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

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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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[@thisnameisnottaken]

Your the best channel ever!

[@joshstraub6972]

hi

[@isaactang4685]

Ok... I don't expect advertisements 8 months later

[@catherinejamesbvillamor]

So cool vids!!

[@kseniamatthews5491]

I will do my part to lower fuel emissions by not buying merch.

[@Epicmonk117]

Short answer: everyone. Long answer: eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeveeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnne

[@Ohmwise]

noice

[@privatefrizz8627]

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[@ivvan497]

nope, have you watched the video?

[@rion7088]

I mean he’s not wrong. We breath out that stuff all day

[@gustavohernandez567]

S you got liked nice

[@BawkBawkBawkBawkBawk]

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

[@juliusseizure8857]

lol

[@aaron8169]

Rip

[@MFaiz-zm2qp]

Yeah we hella screwed

[@jarskil8862]

Ideological fanaticism is big problem when it comes to climate work. 1) Here 20% of population is shut out of decision making because "their way" to fight climate change is wrong 2) Our Green party is jamming and hurting developement of Fossil fule replacements due "We arent allowed to cut more forests" Hard to get wood based fossil fuel replacements, if you arent allowed to make them.

[@jannydj2393]

We’re fucked

[@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

[@zhangyi5145]

跟鬼佬讲这些没用，它们要的大家都心知肚明，它们只不过在给自己立牌坊好站在所谓的道德高地不停地指手画脚而已，并不是真的想给自己加限制。

[@guitar--hero]

@@zhangyi5145 中国应该负环境变差点的责任，这毋庸置疑

[@lckglckg258]

@@guitar--hero ？不看人均？

[@guitar--hero]

@@lckglckg258 不就是因为你们的毛泽东弄得人口这么多，污染才这么多吗。

[@guitar--hero]

@@lckglckg258 不看看人口为什么这么多？

[@ashwanthvinod5190]

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.

[@regedit33]

«I love that this video is not biased. Most other channels blame developing countries like China [...]» They still missed something big: **accounting for imports/exports** of greenhouse gas emissions per capita. A.K.A. carbon footprint. So for example the figures attribute the emissions for making EU & US electronics and goods mostly to Asian people.[1] Rich countries are outsourcing emissions to other countries and the video misses that.[2] It changes + or - a few tons of CO2 for many countries and part of the ranking changes. Source: Wikipedia "List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita" and compare section "Production-based emissions" for 2015 with "'Consumption-based emissions" for 2016. China goes from 7.7t/person to 6.27t, rich countries gain 1 or a few tons depending on if they have a manufacturing or fossil industry that exports. A dramatic example is Belgium going from 9.2t to 15.61t. Likely due to not having much industry. Check out the above source for more. Caveat: that's still not complete, it's not actually the carbon footprint, it's CO2 only and not all greenhouse gases (so it misses a lot of agriculture impact and all leaks from gas industry) so all the figures should be a bit higher and countries ranking should again change due to difference in food diets (% of animal products) and again upping the rich countries. Anyone knows where to find such data? To solve that last big bias. And is anything else big missing? [1] a laptop is like 0.5 ton! [2] almost a third of the carbon footprint of someone in France are goods. And more than half is imported. source: course 8 (Carbon accounting) at École des Mines 2019 by JM Jancovici

[@dongshuai1209]

Developed countries are still polluting the environment today, they have moved polluting factories to developing countries，They stopped polluting their own country, but didn't stop polluting the world now, It is hypocritical for them to cheat on environmental protection

[@huanglong08]

What do you mean no excuse for following the same path? Do developing countries have any other options other than burning coals and gas?

[@ashwanthvinod5190]

@@huanglong08 I mean they should try their best to use alternative energy as much as they can

[@huanglong08]

@@ashwanthvinod5190 how? Are there any developed countries willing to share the clean energy tech with them for free?

[@relevationanimations912]

Countries: Let’s solve climate change! Also countries: After you

[@tedclapham4833]

Climate change doesn't need solving it is natural and cyclic!

[@W26731]

@@tedclapham4833 it is cyclic for a degree on a period of on average 10.000 years orso, we are now in a cool period bit we artificially increased CO2 levels so high that it is warming up to the highest levels in a couple of million years in just 200 years. CO2 traps heat and can chain to a lot of other things to warm the planet in turn.

[@lolnatzt6715]

Ted Clapham but humans are making it faster jackass

[@urgay1992]

@@veckstocks9710 yes probably

[@emmett389]

@@veckstocks9710 yes actually

[@joseph6128]

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

[@malepauling7431]

@@xtensioncordtv1969 kinda... but its more of a slow walk than a run towards the goal.... sadly...

[@OriginalSycan]

@@xtensioncordtv1969 Nah man Iceland, Norway, Scotland and more are all using a higher percentage of renewables

[@ArcticVoid]

Please take some time and Google this; "46 STATEMENTS By IPCC Experts Against The IPCC" or the "Suspicious Observers" 🧙

[@sphilticL-7]

😥

[@jamesmoriarty9433]

@@malepauling7431 What do you propose? People losing their jobs? Economies smashing into the ground? People's retirement funds being partially or completely wiped out? All because you want renewable energy now? What a selfish and idiotic worldview.

[@godtolove6984]

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.

[@thimble347]

Pretty blatant CCP propaganda.

[@godtolove6984]

@@thimble347 Right, right, speaking for China is CCP propaganda. Speaking for the West is freedom and democracy. Which country are you from? It makes me sick.

[@thimble347]

@@godtolove6984 It's one thing to speak for China, it's another to reiterate nothing but Xinhua talking points as you do so. Facts are, China has done very little to improve it's own footprint and likely never will - especially now that they're facing a recession due to the failed zero covid policy.

[@tinkerknight8022]

​@@thimble347 China's per capita carbon footprint is insignificant compared to western countries not to mention that she produces the most products for the world. The best way to bring down carbon emission would be to make western world poorer and waste less energy, and fortunately that is already happening.

[@thimble347]

@@tinkerknight8022 If that's the case, why did China refuse to release it's economic data this year? Furthermore, China is already on record as having the worst environmental impact out of both the US and Europe combined. Air quality indexes alone show how horrible their policies are for their own citizens let alone the wider world. Let's not forget the unregulated over-fishing of the worlds oceans by vast amounts of fishers who frequently poach other nations waters, especially in Africa where their government's have been debt-trapped to be powerless to stop them.

[@AxelRicardo-ix6ni]

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

[@user-tp5kq1iw4u]

yeah，we Chinese don't need Greta，we all know what we should do to save our earth.

[@luceafarul579]

China polluted more than others because China has the biggest population. Per individual the pollution is fewer than Americans.

[@stephennewcomb4575]

@@luceafarul579 Last I saw per capita China had 5 times the amount of plastic ocean pollution than the US and Indonesia has 4 times that of china. Even though the US has more ocean access ports than any other country. Now they do lead in CO2 emissions but the people guiding "green energy" in America are proposing plans that are counter intuitive by only looking at one part of the life cycle.

[@luceafarul579]

@@stephennewcomb4575 lol so? I never said China never pollutes anywhere. You are talking about just ONE type of pollution china has more than US ooptido. China actually leads in green energy in the world. It’s the largest producer of wind and solar energy for example. China also literally turned desert into forest. So doesn’t matter how you want to measure it, China leads in environmentalism over the US. I’m sure the ocean will be next.

