On the one hand, we have Vinod Gupta (# 61) saying, ``...
no human solution to global warming is possible for the industrial man and industrial civilization is ultimately doomed.»
Not exact matches
He acknowledges that
human activity accelerated
global warming and proposes an «all of the above energy
solution» called The Lexington Project
to stem it.
However
to achieve the
global warming solutions we
human and the government needs
to move forward in the same direction.
The question
to be addressed here is that of managing
human generated
global warming specifically, and more generally the larger question of sustainable growth, as all follow from the same underlying causes, and are amenable of the same
solution.
General American Climate Value Survey Findings -73 percent of Americans believe
global warming is happening - But only 18 percent «strongly believe»
global warming is real, and is harmful and caused by
humans -74 percent said they want the US
to be an international leader in
global warming solutions
Only a year ago, WND reported scientists and others on a team assembled by the Chicago - based Heartland Institute, which focuses on free - market
solutions to today's problems, say the «scare» of
global warming from the use of carbon fuels and other
human activities «is over.»
Yet, unless the ethical and justice issues raised by climate change are seriously considered by nations when they formulate their international emissions reductions commitments under the UNFCCC, the international community is not likely
to find a global solution to prevent potential enormous damages from human - induced warming (See, On The Practical Need To Examine Climate Change Policy Issues Through An Ethical Len
to find a
global solution to prevent potential enormous damages from human - induced warming (See, On The Practical Need To Examine Climate Change Policy Issues Through An Ethical Len
to prevent potential enormous damages from
human - induced
warming (See, On The Practical Need
To Examine Climate Change Policy Issues Through An Ethical Len
To Examine Climate Change Policy Issues Through An Ethical Lens)
As has been the case for recent COPs, commentators about achievements at COP - 17 are split on whether these negotiations accomplished some important positive steps toward an eventual meaningful
global solution to climate change or whether Durban must be understood as another tragic international failure
to come up with an adequate
solution to the immense threat of
human - induced
warming.
Also
to be considered are the ideas that suggest that
humans are sufficiently intelligent
to come up with an array of «
solutions»
to the problem of
global warming, if indeed it proves
to be a problem.
The only change since then is that the evidence for
human - caused climate change has become even more overwhelming, though there are still plenty of people who combine
global warming denialism (or a long track record of denialism, with no admission of error) with the claim that «nuclear power is the only
solution to climate change.»
In a May 10, 2016, article, Almost Everything You Know About Climate Change
Solutions Is Outdated, Part 1, Joe Romm says climate science and climate politics have moved unexpectedly quickly toward a broad understanding that we need
to keep total
human - caused
global warming as far as possible below 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F)-- and ideally
to no more than 1.5 degrees C.
Concepts such as
global warming, water contamination and
human rights are weighty matters that are more accessible
to people than ever before, as is the need for resources
to make
solutions effective.
This is bound
to ruffle a few feathers, so here are Professor Jacobson's comments on how he came
to this conclusions: Jacobson Considered a Wide Range of Environmental Impacts Jacobson says he has conducted
to first quantitative, scientific evaluation of the proposed, major, energy - related
solutions by assessing not only their potential for delivering energy for electricity and vehicles, but also their impacts on
global warming,
human health, energy security, water supply, space requirements, wildlife, water pollution, reliability and sustainability.
Multiple lines of scientific evidence overwhelmingly show that
human greenhouse gas emissions are the dominant cause of the current
global warming, that the consequences of that
warming will on the whole be bad, and that there are cost - effective
solutions to the problem, of which carbon pricing systems are a critical component.