Global Warming?

Question

Should international efforts focus on reducing the causes/effects of global warming? Why?

Answer 1

NO! Global warming is nothing to worry about. God makes everything happen for a reason. If it wasn't getting a little bit warmer every year we would still be in the ice age. Liberals are just trying to make it a big deal so they can get more followers and money(taxes) because they say they are going to fix it. well if us people haven't noticed they have done nothing to fix it yet some people are still giving taxes for it. It is all just a scam, something to make us fear so much that liberals can take control. Gods says to live your life to the fullest. If we start getting to scared to go outside, drive, supposable pollute air, or anything (global warming isn't the only thing liberals are trying to scare us with) we will soon do nothing because of fear and that is not what God wants for us. A good example is the person before me. Liberals think if they can get us to take greenhouses down then they can control us with other things to.

Answer 2

Yes they should but it's not always all that easy. There are some countries, especially those in Asia and Africa that would struggle to significantly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Partly because it would affect their economy and partly because we (the developed nations) are reluctant to supply them with modern technology as they'd then be able to compete with us.

The Kyoto Protocol was a good example of almost every country in the world saying they wanted to do something but 10 years on and most countries have failed to meet their emissions targets. That's not to say that the Protocol has failed completely, many countries have increased their emissions by lesser amounts than they would without the Protocol.

There are three major stumbling blocks when trying to reach an international consensus - the US, China and India. The US under the Bush Administration has distanced itself from the rest of the world by failing to take a stand against global warming and as a consequence GHG emission levels have increased considerably more than most other developed countries.

China and India are both being transformed by a massive economic expansion; this is creating many jobs and bringing wealth to both nations. Their industries are reliant on fossil fuels and any enforced change would have a huge economical impact in these country's developments. Understandably, there is a reluctance to act, although both countries are taking steps and have environmental policies in place.

China, India and the US account for nearly half the global GHG emissions, as such it would be much harder for an international effort to succeed without the co-operation of these countries

Answer 3

The whole world should come together and solve the problem. It is finally a chance for peoples of all kinds to work together to solve the common problem. This is the worst time in the world but we can make this into the best time in the world. The United Nations will bring all people and nations together to solve the global warming problem.

Answer 4

Yes, because in order to avoid the worst consequences of global warming, scientists have determined that we need approximately an 80% worldwide decrease of human greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050. It's basically impossible to accomplish this without a cohesive international effort.

Answer 5

I don't know if I'd call it "international efforts". But I think The USA and China are probably two of the biggest contributors to global warming whereas other countries barely contribute a dent. The largest methane producers need to scale back first.

Answer 6

Please don't listen to the second poster - she's an idiot.

God has no part in this (and if he did, he'd be one sick ******!). And if she believes in god anyway, she wouldn't believe in an ice age!

God didn't say "live your life to the fullest", he said be fruitful and multiply (back when there were only two people on the planet. It's out of control now, but that's another discussion . . .)

As far as liberals trying to scare people, don't even get me started on conservatives trying to scare everyone with threats of terrorist attacks every single day - it's the pot calling the kettle black!

Leaving global warming out of the equation, I certainly think it's a good idea to encourage developed nations to reduce their impact on the environment.

As someone pointed out, it would be impossible to tell developing nations to do that (why should they stop when we didn't)? So the burden will have to fall on nations already developed.

Answer 7

To me global warming means "Global destabilization" since the weather around many parts of the world is not only getting warmer, it is just becoming more erratic with fiercer storms, colder and hotter weather, more floods, etc, so as to why they call it global warming I am not quite sure, but I really think that it should be called global destabilization. I do think that there should be something done and there are many other areas of the environment that we are effecting which can contribute to this.

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Answer 8

when something is proven, there is little argument on the topic. There are a lot of arguments when it comes to global warming. "kickbacks" influence both sides or niether, it is not a onesided thing. GW scientists qualify for kickbacks just as much as the denying scientists.

A developing country should not waste money on something as debateble as GW (leading to starvation of the people from company cutbacks to compensate for the costs).

Answer 9

Yea man, we need the think locally and act globally. That is why I purchased some feta cheese and a hooka with a f'tang f'tang to Islam sticker on it. I bought it from Gavin Newsom and Heather Fong SFPD. b

Answer 10

You can forget about international efforts to stop global warming. China and India are just starting to become economically successful and aren't going to listen to any one telling them to cut back on their emissions. The USA has polluted the world for the past hundred years and other nations will resent us telling them to stop. We are all going to die.