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They are ecological radicals, denying the scientific consensus on global warming; they are prepared to let the Earth cook.
Global
warming
is a hoax invented by China to destroy American industry.
The organizers say that they are providing a way to demonstrate one’s desire to “do something” about global
warming.
Earth Hour teaches us that tackling global
warming
is easy.
For many opponents of coal, the issue is global
warming.
Yes, the world needs to address global
warming
(mainly through higher investments in green research and development, and by promoting exploitation of cheap, less-polluting shale gas).
But global
warming
will cause damage worth possibly 1-5% of GDP by the end of the century, when the UN expects developing-world incomes to have risen by 1,400-1,800%.
It thus seems unavoidable that energy consumers, especially in many rich countries, will have to learn to exchange their current worries about the distant future consequences of global
warming
for the reality of energy shortages during periods of peak demand.
The lack of agreement among the United Nations Security Council’s five permanent members is exacerbating humanitarian catastrophes in countries like Syria – not to mention allowing global
warming
to proceed largely unhindered.
But the un-priced environmental externalities – global
warming
and water depletion, for example – will require serious attention, not myopic, reactive mindsets and approaches.
With charm and unassuming clear-headedness, she wrought a compromise from the G8 countries that may help save the world from the most severe devastations caused by global
warming.
Countries that cut their emissions would, in effect, be subsidizing their competitors’ growth, not necessarily reducing the speed of global
warming.
Indeed, the sheikhs will know that, in all likelihood, concerns about global
warming
will increase over time.
Thus, green policies will paradoxically accelerate rather than mitigate global
warming.
Such a policy simply subsidizes other polluters’ CO2 emissions, but does not alleviate the problem of global
warming.
The best policy against global
warming
is to keep the CO2 imbedded in fossil resources deep underground.
Global
warming
is now a vital factor to consider when planning any development project.
Meanwhile, rising incomes – a goal of any development effort – nearly always means increased consumption of natural resources and energy, resulting in more emissions and further
warming.
Such interlocking relationships between global
warming
and development explain why the French government requires that at least 50% of the funding provided by the AFD be directed toward development projects that also have a positive impact on the environment.
Exposing Climate Change ObstructionSTANFORD – Twenty-five years after the adoption of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change on May 9, 1992, the world has yet to implement a treaty that effectively addresses global
warming.
In addition to commissioning studies claiming that climate policies would hurt the US economy, the industry also consistently claimed that efforts to address global
warming
would be uniquely harmful to the US, would not reduce the risks of climate change, and would prevent poverty alleviation.
Around the world, we have underutilized resources – people who want to work, machines that lie idle, buildings that are empty – and huge unmet needs: fighting poverty, promoting development, and retrofitting the economy for global warming, to name just a few.
In Juliana v. United States, the plaintiffs argue that because they will have to live with the repercussions of global
warming
for much longer than anyone else, on average, the government’s failure to protect the environment violates their constitutional rights to equal protection under the law and due process.
Both the US and Europe, for instance, must retrofit their economies to address the challenges of global
warming.
Advocates of the EU’s policy often argue that we should pursue such policies nonetheless, because there is a risk that global
warming
will be much more severe than currently expected.
I have little sympathy for the extremists on either side of this issue: those who think that global
warming
is a hoax, and those who use fears of an impending Armageddon to push for heavy-handed government regulation of the economy.
That theory sounds as general and fundamental as the theory that global
warming
is melting glaciers and raising sea levels around the world.
This omission is understandable, since one country acting alone cannot do much to stop global
warming.
But the real change that is needed is the realization that drastic, early carbon cuts are a poor response to global
warming
– no matter how they are packaged.
Other catastrophic risks include natural epidemics (the 1918-1919 Spanish influenza killed between 20 million and 40 million people), nuclear or biological attacks by terrorists, certain types of lab accidents, and abrupt global
warming.
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