[@stephennewcomb4575]

@@luceafarul579 A good example is Austria and Brazil has over 27% hydro alone. So definitely room can be made.

[@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.

[@mdzaidhassan8996]

This comment deserves more likes!

[@stopit9747]

Thats got to be the highest body count that I saw in a yt comment...

[@Killerfox512]

Where is this from? It sounds like something Douglas Adams would write.

[@mintcookies6308]

r/almosthadastroke

[@ebattleon]

@@Killerfox512 It is

[@enzop6861]

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

[@squigga_4237]

At least we can screw the earth even more for another year

[@ameen9493]

@@squigga_4237 well that's not a good thing to be proud of..

[@nene_san]

lol

[@TheRand0Channel]

So 2021... I’m more scared now than I was about the 2020 downfall

[@oneHellvalley]

The good thing about 2020 is that emissions were down globally for awhile

[@hrrr1145]

说得很好，很中立。作为一名中国人我也应该开始践行在生活中减少碳排放的责任。支持

[@murphyzhao7343]

呜呜呜太感动了，这么客观的视频好正能量！太支持了📏📏📏📏📏📏📏

[@linke5008]

@@murphyzhao7343 我们是为其他国家服务的，谢谢

[@linke5008]

@@murphyzhao7343 No country can live without sacrifice

[@murphyzhao7343]

@@linke5008 Some countries sure can since they are richer😭

[@linke5008]

@@murphyzhao7343 No selection

[@user-kd9or1ue8w]

我的家乡中国河南的一个小县城，自从开始实行减排政策后我们这里的煤矿停了一半，我亲戚的煤矿也停了，以前他的条件很好，现在算中产。山里多了很多风力发电机，我回奶奶家能看到，总之政策实施的不错。

[@wdia2333]

中国在环境问题上已经付出了行动，而且是有效的，但我们还是需要其他国家的努力才可以营造一个美丽的地球，而不是互相推脱责任😓

[@unknownpatriot2763]

ನಿಮ್ಮೌನ.....ಹಂಗ ಅಂತೆರಿ ತುಗೊ ನೀವ್....ನಾಡಾಗಿಲ್ಲದ ಬಾದ ಸುಳಿ ಮಕ್ಳ ಅದೆರಿ

[@yihangchen-re5qb]

现在其他国家已经放弃碳中和了，他们提出这个议题就是为了限制发展中国家加拿选票@@wdia2333

[@alexandracreevey7034]

@@wdia2333这的评论都在互相骂，不知道说啥了

[@amko123]

Short answer: Everyone Long Answer: Everybody

[@deleted-cg9of]

*big brain*

[@alvin3171997]

Common sense!

[@rapidrevolver5024]

Lol

[@omara.947]

If the US stopped all it’s imitions it would barely do anything globally.

[@ikidu1102]

Nah, I pass. I don't like cults.

[@stephenrobinson52]

"If facts matter to you" - Kurzgesagt throwing mad shade

[@jeffgelin7765]

Lol Ben Shapiro probably got triggered after this video dropped

[@OldestHouse]

i hate it when there are no replies on a good comment

[@connorc9585]

Stephen Robinson @liberals

[@planescaped]

Facts? What do I need facts for when I can *FEELS* whatever I want!

[@nat3e174]

I wanna see Ben Shapiro respond to this video.

[@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 😢

[@Backup_Punter]

Russia isn't too developed. Neither is china.

[@mehrdadsalehimehr9849]

I agree, the right of veto is really stupid

[@JohnSmith-qk4rm]

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.

[@user-dy2ft8uz1y]

American tradition: I am sorry for this, but I do nothing to compensate you

[@demoniack81]

Yeah and the fact that the average American emits nearly twice as much as the average European is ridiculous. They emit nearly THREE times as much as the average Italian. Americans must be insanely wasteful if they manage to emit 3 times as much as us and we already drive everywhere and don't put _that_ much thought into it. I remember reading in the comments of another video that it's common for people who have second homes in places like Florida to leave the AC/heat on even when they're not there, because otherwise their poorly built houses literally rot from the moisture building up. That is INSANE to me, and probably to every other person on this planet who isn't American.

[@emilywilkerson3684]

@@demoniack81 Its absurd and negligent to a good portion of Americans as well... Its sorta the majority, but when you dive into specific policies, most end up split by party. And while the USA is more of a Democracy than China, its a pretty poor one, so it doesn't respond to it's citizens views very well. When you see the "Political Polarization" hyped news articles about the USA, Climate Change action is a dominant reason for that polarization. In other words, somewhere around half of the USA is fed up with the other half for not acting, and are breaking apart their relationships in response. Some are literally splitting up their families over issues like this. So at least some are taking action.

[@Wicked_Knight]

Yall know the info in this video is outdated right?

[@user-dh2ee3ht6m]

It's everybody's fault not just the US's

[@theylikollikasecial]

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.

[@foximacentauri7891]

@Kent Horvath the world is saver today, but a climate crisis can and will change that very rapidly. We need to do everything in order to prevent a climate crisis.

[@Ian-hi5vz]

@Kent Horvath in this analogy, your basically saying, "the boat's only leaking a little, lets not fix it and worry later when the boat starts sinking"

[@EV-pj6jo]

@Kent Horvath you didn't watch the video lol

[@iTyler888]

@Kent Horvath Floods and hurricanes. Ever hear of those? Take a good look at the states near the coast. Look at the numbers. Do you see it rising? Great.

[@2directioners1band]

yet the only ones with tape to seal the boat are blaming on the ones that have no tape and waiting for them to do something lol

[@najib9093]

“Who is responsible for climate change?” Everyone “Who needs to fix it?” Everyone

[@SaitoGray]

You misspelled *Corporations twice.

[@outremer91]

It is already too late for our planet. Our best chance is to find refuge on another planet like Mars.

[@theilluminatimember8896]

@@SaitoGray tf you talking about crackhead?

[@zephyr1327]

Ikr and when Greta thunberg gave her speech, we made memes of her instead of supporting the movement. Politicians would love the sight of gen z killing each other.

[@yopierre2048]

@TheIlluminatiMember he’s saying it’s corporations not everyone.

[@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.

[@abeautifulmindispoetrydefi5323]

As a civilization we are ultimately all responsible for "Climate Change" as for who should be fixing it the short answer is all of us. So here is the legacy problem that we face, while we have the U.N. who simply are no longer fit for purpose, the issue will just be a case of "kicking the can further down the road" Which is perhaps sadly what we have been doing for decades. So what happens now. Well those in authority and positions of power will simply continue to duck their responsibility and what we end up with is a final showdown between Mother Nature and her inexhaustible power to teach us, yes us the whole of mankind a lesson well deserved. In the past decade we have seen one natural disaster after another and every affected Country has had to pick up the bill for the cost of those disasters. As we refuse not to learn from these past lessons, what becomes blatantly clear is that the rising costs will continue, and eventually we run out of money to fix this. The result is very simple, 1. Loss of life, across the globe. 2. Further mass migration. 3. Atrocities which sadly go hand in hand when we find ourselves in this predicament. 4. Economies crash and burning or worse on slow burn till, they financial meltdown becomes global. 5. N.W.O. finally comes to the rescue, but is it the rescue that any of us think it is. 6. We are neck deep in fire-fighting all natural disasters and resources finally reach breaking point. 7. Poly-Pandemics take centre stage, as we once again find ourselves fighting on a front we never planned for. 8. Our new enemy becomes the Sun, and it's not quite what we envisaged. i) Skin cancer is soon to take the number one spot. ii) Famine returns to our radar as food production is impacted by global warming. iii) C.M.E.'s, Solar Storms, create for us a whole new set of health problems. Which sadly again no one saw coming which is the Electro Magnetic Field, begins to affect the minds of humans because we are extremely sensitive to this new exposure, which we will see, happen first in the Southern Hemisphere before the Northern Hemisphere is affected. There is a scientific argument that if there was a Polar Shift then you guessed it the tables would be turned and we would then be exposed to this being a combination of Radiation from the Sun, and the subtle E.M.F waves that will penetrate through the expose ozone layer and bring a whole new threat. 9. Oceans and Seas temperature rise increased due to tectonic plates, moving and underwater volcanoes adding heat from beneath the seas and oceans. 10. Permafrost co4 fuels global warming, and releases us to new threats that we didn't allow for. The list is endless, I am giving you just a few, to ponder over.

