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Four in five people want more climate action: U.N. survey

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The Chinese not so concerned since they been doing their bit. While western countries just continue to bicker.

And how about stopping all these wars? That would make a massive difference. But no, they continue to focus on cow flatulence.

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The entire humanity wants to be salvaged from the stupid and redundant climate calamity, and survive. Governments must act. However, it is mainly up to the people. Those with entrepreneurial spirit – invest in solar energy projects: It saves the Earth, and brings good money. Car owners – replace your retarded petroleum wagons into EVs: It saves the Earth, saves money and brings comfort and performance.

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Another way. One-in-Five people are climate deniers.

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Another way. One-in-Five people are climate deniers.

But their influence and damage are much bigger.

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Another way. One-in-Five people are climate deniers

or believe different scientists:

https://www.wnd.com/2024/06/bad-ol-co2-warming-earth-not-even-close/

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"As world leaders decide on the next round of pledges under the Paris Agreement by 2025, these results are undeniable evidence that people everywhere support bold climate action," said Cassie Flynn, UNDP global climate director.

Yes people may "support" bold climate action but are they actually doing something about it?

I would do more. But the others won't. So I will not do anything," Steiner said of what he called people's "perception gap" on climate action.

Fact is the rate of release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere has not slowed down even a bit. According to recent news the rate of release is actually increasing at a record level now

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Do you want to be more green? Yes. Do you want to go to bed when it gets dark and get up at dawn? Er, no. Do you want a domestic energy use cap and regular power cut? No. Do you want to return your air conditioner? Absolutely not! Do you want to never go by car - walk or cycle instead, regardless of the weather. No. Do you want a 20% tax hike to support poorer nations going green. No! Do you want to never be able to replace stuff when it breaks, as the consumer economy has an bit of an imprint. And never go further than 15 mins active travel away for your holidays? No. And only eat produce grown local, when it is in season? No more tropical fruit. Lots of cabbage. Er, no. And surrender your job and career, as it has a carbon footprint and is inessential, instead becoming a farm labourer? No.

So, you only like the idea of going green then. But none of the consequences. Bit like Brexit.

[Apologies if the above formats badly when it posts - you get the idea.]

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People can greatly reduce their carbon footprint without losing their quality of life.

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or believe different scientists

It may appear that there are two scientific camps with equal standing, and anyone can choose to which scientists to believe. However, there are various types of scientific arguments. The strongest scientific arguments are those that are tightly connected to experimental evidence. The amount of ice at the poles and high summits is being monitored. The temperature around the globe is being measured. time profile of the temperature for the recent period, as well as for a very long time in the past, is known – Watch the video with the title "This Will Be My Most Disliked Video On YouTube | Climate Change" at the ASTRUM YouTube channel. The author of the video wants us to survive, but he is to shy or intimidated to say that explicitly.

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Another way. One-in-Five people are climate deniers

That will continue to shrink.

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Anyone who talks about 'climate-deniers' is a propagandist and a smear merchant. No one denies the climate. No intelligent person denies the fact that climate has been changing from day one. What many intelligent people, including scientists, doubt is the theory that climate warming is driven by our emissions. Even the IPCC admits that this is not proven.

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Plenty of my neighbors here in South Cal still deny that global warming is happening. Oh well.

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What many intelligent people, including scientists, doubt is the theory that climate warming is driven by our emissions.

But it is more intelligent to realize that the climate warming is indeed driven by our emissions.

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What many intelligent people, including scientists, doubt is the theory that climate warming is driven by our emissions.

Have you got any links to groups of climate change scientists that support the above assertion?

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Even the IPCC admits that this is not proven.

IPCC - "It is unequivocal that humans are causing the warming. Changes in the

sun's activity and volcanic eruptions are not the cause of the warming

trend."

So what is causing the climate to warm? Scotch mist?

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What many intelligent people, including scientists, doubt is the theory that climate warming is driven by our emissions.

Have you got any links to groups of climate change scientists that support the above assertion?

Dr. Willie Soon is quite vocal about it :

https://www.wnd.com/2024/01/watch-tucker-carlson-fossil-fuels-saturns-moon/

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Dr. Willie Soon is quite vocal about it :

Ok, but do you have any links to any groups of climate change scientists that support the above assertion?

There will always be rogues who want to get their name out their by making outrageous statements. But groups are much harder to sway.

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It may appear that there are two scientific camps with equal standing

No there aren't.

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https://www.wnd.com/2024/01/watch-tucker-carlson-fossil-fuels-saturns-moon/

Quite the websites you frequent.

Just a feeling bit the following text from that website may indicate that there may be a political agenda here:

Democrat politicians today overwhelmingly favor late-term abortion up to the very moment of birth – formerly known as "infanticide." They encourage children too young to drive or vote to have their breasts and/or sex organs amputated in pursuit of a "gender transition" that is both delusional and impossible, and which leads to staggering rates of depression and suicide. They have not just allowed, but ENGINEERED, a full-scale foreign invasion of America across her southern border.

Their standard bearer, President Joe Biden – a senile, pathologically dishonest and epically corrupt career political hack – is destroying America's economy, energy sector, military, law enforcement, election integrity, national security, Constitution and overall national wellbeing as rapidly as possible. At the same time, Team Biden demonizes and, increasingly, IMPRISONS critics as "violent extremists," "domestic terrorists," "white supremacists" and "insurrectionists." Indeed, they're currently engaged in an obviously corrupt multi-front legal war against Biden's chief political rival, Donald J. Trump, in an attempt to send the 45th president of the United States to prison for the rest of his life.

None of this constitutes "politics" in any conventional or traditional American sense. Rather, it is all darkly spiritual. The greatest nation on earth is in the throes of a full-blown spiritual war between good and evil

Please forgive us for thinking this may be playing to the less intelligent and partisan.

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If you feel you can't or aren't willing to do something about it, that's one thing. But to continue, in this day and age, to deny that there's been an ongoing problem of human activity affecting the rate of climate change, that's a whole other level of "Bruh...".

Do you want to be more green? Yes. Do you want to go to bed when it gets dark and get up at dawn? Er, no. Do you want a domestic energy use cap and regular power cut? No. Do you want to return your air conditioner? Absolutely not! Do you want to never go by car - walk or cycle instead, regardless of the weather. No. Do you want a 20% tax hike to support poorer nations going green. No! Do you want to never be able to replace stuff when it breaks, as the consumer economy has an bit of an imprint. And never go further than 15 mins active travel away for your holidays? No. And only eat produce grown local, when it is in season? No more tropical fruit. Lots of cabbage. Er, no. And surrender your job and career, as it has a carbon footprint and is inessential, instead becoming a farm labourer? No.

I most likely can't do all of those. I can (and do) do some of those and find some middle ground on at least some of the others. Doing something is probably better than doing nothing.

or believe different scientists:

https://www.wnd.com/2024/06/bad-ol-co2-warming-earth-not-even-close/

I will see your completely objective inorganic chemist writing for the absolutely reputable scientific website WND (A Free Press for a Free People - Since 1997) and raise.

https://science.nasa.gov/climate-change/scientific-consensus/

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