Who Is Responsible For Climate Change? – Who Needs To Fix It?

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This video is part of a series about climate change supported by Breakthrough Energy – a coalition founded by Bill Gates, that is working to expand clean-energy investment and support the innovations that will lead the world to net-zero carbon emissions.

Since the Industrial Revolution, humans have released over 1.5 trillion tonnes of carbon dioxide or CO2 into the earth's atmosphere. In the year 2019 we were still pumping out around 37 billion more. That’s 50% more than the year 2000 and almost three times as much as 50 years ago. And it’s not just CO2. We’re also pumping out growing volumes of other greenhouse gases such as methane and nitrous oxide. Combining all of our greenhouse gases, we’re emitting 51 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents each year.
And emissions keep rising – but they need to get down to 0!

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[BawkBawkBawkBawkBawk]

"We need to take decisions using facts and everyone needs to work together."

We're doomed.

[gkheng]

the famous quote: Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have.

[wyexin]

There is one more factor: China made the most industry products and exported them to all over the world. The emission to make these products are counted in China. In other words, the emission in China actually includes the one which is actually consumed in other countries especial USA and Europe

[godtolove]

As a native of China, I don't know if the United States has done anything. But I know that China government is planting hundreds of millions of trees every year. And there are many solar power plants in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia. These can even be searched on youtube. Even my hometown, a small village in Henan, has been installing wind power stations on the mountains since 2016. We want to be rich, but we also want a beautiful environment. We will do our part.

[relevationanimations]

Countries: Let’s solve climate change!


Also countries: After you

[enzop]

"Almost every year has broken some horrible record."
So 2020 is an overachiever

[ashwanthvinod]

I love that this video is not biased .
Most other channels blame developing countries like China and India .But these developed countries have contributed more than China and India in historical terms .But that is no excuse for these countries to follow the same path.

[AxelRicardo-ixni]

Idk, but it should be mentioned that China is taking positive and practical actions towards this issue in recent years.

[Epicmonk]

Short answer: everyone.

Long answer:

[joseph]

Countries: "You go first"
"No you go first"
Kurzgesagt: "Just F-ing go!"

[CanDOGGOGetSubs-jrxn]

"In the end, it's pretty simple. Everybody needs to do the best they can, and right now we are all not doing that. But we can begin today."


That's what i heard 10 years ago

[Sklli]

Also, we should not forget that nations like Germany reduced their carbon footprint by having their products produced in China because it was cheaper and environmental restrictions were less strict. So we put our debts in their hands and then blame then for the emissions. :-/

[JohnSmith-qkrm]

As we have seen in the video, some countries can be blamed by one or two reasons, but only the USA can be blamed for every single possible reason for global emission, however USA simpally refused to do anythong for it.

[semdehoop]

Here’s the thing: only rich people can do something about it, but they only care about getting as much money as possible, not about climate. Us peasants can protest all we want but in the end it’s the big guys deciding our fate.

[amko]

Short answer: Everyone
Long Answer: Everybody

[Ylikollikas]

When your boat is leaking badly and requires team effort to quickly seal, but instead of sealing the hole you spend all the time arguing whose fault it is and everyone ends up drowning.

[fukumei]

People love to blame the leaders of their countries for not doing more, but I would imagine that any leader who actually did as much as they should to combat climate change, would be voted out in favor of somebody who did less. The issue is that people are selfish, and the change needed to combat climate change also lowers quality of life. So the average voter is not going to vote for a person who promises to deliver on climate goals, because it will mean higher costs of living and in general a lower quality of life. The fact that people also like to blame leaders is another thing which makes it easy to shift responsibility away from oneself. In any democracy, it is the voters who decide the leaders, so in the end, they bear the responsibility of who makes the decisions.

[tsboyzzz]

Those developed countries have veto rights at the United Nations. So, we will never be able to force the governments of those countries to take responsibility anyway. It’s sad but true 😢

[liamconroy]

When do we fix climate change?
"Now!"
Who's gonna fix it?
"Somebody besides me!"