Questions tagged [climate-change]
While this tag may be used to refer to any change in the climate, it is most often used when discussing the politics of, and related belief/non-belief in, global warming as a human-induced climactic change affecting the world.
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How does the Paris agreement define "developing" and "developed" countries?
Text of agreement
The agreement spells out responsibilities for developing and developed countries, e.g.:
Developed country Parties should continue taking the lead by undertaking economy-wide ...
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How can persistently high US oil production be reconciled with goals to slow down global warming?
Global warming has accelerated in the last decade and even this year there were already quite some heat waves. For example over a thousand people died this year on the traditional pilgrimage to Mecca ...
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How can the public properly understand climate change when it is exploited for speculation on the food price? [closed]
During the Easter period the news were busy explaining to the public that the high cost of chocolate was due to climate change. After the spending peak of Easter passed the tone suddenly changed. The ...
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Is there any correlation between energy consumption and scientific progress? [closed]
I was just thinking of an unconventional argument that if (hypothetically) cutting carbon emissions could slow down an economy if it meant there was less access to energy and hence less general ...
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Which countries are on track to fulfill their Nationally Determined Contributions(NDCs)?
United Nations' definition of NDC:
Simply put, an NDC, or Nationally Determined Contribution, is a climate action plan to cut emissions and adapt to climate impacts. Each Party to the Paris Agreement ...
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Are there developed countries that refused to make any net-zero commitment?
Last year, climate action was all about declaring dates for achieving
net-zero carbon emissions. At the 2021 UN’s climate change conference
in Glasgow, COP26, India pledged that it would reach net-...
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1 trillion trees plan: what's the substance behind Speaker McCarthy's proposed response to climate change?
Asked about climate change in the context of the massive US heat wave, Speaker McCarthy had one thing to say: plant a trillion trees!
NBC News July 18th
As Speaker Kevin McCarthy visited a natural ...
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If the left believes in climate change being an extinction-level risk, why are they reluctant to grant concessions to the right in order to stop it?
Politicians and activists on the Left often portray climate change as a risk so big that it threatens to cause the human race to go extinct. Logically this means that:
If I have to choose between ...
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Bank and state cooperation in green transition: What is the political nature of this alliance?
Are there any political scientists addressing the relationship between banks and states in the era of climate change?
I know this is a broad topic and I would assume I could easily find research ...
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Why does Australia spend $8 billion a year on fossil fuel tax credits?
The Australia Institute recently released a report finding that "Australian fossil fuel subsidies surge to $11.6 billion in 2021-22." Although there are many direct subsidies to the ...
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Why don't countries welcome high energy prices to fight climate change?
There're lots of people who believe climate change is happening and think governments should take action to curb emissions.
Given that, it seems natural to welcome high fossil fuel prices - in fact, ...
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How does the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) interact with member state ETSs
I am trying to understand whether an EU member state Emissions Trading System (ETS) would compound on top of the broader EU ETS or whether they are mutually exclusive. For example, does a German plant ...
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For how long has Putin been denying that human activity is a major contributor to climate change?
According to a 2020 DW article:
President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly denied the scientific consensus that climate change is caused by man-made emissions. Last month, in his year-end press ...
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Is there a political solution to climate change without some kind of world government
A conservative opposition to anti Global Warming policy is that it will lead to a "One World Government". This is often derided as a conspiracy theory.
Here is a thought experiment:
If my ...
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Are there any statistics on the distribution of world-wide population according to the height over Sea Level
Are there any statistics or publications on the distribution of word-wide population over the height over sea level of their residence?
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