the International Rescue Committee some of the places most affected by climate change are Somalia, Syria, Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Chad. Countless lives have been lost or damaged due to the effects of global warming. There is no place on the planet that hasn’t been hurt by climate change. The National Centers for Environmental Information(.gov) said that during September of 2023 almost every continent was drier than usual. I am from California and almost all of my life has been in a drought. The mega drought that has lasted for years has only recently ended, but even still, we are in a drought. That leads us to the question: are humans responsible? The answer seems pretty simple, of course we are. Humans burn fossil fuels which release carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide heats up the planet and climate change is the result. That being said, according to the Environmental Defense Fund there is no way to actually prove climate change is because of humans. There are an infinite amount of factors in our ecosystem and atmosphere, it would be impossible to actually test what is causing climate change without a control group. Although it could be coincidence and not causation that the more CO2 admitted into our atmosphere the worse climate change gets, it is highly unlikely.