[@rasmusvohlakari2304]

the climate is going to warm up regardless of what humans do, it's the endless cycle of the earth between ice ages and warm periods. the last ice age ended fairly recently, so the earth is supposed to be warming up to a degree

[@alexisvazquez6678]

​@@rasmusvohlakari2304 at this rate.... nah we fucked up.

[@lilysantiago679]

And relentless...

[@AnimalKING]

Every Kurzgesagt video: -Facts -Scares you -Then calms you down -Add birds

[@user-iy2bq6nf8d]

True af

[@MasMaszu2]

Kinda like humanity in a nutshell but first it's good then it's bad then it's good again and then it's bad again..

[@robertanthonybermudez5545]

Do you have something original?

[@aaaaa2679]

Every Kurzagesagt video: -Has a copied comment like this

[@Atomas69]

Why do people keep liking copied comments?

[@reality8763]

Environmental laws in a nutshell: Everyone agrees that everyone else should do more

[@CristianArenasUlloa]

Most of politics in a nutshell…

[@CristianArenasUlloa]

Most of politics in a nutshell…

[@jamesmoriarty9433]

The United States is always blamed for being one of the worst in terms of pollution, despite being one of the biggest advocates of clean energy. The entire reason we pulled out of the Paris Climate Accord is because we aren't going to be the only ones to sacrifice our economy so everybody else can feel good about themselves. The EU and friends didn't give a damn about the agreement. Yes, before anyone had a clue about climate change, the US polluted more than anyone else. Such a shame they weren't psychic. Now stop bringing up the past. No, we can't begin today. The idea that we can just stop using fossil fuels is ridiculous. Considering everyone's heavy reliance on them in daily life, the cost to replace *every single thing* that uses fossil fuels, the jobs that would be lost, and the horrible effects on the economy would be more than enough to bring America to its knees. The Green New Deal is garbage, climate activists have unrealistic expectations, other countries are hypocrites, and we aren't stupid enough to destroy our way of life. It's not happening, so quit crying about it.

[@pixorhd4866]

@@jamesmoriarty9433 oh yeah sure Mr.Trump let's get back to using coal bc its such a great and efficient power source

[@tomatop6754]

@@jamesmoriarty9433 This right here is true no one was following the rules of the paris climate accord but america. Why make a deal when no one else will follow it especialliy when those other countries like China talk about wanting to replace us all the fucking time. We need to slowely shift oil companies to begin investing in other forms of energy and to manufacture solar panels (which needs coal) to replace the oil jobs that will be lost. Nuclear fusion is the future and without it were never gonna stop any of this

[@yunkaiwang5589]

减少使用一次性制品，减少开车，把自己已有的东西用得更长久......这是我们每个人都可以做到的，只需要一点小小的虚荣心作为代价。

[@world853]

但现实却只有超少人会记住😥

[@user-yh9ti8gs3t]

我会，希望你也会，长辈们思维已经固化，也不会为能源危机、气候危机考虑，甚至不知道有这些事，但我们这一代需要改变，这样我们的孩子就会接受更有效的环保教育，而不是停留在面子上的口号，要落实到行动上，这样就不至于等你我老了以后到处是雾霾

[@thebismolboi986]

And this brings up what Ive said to myself many times, the worlds need to unite under one flag and eliminate currency. There really is no way to get around this problem without doing so.

[@lilysantiago679]

''Which countries emit the most carbon dioxide per person?" People inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide.

[@elremito]

French actor Jean Yanne once said: "Everyone wants to save the planet but no one wants to take the garbage out".

[@cheesy_potato9243]

True

[@cheesy_potato9243]

Its so easy yet we dont

[@saldan3985]

"'Let's fix the world' said everyone, not knowing how" - A guy named Bill Wurtz

[@valentinmitterbauer4196]

"Everybody wants to shit, but nobody wants to wipe."

[@Pain-xw1rj]

Ironically we actually do know how, we’re just too lazy because everyone that needs to do their job *isn’t* always going to do their job because they aren’t immortal and immune to every single disease in the planet, (but also many of them are just assholes), we expect or want someone to do something yet we don’t act when we *need* to do what we wanted from that someone who didn’t do what we expected. And if we do do it, we’re just angery and then we all just blame each other then the cycle repeats.

[@CanDOGGOGetSubs-jr9xn]

"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

[@xRockLobster75x]

And it's what you'll hear 10 years from now if nothing is done, except the person saying it will be on fire while saying it.

[@ANONIMO-pt8yd]

we are doomed to death

[@mrahzzz]

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.

[@christopherdinoguy8346]

Just saying but planting trees will basically do nothing for the climate. Individually and even in groups people can't tackle this, no, countries themselves have to take action against climate change. If they could ban CFCs then they have the power to stop climate change, just not the willingness. That being said planting trees is extremely great for forests and wildlife, I suggest you all to change from Google to Ecosia for your search engine, it plants a tree for every 45 searches so you can plant a lot of trees without leaving your home.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

Global Warming is now irreversible however we can still can prevent a warming of 1.5°C to 2°C by 2100. But it’s getting more and more unlikely. 4°C to 6°C is were we are heading by 2100

[@derekliu1021]

As a Chinese, I know very well that the country with the largest carbon emissions in the world today must be my country, which is almost beyond doubt. But China has been planting forests in large quantities since two decades ago. In the past ten years, the scale and number of thermal power plants have been gradually shut down and reduced. There are too many people in this country, and everyone wants to live a better life, but they are still doing their best to protect the environment. However, Western countries have endlessly promoted and suppressed through the media for political purposes. It seems that everything China does is wrong, but in the end they question why the Chinese government does not give people a better life. It's nice to see bloggers describing the status quo objectively and without political perspective, I believe my country is still trying to do its part and I'm living this philosophy as an ordinary citizen

[@tobyli52]

This video need to be studied in every class room

[@GhostSamaritan]

Let's say we're on a ship that's slowly letting in water. Saying "I won't fix the leak because I didn't make the hole" will just ultimately lead to everyone drowning.

[@arnabkar8792]

But it ain't as simple as that, it's not fix, it's stop. And the people benefit from the problem.

