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Notes from America with Kai Wright
The Planet Sent a Bill. Here’s What We Owe.
Aug 17, 2023
David Wallace-Wells, author of The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming, discusses the cost to fix our climate and rethinks the history of climate change. Topics include carbon emissions and responsibility, the dirty nature of wealth and corporate influence, impacts of climate change, and the cost of carbon capture and net zero targets.
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- The United States is responsible for about 20% of all global historical emissions, highlighting the urgent need for action and accountability from individuals, corporations, and political leaders today.
- The global North, including the United States and Western Europe, produces significantly higher carbon emissions compared to the global South, placing a burden on developing countries that have limited resources to cope with the intense impacts of climate change.
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The Recent Responsibility of the United States in Climate Change
In this podcast episode, the speaker highlights the fact that a significant portion of carbon emissions causing climate change have occurred in recent decades, particularly since World War II. The United States is specifically identified as being responsible for about 20% of all global historical emissions, far exceeding any other country. This recent and ongoing damage to the planet's climate is emphasized, as individuals, corporations, and political leaders today bear a significant share of responsibility. The episode calls attention to the urgent need for action and the importance of considering the cumulative impact of past emissions in addition to future emissions trajectories.
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