Can we solve the climate crisis without confronting global inequities?
A recent study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA found that white residents in the USA produce more climate pollution than black or hispanic residents, but black and hispanic people are exposed to more air pollution.
And that is just the USA! Think about the global inequities in the "haves" and the "have nots".
And how are we going to lift people out of poverty without making the climate crisis even worse?
If you are a resident in a wealthy country, is it your responsibility to address both problems at once? And what would that look like in terms of national and international policy?
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Climate Change is Caused by Humans
Humans are the main cause for climate change. The different ways humans have affected climate change is by burning fossil fuels, cutting down forests, farming livestock, polluting the air with cars and planes, and many other things. Over the past decade the Earth's surface temperature has increased by 1.0 Fahrenheit because of all the greenhouse gases being produced by humans. Greenhouse gases effect animals as well by melting the ice they live on or because there is not enough water. In conclusion, humans greatly impact and are a main cause to climate change.
I agree with you. Humans impact very much with climate change. Ways we could help by doing that is reduce eating meat, walking more and stopping trees that are being cut down
Totally agree. Humans cause 1.9 billion tons of CO2 to be released into the atmosphere, that's a lot! Luckily there're somethings we can do to fix this, somethings are as simply as walking more and are as complicated as changing all your meals. Another thing you can do is install solar panels and wear sweater instead of heating your house in winter.
I absolutely agree humans are the main cause of climate change. China has produced 10.06 billion metric tons of C02 in the atmosphere, that's an incredibly large number. Some ways we could help decrease CO2 emissions are taking public transit, such as buses or Skytrains to grocery stores, school, work, etc. Reduce the amount of meat in your diet and shower for a shorter amount of time.