[@electronresonator8882]

the Innocent, "what did I do to deserve this" *fixing the hole* the actual hole makers, "challenge accepted" *making more holes*

[@Cthulhu013]

Wrong. You wait to fix the leak, let everyone else drown and then plug the hole last minute to save yourself. Now you don't have to share resources, you have it all to yourself.

[@KoepenickDrums]

What if I gave you $100.000 Dollars for making the leak only a tiny bit bigger... Most people: give me that cash and an axe, please..

[@grifm.5224]

@@electronresonator8882 You don't pour gasoline on a burning house and then complain about nobody putting it out.

[@CloudTK2]

"Until I am affected, I don't care enough." - The Human species.

[@superpantman]

Yet we are the only species on earth that collectively can try to change their future. Humans are amazing.

[@mercen4ry57]

@@superpantman yet depressing...

[@mykeprior3436]

Yeah, NIMBY is a real thing.

[@Handhandme]

Sometimes we only learn when we face the problem itself. We're pretty dumb lol.

[@bengoodwin2141]

Wayanoru Lunar'Starsong more like a few specific humans

[@shawnkuo001]

Great video! Very detailed and balanced cover of a very serious topic!

[@gabor6259]

Until you watch The Hated One's debunk video.

[@zedena1413]

yeah this is a heavily biased video

[@thatappleguy6207]

It's not "who needs to fix it" Its supposed to be "we all need to fix it" this is threatening our world and we need to do something about it, It's not just us that is in danger our descendants are in danger and the future. So friends give us all a helping hand and help fix climate change

[@kiropkiptoo3370]

"Others acting irresponsibly yesterday is a horrible excuse for repeating the same mistakes today" - Kurzgesagt

[@leoin4112]

That would be a good line if developed country really do helps out undeveloped country but not used it on tons of nuclear 😊. As long as they are still getting stronger. There will be something just like Hitler happens. Human greeds are unlimited. We doing our best to survive and protect ourself at the same time

[@MarkRai-ko1sk]

I agree. Which is why I'll repeat the same mistake tomorrow. Yeah. That'll do it.

[@leoin4112]

@@MarkRai-ko1sk what mistake? Mistake only happen when u do something unintentionally. We are doing it with caution. We are doing it for our own survival and to protect ourself. Maybe if you would start helping instead of having good life style. We would develop faster and everyone in the world can start talking about it.

[@RyLo18D]

Way to devalue all the impacts the US has had with a blanket statement. Developed countries should be the ones leading the way, and they can but they choose not to. The clothing, shoes, laptop etc factories in China are made by US companies and their suppliers chosen by US companies. Yes, China can place a reform to stop it but they're not in a position to. Why? Their emissions are actually not that much per capita, and when considering the rapid development experiencing by China, if a developed country doesn't help out then there's simply no reason to. Take India for example, now tell them to implement green reforms while most of their population is in poverty, does it make sense to you? What developed countries can do is to help develop the infrastructure in these countries to lower the costs of adopting such technology for them or to incentivize social entrepreneurship while working out an agreement for the developing country. The fact is, Developed countries never want to feel like they're on the losing side when it comes to a trade agreement. Why? What happens when you piss off your citizens by agreeing to a policy that has actual costs towards your country and the only benefit being "Environmental benefit". You'll immediately get voted out. This isn't some easy problem you can just slap China with and tell them to stop

[@stephenwebstwr4426]

You're on a computer You probably drive Do you have heating? Nothing to do with countries It's down to people wanting comforts of modern society Now let me ask you Are you going to give up any modern comforts and go live in a cave and grow food? Obviously not so stop moaning

[@liamconroy1656]

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

[@randomthings6977]

Me: *eats plastic* _im helping the ecosystem_

[@fathfez7991]

Said every country in the world

[@mr.knowitall5019]

Classic bystander.

[@HitmanHimself]

@@randomthings6977 underrated

[@miardDD]

Why is this so true lmao

[@mellowmood9]

12K dislikes shows how much we are reckless towards the Environment.

[@kasskaroofwalker421]

I have been living in China for 5+ years and figured that many other countries which banned high pollution emission factories just relocated them to China or other developing countries. So in a nutshell, country make some laws to protect environment and corporations just move the production to others that didn't apply the laws yet. So in the future we should be skeptical about which countries we praise for being clean energy and which ones are actually producing more. Pollution does not need visa

[@Sk4lli]

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. :-/

[@Ayveh]

Exactly, not only Germany did that but the US did as well.

[@Sk4lli]

@@Ayveh Yes, many countries. I just used Germany as an example since I'm German myself, and before pointing to others we should reflect ourselves.

[@chad_bro_chill]

We should stop buying from China anyway because of their use of literal slave labor, among other issues.

[@srippopolandino6174]

Germany loves blaming Poland for it lol

[@ureyesrbleeding1]

Well, if China didnt have such cheaper and shittier environmental restrictions they wouldnt be putting out so much emissions in the first place.

[@corvespid4925]

Passing responsibility around perpetually, as though one was playing "hot potato", is perhaps one of the least useful things anyone has done at any point, ever. I'm glad Kurzgesagt did not fall into this trap.

[@krashsytegaming9222]

The fact I didn’t know abojt the other two gases speaks volumes about how much information about this is out there yet how little people know about it

[@lowkey_entertaining9723]

You see when people aren’t comfortable with changing their lifestyle, they go into denial.

[@hyoroemonmeto6874]

Western still try dumping their trash to asia

[@Federico-mj3si]

@Viktors Puksta There's plenty of actual proof of climate change, if you don't believe it you are in denial.

[@mananasi_ananas]

@Viktors Puksta that's the "go in denial" part

[@CapitanoGUC-gf6el]

@@hyoroemonmeto6874 no Asia (formost China) is bing the plastic :-/

[@bob-uj4vn]

@@CapitanoGUC-gf6el its facts, you can look it up. western company's send their trash to asian country's

[@kuromi_H.W]

I can just imagine a zoom meeting between world leaders like this: 'So that's why we need to end pollution' 'yes' 'yes' 'so whose gonna do it?' *Half of the world disconnects*

[@harshsYT]

Correction* More than the half of world 80-90% because many countries are still underdeveloped or developing.!

[@CM-mo7mv]

And I would be surprised if they did it to reduce server energy consumption

[@urgedpanda]

What was the last time 2 leaders addressed the situation directly with actual real time interactions without exiting the room?

[@driftmaster2009]

More like: 'I couldn't hear the question' 'Oh, ok i will repeat it' 'No its ok, lets just move on to the next one'

[@am1017]

China can fix it by having a 0 child policy

[@WilliamMacArthur-tr5gw]

Very objective and reliable. I like this video

[@OmniscientOrangutan]

You have helped me so much. I'm working my butt off now to save cash, but I have modified some old technology to be a hyper efficient co2 remover, heat to electric generator and a green, efficient AC unit

[@CK0547]

Alright kids, just a final tip before you head down to the comment section: Stay away from anyone who unironically blames one country.

[@Brandon_96]

The thumbnail is trying to get people to take sides. Let's just get off of KZbin and read a book.

[@joemistica9449]

You no what yup your right its OUR sin even the the other people we should have reduce it now but people built weapons so its out of cintrol

[@joemistica9449]

Control sorry

[@alvinstrom6443]

China

[@graphemelucid8407]

@@alvinstrom6443 the magical word to all problems

[@TheInvisibleCactusYT]

“Let’s save the planet” said everyone, not knowing how. Bill wirtz

[@99999bomb]

Bill wirtz is very wise

[@Brokkolesz]

The planet doesn't need saving, it will be just fine. We're killing ourselves.

[@supernenechi]

@@Brokkolesz Bad plagues kill themselves, no?

[@alicizationash9306]

Bill "Wurtz"

[@alba2162]

@@Brokkolesz no, all we have to do is stop causing emissions and die off, then the animals won't have to adapt to deal with what we've done

[@kathyrose8979]

Very objective interpretation! Thank you for your video, which makes us understand things more.

[@user-gb5em2jg1b]

很好的视频，节能减排是每个人和国家都应该认真对待的事情，大家都做的不好，但都要去努力做好 Very good video, energy saving and emission reduction is something that everyone and the country should take seriously, everyone is not doing well, but we all have to work hard to do well

[@Tubeytime]

"No single drop of water thinks it is responsible for the flood." - Anonymous

[@pinkorange4980]

@@Corgi_fax yes. yes. water has feelings.

[@hahahaha-jj8op]

@@Corgi_fax they have higher iq than you

[@georgelouis4840]

@@hahahaha-jj8op now thats a lotta damage

[@psychonaut175]

That's very true. I'm just curious about one thing. Which flood are you referring to? Or are you just meaning any flood in general?

[@sunsamuel4010]

In chinese, it's like“当发生雪崩的时候，每一片雪花都在勇闯天涯”lol

[@Gameknight2169]

“Who is responsible?” *Everyone.*

[@austrianfuck7450]

but mostly we westeners.

[@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1]

Everyone? Nope. Many are taking their responsibility and contributing to a neutral greener world.

[@AngelSanchez-tt1oc]

I thought the same thing.

[@TheWarhammerfan1]

@@austrianfuck7450 Asia?

[@gustavomagro9934]

USA and Europe and they are not doing enough, so third world countries will continue to burn forests to feed their economies and become developed countries

[@lolno3641]

first ever kurzgesagt video I watched, at the beach with my dad. It’s great to be back

[@AryanMahipal]

We have more people then Africa that should help you understand the main cause of such huge emissions

[@obamacare2]

"Humans beings always do the most intelligent thing…after they’ve tried every stupid alternative and none of them have worked" -Richard Buckminster Fuller

[@soejrd24978]

We are definitely not the most intelligent thing, there are plants and fungi a lot smarter than us, check out Michael Pollan

[@muhammadedwards8425]

@Stygian Eons Fuller counts with him

[@HypnoPantsOnline]

Gravestone Science

[@hanenbow718]

That's pretty obvious, ever heard of trial by error?

[@HypnoPantsOnline]

@@soejrd24978 being more adept at certain qualities, like ants farming or slimemold adapting, doesn't make any of them smarter than humans. Unless one of the animal species or fungi you mentioned can do everything humans can do and more, then they're not more intelligent. (though they are possibly more intelligent than certain singular humans)

[@dust001]

"Let's save the world!" Said everyone not knowing how.

[@kukifitte7357]

Let's invent a thing inventor said the thing inventor after being invented by a thing inventor. By the way, where the hell are we?

[@cheesy_potato9243]

Ikr

[@cheesy_potato9243]

Actually the thing is they do but to stupid to actually *do* it

[@prunprun3803]

And nobody want to really move.

[@darununya7048]

A wild Bill Wurtz reference appeared

[@Hollowdude15]

It's so insane that some people who does this is responsible for it and amazing video man :]

[@cuongo9296]

" After you " must be one of the most powerful moves to delay actions. I always think like that when someone talk about stop using air-conditioner to not let the world hotter. I think that I will also do it if everyone about me do it too 😥

[@GarrettS1385]

Love how most counties play the blaming game, rather than finding an actual solution together.

[@TheThirdLieberkind]

Blaming is cheaper

[@jur4x]

maybe because there is no solution? And it all going to get only worse and worse from now on

[@popopop984]

jur4x Oh there is a solution, and there already countries getting rid of oil and gas factories, but it’s too damn slow.

[@elijahjohnson1952]

Because solutions don't get you elected. People like tosee quality of life go up not down.

[@kevincorrigan1754]

@Tommy Belciano 雷 Then if the solution is futile say goodbye to humanity and have fun watching your great grandchildren suffer and die on a dying planet... smh cant get over how dumb some people are to say something like that.

[@vincentwong1127]

Like all the international problem. Only thing everyone agree, is someone else should do more.

[@thedenalski4038]

yeah, everyone sees people as nations and not just people

[@bellas486]

Just human nature

[@yamatotarantino4960]

Ya that’s dumb you can solve it but you still blame there people

[@worlds_cpt4394]

every one is to blame for climate change and no one is one cause for it its just that every one needs to stfu and go green all of the people in power are old farts that think it does not exsist like trump ect we need people who are younger and people who can see the damage we are doing to the environment we need to stop useing fossile fules also they will not least forever because there is a fineite amout of fosile fules that means it will run out eventualy and we would have to end up useing green power but it would be too late. Some ways of green energy are nucllear energy - no carbon emitions but very hard to get rid of wast wind energy - cheap and easy to use but very dependent on wind solar energy - very good in sunnyweather but expeenccive and less power when cloudy water power - dams and other methods but very expencive another way of reducing emitions is to encourage biking and have more no car zones because it has worked fantasticly is some areas in the world there are so many ways of perventing climate change but all of the idiots in power are not lissoning and doing nothing. during lockdown the world has had time to heal and repar its self and we can see this in countries like china who had smog before lockdown and no birds chirping to haveing no smog and haveing the birds cherp. because if we dont stop our ways now our planit will die and we will along with it and it will just be another barron planit in the endless void of space. also for all of what we know we are the only civilisation in the universe and if we dont treat our planit well we will fall and the universe will truly be empty idc if you hate this but things need to change and sorry for my spellin

[@silmeria1984]

@Pagani Zonda China is doing more by tree planting and limiting the emitting while USA quit the agreement. Your comment that it pollutes more than all other nations is subjective. Your comment itself is subjective and I literally didn't see any stats you provide here that support your objectiveness which make you sounded neutral while assuming it. They are putting effort in throughout the years responding to the summit and it's own people. The argument of this video is that benefits comes with responsibility, and the inequality created by industrialization is arguably not the reason to one line cut the global emissions. China is doing a lot in my observation. Definitely not enough but indeed more than a lot other nations. China limits lifestyle emissions, enforce trash separation and recycling. Stopped importing electrical and other trash, planting impressive amount of trees, putting serious amount of restrictions to pollutive manufacture, and in major cities, no more open air BBQ, no more 2.0 and more engines for family uses. China also have environmental enforcement in every cities, and have actual law to prevent individual or enterprises to over emit and dump. In China, cutting trees without permission is a crime. Chinese people also stopped burning for warmth in major cities and this trend is tremendously expanded over the past decade as cities opt to natural gas warming supplied from powerplants instead of burning coal by community or individual families. Over the past fifty years, it built one after another nuclear powerplants and remodeled or replaced tons of thermal powerplants. China has largest inland power project in the world which it started while it is really poor because it realized burning coal is not the solution and is not sufficient for industrial needs. Near Beijing, China is building xiong an, a model city that eliminate cars and makes people sufficient in community and rely more on public transportation. If it successes the Chinese cities are going after this model, which increases human interaction and reduces commute in the same time. Quit your double standard and look for facts. If we eat less beef and stop luxurious fireplace and high emission cars, we can contribute. China needs to do more, but the established world also need to move in. Doing this and contribute together, so we can survive.

[@ems7623]

Honestly, no matter who is more responsible, you can't trust the US to do anything about it right now. The politics there are too screwed up. Europe is largely doing it's part. China is not presently doing enough, but given their current momentum on almost all fronts, they are in the best position to solve the problem. This includes the simple fact that their pollution issues from rapid industrialization are so obvious that there's significant domestic pressure on Beijing to make changes. The question will be whether or not China wants to take a leadership role on this issue. Strategically, it would be a good idea for them but they have been very focused on economic development and amassing geopolitical power lately.

[@veenagaitonde7495]

Why can't people just solve climate change instead of arguing who should do it

[@lordunknown3214]

Every country agrees that every other country should do more to handle climate control.

[@mvvagner]

Except for the US, whose current administration outright denies that climate change is real and the climate isn't affected by people in any way. It's hard to say if they're just stupid, or they know the truth and are lying because they don't want to give up using their sacred oil for everything. Not to mention the oil billionaires and millionaires profiting off the destruction of the planet.

[@Misty-jv2cg]

@@mvvagner as a US citizen, help

[@sambradley9091]

@@mvvagner Help us

[@timvanrijn8239]

Socialism: being very generous with other peoples resources. People just got start doing something

[@vizardonator8571]

Mvvagner someone’s got to make them realize that that won’t last forever, and if the planet dies, there’s no more business for them. Especially given that sustainable sources are cheaper to implement and could thus make them more money than their current system. I’m very sad that this has happened to our planet, but we’re in the stages of. Climate change where we can still make a difference, and we should.

[@Autissima]

Who is responsible? Yes. Who should start to fix? Yes.

[@martinhromocuk8631]

Answer: we are all

[@nutman2353]

Internet Explorer] I’m sure you’re meaning to have a constructive conversation, but I can’t really understand you. In your first paragraph you stated that most of our products are made by people desperate for work, which is true. However, in your second paragraph, you say that *consumers* are slaves to products. So which topic is it?

[@Cody8P]

if it werent for industrialization we would still be in the ice age 😣

[@hous4493]

Me:*grabs popcorn*

[@stormveil]

@@omatofi No, you are right. The so called 'market solution' is not a solution at all because the current rules created that result in the first place. And the rules are not fair or correct in many cases. It's an externalisation of responsibility. What needs to change is law. That way, established companies will have to change their practices - which is much faster, easier and more reliable than building new companies from the ground up, only to compete in an unfair environment. But changes in law are slow at best because politics is too influenced by those who benefit short-sightedly from the current situation, and too predicated on personal belief.

[@user-fk1zh1jz7g]

All the rich people, private jets, yachts and luxury cars, they should be responsible for this

[@ghosthunter0950]

What we can all agree on is that the responsibility is on government along with corporations. The private person can do little to nothing to reduce his carbon footprint. We all need to travel from A to B to live. If government only provides car roads And really bad public transport, what are you supposed to do? We need to push for more travel options like trams trains bikes etc.

[@yuzan3607]

Funny how time and time again it seems like humanity on a large scale acts exactly like elementary school kids.

[@ILPVG]

And elementary school kids are gonna be the next generation of leaders. Hopefully they’ll do something. 😔

[@AdityaKumar-ij5ok]

Keanxz they'll grow watching decision makers of their time do shit, they will still do same

[@AzNMadnessXXXXXXX]

Climate change is fake news. Vote Trump 2020 to abolish corrupt scientists advocating for this bullshit.

[@umari.6735]

@@AzNMadnessXXXXXXX Ah yes, we shall replace them with scientists paid off by the Koch brothers and the fossil fuel industry.

[@pranjalkumar4708]

Time for us to act like Earthlings and not Indian ,American etc

[@Greenomb]

Politicians be like: "How can I be responsible for climate change? I never wanted it!"

[@stanleyyuan1572]

Green-Omb also politicians: yes oil companies I will take your donations to not enact laws limiting emissions.

[@footballnerd277]

Donald Trump "Climate change is a hoax invented by the Chinese"

[@anoon-]

@@footballnerd277 what's weird is the Chinese dont care about global warming lol

[@yonathanrakau1783]

@@anoon- and so does USA during the 20th century how about you who has the resource start reducing on it too its not like you emit below 10 percent of emission

[@yonathanrakau1783]

@Kraptonite yes they certainly will reduce it soon or later, they had to

[@xiaoxunge]

Although China is the largest carbon emitter, it is also the country with the most new greenery every year.

[@AFloppaGodOfficial]

I’m Canadian the reason why output so much is because it’s so cold here we can’t get a lot of other thing like water energy because it frozen so we must use fossil fuels

[@dreamypupper4080]

Depends on what part of Canada and what time of year. There are many areas in Canada where the water in dams doesn't freeze. Also Nuclear power plants wouldn't have an issue with the cold. As of right now Canada is almost completely bought up by large oil companies, which is the primary reason there hasn't been any change.

[@vandini8185]

'Others acting irresponsibly yesterday, is a horrible excuse to act that way today.' That was powerful.

[@day2148]

The odd part is that the countries making that arguments (China, India, etc) are also countries where energy-efficient industries are flourishing. China produces most of the world's solar cells and hydroturbines and has the world's largest tree-planting project, and India comes up with the most ingenious inventions for doing more with less energy.

[@vandini8185]

@@day2148 Thank you for telling me this!

[@MrWackozacko]

@@day2148 Producing solar cells is in now way shape or form an energy efficient industry. If the same solar cells were built in a western nation they would adhere to much stricter environmental policies and cause less environmental damage per W produced. The reason we all shipped our industry to China is because it is cheaper, due to them having far less standards and more people with no say. Globalism makes us think its a good idea to triple handle every material, dig it up at home, send it to china to be refined then shipped back home as sub standard goods that last half as long as they should, meaning you have to buy it again sooner.

[@andrew5672]

Odin Thorsdad oh no don’t ruin the kids irrelevant little factoid

[@justadictatorridingonanuke3714]

The countries that polluted the most in the past didnt even know climate change was a thing

[@Unity2002]

No one will do anything until the world really starts falling apart.

[@celci0r81]

news flash it LITERALLY IS

[@vegetable1495]

We only gonna start once Hawaii literally sinks or some shit

[@danr943]

Even after that they'll keep on blaming each other... Look at the world now. When we should come together and fight covid. Countries are still blaming each other

[@jinoo8648]

@@danr943 Well, technically it is China that's responsible so that example is not that valid

[@thatotherandrew_]

@@vegetable1495 Islands are already literally sinking, but nobody cares because they aren't affected.

[@Lower_Your_Expectations]

When I didn't see Australia in the top 10 most CO2 emmiting countries, I was happy. I thought we were doing good, until is saw the CO2 per person scale. Everyone needs to do something to fix what they caused.

[@ims3312]

Australia is super-emissions country per capita as firefighters can't fight bushfires

[@samnewman4314]

In the modern day the UK is a actually doing very well relative to other developer nations. Finally got something to be proud about of this country.

[@ims3312]

Have you forgotten that London used to be called the city of fog? (no offence)

[@josefv1154]

This is basically the highest stakes blame game of "who farted"

[@nagapandian]

Not rlly cuz in “who farted” it’s not everyone’s fault that person farted lol

[@jackbrown3985]

lol

[@aadisharma281]

Literally

[@Noobitty]

More like which group of people dutch-ovened the entire room

[@shubayalisha]

ಠ_ಠ

[@kidssyed2213]

Acting irresponsibly yesterday is a horrible excuse for repeating same mistakes today. -Kurzgesagt 2020

[@georgelieberman9322]

There has been some slight cooling over the past century, but I don't think that we can really do much to reverse the milanchovitch cycles. The title "who's to blame" perplexes me.

[@amazinhaydz2032]

Litteraly

[@fengmagicgadget2987]

I dont feel guilty as im vegan

[@Paymentfull]

Not just that!! Our resources are DEPLETING... Like oil, minerals, extinction of species and many more...

[@QuantumLance]

"it's the countries that contribute least to the problem that stand to lose the most from rapid climate change". There you have it.

[@joeyverhagen7024]

Disclaimer: "All countries were hurt during the making of this video".

[@imadino3230]

hehe yee

[@ijustwant2die]

Lololololololololol 🤣

[@ianmubangizi6721]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 mostly china

[@itsheath2157]

Ian Mubangizi, not true it hurt pretty much all countries in different ways. Rising sea levels, temperature, low resources, political problems etc. Also it says here ( *7:26* ) that the “developing countries will be hit the hardest” and then gives a short list of more examples.

[@hpesojjoseph2307]

@@ianmubangizi6721 i guess you don't watch the video, huh. Western countries pollute way more than developing countries per person as they are already rich now (wealth=pollution). The past century was marked by those western countries polluting the world first which make the total contribution of their pollutions higher than china. China emits the most pollution as they are starting to become richer and have way more people than all western countries combined. So, you are a hypocrite for attacking china as even today most of the pollution in china is caused by the outsourced pollutions of your western countries corporations to make their products cheap which is mostly sold to western consumers.

[@EvilParagon4]

Me, an Australian: "Nice, not a single mention of Australia." Me at 4:51: "Uh oh."

[@EvilParagon4]

To be fair though, we are also a large coal and oil exporter. So if we can ignore the outliers, you can at least smudge numbers down a tad for Australia.

[@pannychanman]

@@EvilParagon4 With global capitalism, there's always some way you can shirk responsibility. China/India's response can be a similar "we are just supplying the west with cheap consumer goods". Where we land on the pollution rankings is not as important as figuring out what we're going to do about it.

[@EvilParagon4]

@@pannychanman I just mean that identifying outliers and giving them a pass is a precedent already set. If we don't want to have that issues, we shouldn't ignore those outliers.

[@vitemallight8818]

Read this upsidedown

[@NZH00]

At least Australians can change this in a couple of minutes by divesting from fossil fuels and investing in renewables through switching their super fund to Future Super and their bank to Bank Australia.

[@WeatherWilliam]

We need to fix this as soon as possible! Europe has just broken Hottest winters on record! United States seeing less snow. Extremely hot summers in the United States! I am ready to help fix this problem!

[@tsuyuko6982]

If all countries worked together it would be long gone. Remember the last time we did that and the ozone layer was fixed? Why cant we do it again

[@adensun9981]

8:20 the fact that the German bird is eating what looks like a cooked bird is utterly endearing

[@candadismycountry]

Considering there are different species of birds, this is the same as a human eating pork

[@MrSpako13]

country moreCountry Moore like human eating a chimpansee

[@user-vk9sz2se5j]

@@candadismycountry periodt.

[@ethersecure2432]

Lol, good catch! That is kind of gross

[@spaceboi231]

@@candadismycountry No, it's more comparable to a policeman eating pork.

[@008TheDen]

Ok but my question is how can we make these decisions? The people with the most power to make the change are also the ones with the least incentives to do so.

[@dfm2656]

Fortunately, many of us live in democracies, so if you can demand a more environmentally friendly policy, and China will probably follow the same course if it wants to continue in trade, adding that China is already taking into account the change to more energy. renewable and in reducing the pollution of their cities

[@RoScFan]

@@dfm2656 usa is a democracy, look how that turned out for the environment.

[@lexawblythe]

@Michael Jay A two-party oligarchy with others there to fuel the illusion that they are a democracy

[@hafeezuddin1367]

@@RoScFan tbh USA more look like a dictatorship Signs of a dictatorship 1.have a crowd that follows u blindly 2. Accuse public media that doesnt support you fake news 3. Suppressing of protesters with violent force(look at the fckin police brutality on the ones THAT WERE PEACEFUL holy fuck) 4. Leader racist af Etc, etc

[@spellmender7902]

Bill gates helped sponsor these videos, so it looks like there are those with power who are making change.

[@planaglobalmedia]

This is such a great explanation of the different dimensions for the different emissions and what needs to be done.

[@user-ot7qb2hs5w]

I agree

[@user-st1ev6kf8n]

正确的，比起一味的去指责别人找出责任，不如大家一起努力，欧美通过破坏环境获得的经济地位，如果你们想要让后来的国家不这么做，很简单，发挥你的高科技找出一条新的路，不然就不要指责其他的国家，因为他们只是做了与你相同的事情。发展中国家也应该制定好方法，什么是发展经济最快的最好的路，而不是盲目的，盲目的发展会导致环境污染，也对自己没有好处

[@miladelear]

The video forgot a key point : China's emissions are also linked to the fact that they're the factory of the world, not only because they have a lot of people emitting a lot. When an European by a Chinese TV, the emission "cost" is attributed to China because they made it. It also apply when they buy a Chinese-made Solar Panel. If everyone consumed only things made in their own countries (which seems to be what the video implies), the % between countries would be way different, but that's not the case at all. (And that would reduce transporting emissions.) [People are arguing in the comments, but my point is not "we should do this way or that way, this is a solution.". I was pointing out that the video arguing "all individuals from a certain country emit a certain way, multiply by number of people you get total, then this country X and Y" lack a bit of context and nuance, and /why/ some countries are doing this. I'm only saying that the video could have been more clear and go more in depth about why these numbers are there and how our world runs, and not just say "America is 50, China is 60" and using numbers that are not that comparable.] (Edit : spelling and clarity)

[@berkilhan4727]

That is exactly what I thought about the climate change issue.

[@hybmnzz2658]

Thank you. People tend to forget that China is figuratively the slaves that run the world. Sad but its not surprising they have such a high carbon emission.

[@Cthulhu013]

If we eradicate the sweatshop children and most of their population, we immediately improve the worlds health. A dozen nukes should do it and once we take out that superpower, there would be no country who would dare retaliate against the U.S.

[@CommaGaming]

@@Cthulhu013 hahaha

[@joedollarbiden9823]

Fuck finally someone with a sense

[@saintblue]

"This wouldn't be happening if you recycled." - Giant Corporations

[@user-kx5es4kr4x]

Here before 64 likes

[@eduardosalarza516]

It would

[@abbaszaffarkhan1872]

Corporation with dozens of factories: you should just walk instead of drive come on guys

[@bob-uj4vn]

All they do is burn the plastics or send all the trash to poor country's like india, china etc...

[@brunoboaventuramorelli1555]

China isn't poor

[@masonmhl]

Blame the countries with the higher emission per person! Blame the countries with average historical higher emission per person!

[@the_guy_who_uses_to_much_u4380]

I didn’t know all of those tiny countrys like Saudi Arabia and others made so many Co2! But, the world we live in is the best gift a human can ever have. And we do not want to give up this precious gift that was gaven to us as our own planet. And if this keeps growing, the futures we will have will never become a reality, but global warming and flooding. I am writing this sentence because this world is precious to me and you. We need to build more wind turbines and use large fields in the middle of nowhere to create solar panel parks. Plus, if we use those Serra in sun and wind energy, the future of flying ears, etc can happen more then 2X faster! We need to spread this to the rest of the world. If you are reading this, please share this.

[@icyr0bin-794]

it sucks to live in a world where all the people making the decisions are people who wont be alive to see the consequences of their actions

[@1jediwitch]

Yep, all they care about is the short term monetary goal.

[@ipadair7345]

well actually even those who will be alive they will purchase everything necessary to survive for millions of years, sell it to others at a high proce , keep some for themselves, and cage themselves in a bunker, whilst the rest of the world dies out. They would also buy all the bunkers first too, causing everyone to buy at an exorbiant price.

[@endurancemotorvlog6881]

Yeah must suck to live in a world where kids have the comforts to grow up in a way much better then there parents and grandparents before them. Do you really believe this nonsense that the world will end in 12 years? You do know that they told me the same crap when I was young. And now 47 years later, the planet is still turning and live became better and better. What's keeping you from living like the Amish do?

[@icyr0bin-794]

@@endurancemotorvlog6881 what’s stopping YOU from living like the Amish do? get off your phone and stop denying reality lmfao what do you think caused the snow in texas and fires in australia this is just the beginning

[@endurancemotorvlog6881]

@@icyr0bin-794 how old are you 13 ?

[@peurmartis641]

Since developing nations will suffer the most, fixing it wont be on the agenda of the developed world and so the situation will inevitably get worse until everyone is equally affected, but then it will be too late.

[@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1]

It is on the agenda for many European countries. Global meetings are hold annually by mostly countries from the developed world attending. Socialist and liberal movements turning the question into a left-wing package does however probably not aid them in the goal to counter climate change, it rather turns people away.

[@samo7070]

@@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1 i dont understand. Isnt it in the benefit of conservatives/right wing politicians to deny climate change. They stand to gain the most from the status quo. Packaging it towards their interest wont solve the issue. Compromise doesnt feel like an effective solution to a global issue that will kill us with 0 effort

[@BaByBaLkAnKa]

it will be, when all the people suffering and starving will knock on their door.

[@tyhayter5022]

pessemistic much?

[@gp6763]

@@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1 Wishful thinking and symbols, never acts. As long as economic growth is priorities there will be no real impact

[@perrfectionpeterkin4324]

one thing guys missed was net emissions, I'd be really interested in how that compares.

[@bobrooney5315]

What individuals do is insignificant compared to corporations. Corporations are to blame, but they misinform us by saying it's everyone's fault as if the blame is equal.

[@jasonsinn9237]

Moral of the story: Stop pointing the blame and just do something about it.

[@eugeneng7064]

The EU and China are. The US swings between denial and action

[@homemadetech5712]

Eugene Ng China isn’t doing anything, what are you talking about?

[@ceoofcringe6296]

no

[@shinobukocho7032]

I can't do anything I don't have money so I just felt bad this whole video🥺💦......welp

[@WMDistraction]

@@eugeneng7064 It's arguable if China is doing anything because it's hard to see what is *actually* going on in that country. Lots and lots of projects done for the glorification of the government with no substance or sustainability behind them. And as for doing something about it, it seems pretty easy to think of ways this could work both environmentally and economically. The developed countries could put money into researching and developing clean energy technologies that are then sold at the "early adopter" price among themselves, driving down the costs for developing countries to do the same. This both accomplishes the goal of reducing emissions at the countries that emit the most as well as getting developing countries - which aren't currently emitting a ton but would soon if no other technology were available - to adopt the technology as soon as possible.

[@joezcool]

I like how "Who Should be Responsible" is question 4/3, because how we can actually make change is the thing no one wants to address but it's the one thing we actually need to

[@TheExoplanetsChannel]

Oh

[@mac2105]

@RockM was robbed yeah and also don't drive a car, all equally valid solutions nobody wants to do. We need globally enforced rules, that way the individual doesn't have to feel like a sucker for doing the right thing. Carbon tax

[@Meitti]

@RockM was robbed Thats all busywork though, your carbon emissions will still be many times higher than a poor person living in developing country. You're not helping the issue, you're just bargaining yourself a false clear conscience. The only feasible solutions are either A) Drastically lower the quality of living in developed countries, or B) More funds for research on greener technology.

[@mortak6307]

The question of "who is responsible" has only one goal, to absolve the rest of responsibility and make it a scapegoat, that's about it.

[@leastbloodthirstyneocon2776]

@RockM was robbed nah wont be vegan. Sorry but all i can do is reduce my meat consume. But going vegan? Oh fuck no im no capable. Same to literally BILLIONS of people. Sad but its reality. Not all people can change, and im included on that list. Sorry and sorry to earth. Not to mention the climate change deniers that purposely makes the situation worse because of agendas.

[@mullisaukko423]

We. We all need to fix it. By doing what we can.

[@wade2277]

43 miles per gallon. That is what I get with my 2003 Harley. The EPA filed a $12 million lawsuit against Harley Davidson. Yet 84% of vehicles today get 20-25 mpg with 4-8 cylinders.

[@lexxiloveless7163]

"who needs to fix it" the fact we even need to ask that shows some of us arent ready for the responsibilty

[@OferRaid]

You're right. I nominate you to fix it.

[@abitw210]

imagine 3 persons are suspect in the court during trial and one of them killed someone. if logic "it's not important who did this" is right, then all of the suspects are guilty.

[@lexxiloveless7163]

@@abitw210 i get your logic, and i agree some countries are worse than others, but when the trash fills the oceans inbetween land masses we no longer have time for any blame games. The entire world needs to come together on this now to enact laws and policies that allow for a greater impact than what individuals can have on their own. its not always an "individualist" issue.

[@reso9679]

The blame doesn't befall on Everyone, but Everyone is responsible.

[@befrey]

but what do i dooo!?!?!

[@akorn5800]

I fart :)

[@user-oi5ty6mk2k]

Nope cant u see America and China both do the most and are emitting for lifestyle and other countries are emitting for survival and development u cant put the blame on everyone and expect to call it fair. Point is wrong and unjust

[@robdebobrob]

@@user-oi5ty6mk2k Hes not blaming everyone though. Hes saying we are ALL responsible for what happens next.

[@befrey]

@XeuNyx Cypher now I feel constipated...

[@RealRatification]

unless if the countries causing the problem get affected then no one will do anything about it

[@wangshuaizhang9471]

China is actively responding to this problem and has achieved remarkable results. At present, the number of new energy technology patents, the number of new energy-related applications, and the growth of forest area in my country rank first in the world. If the developed world could realize 10% of these gains, the world would be a better place. Unfortunately, The developed countries were just written on paper and I didn't see any related action.

[@jesuskistus3555]

We are actually catching up rapidly.A lot of nations in Europe are very far

[@kevinminecraftgaming2156]

so true in there right now

[@user-bu5pb7mf9m]

이러고 있네 중국몽 ㅋㅋ