Do you think that we should blame the more developed countries for causing global warming?

Question

I mean, should we blame them or maybe we should just put the weight on everyone's shoulder and hold everybody responsible for global warming?

Answer 1

No. The more developed countries are more developed so they will help stop global warming. Also, less developed countries use old technologies like gasoline instead of electricity.

Answer 2

The Earth has many problems because of man

this is undeniable ,how much we are responsible for Global warming is debateble ,But there is a definate change in Global temperatures that is affecting nature in a bad way.

this text only covers some aspects of Climate change ,mainly agriculture i.e.effects of deforestation and subsequent man made desertification

water and air polution such as caused by

industrial contamination ,the contaminating effects of the cities(the internal combustion engine) ,are other stories,

and all of these are also man made ,such as the high industrial chimneys pumping contamination into the clouds and the burning of tires,some of this polution has been found in the ice in the polar regions

there are natural cycles in the planets life

but a lot is influenced by mans existance ,and this is increasing with overpopulation,putting strains on Natural resources and increasing contaminations as well as destructions of essential componants the ensure living conditions for all life forms

climate change is caused in great parts by desertification ,and most desertification is caused by man

the thinner ozone layer helps to speed this up.and this is caused mainly by air polution ,also as a result of mans actions

in North Africa,India,Mexico ,millions of people are effected by land loss and desertification and some have died as a result,

And now many animals are becoming sick because of changes in temperature ,

vital links in the food chains are disapearing affecting other species further along in the chain

90% of the feral (wild) bee population in the United States has died out.

In the Netherlands bee diversity is down 80 percent in the sites researched, and that "bee species are declining or have become extinct in Britain."

wildflowers that depend on pollination have dropped by 70 percent

we are witness to a mass exstinction ,for the first time since the dinosaurs, of the earth's estimated 10 million species, 300,000 have vanished in the past 50 years. each years, 3,000 to 30,000 species become extinct.

everything is happening so fast it is not possible to monitor things any more.

,the Sahara is growing by 7 kilometers a year

and most of the desserts we know are a results of mans actions ,and they are increasing ,not getting less ,in the dinosaurs days ,there were few desserts.

collectively this planet is drying up ,

each degree rise in temperature means 10%crop loss

and there is less and less water (because of deforestation),to irrigate this production ,

and there are less and less farmers to do it..

Arable lands and their farms are lost all over the globe. Many farmers sons abandon farming and head for the cities.

Northern China is drying up, what once were millions of food producing people, are now hungry refugees ,running for their lives from the all consuming dust storms.

This will have a great effect on world food prices when they start buying at what ever cost, to feed their people.

The farmers that are left have to feed some 70 million more people than the year before but with less topsoil.

Over the last half century,

Population growth & rising incomes have tripled world grain demand from 640 million tons to 1,855 million

In the near future the global farming community will not be able to feed every body ,food prices will continue to rise. .

RISING SEAS

The northpole is melting ,and we will know it without ice in our life times.

this does not affect the sea level because it is ice that is already in the water.but the melting ice from Green land and the south pole ,are another matter

Global warming could be slowed down to some extent,but it will mean global co operation between all countries ,and taking into account human nature and the world politics ,it is unlikely that this will happen,

At least not untill we are all in the middle of planetary disastres and it becomes a battle for the survival of humanity every where,instead of just some third world countries Source(s) here are a 100 ways to help

http://www.eco-gaia.net/forum-pt/index.p...

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natur... Source(s) (s) Lester E Brown is the director and founder of the global institute of Environment in the United states .he has compiled a report based on all the satalite information available from NASA,and all the information that has

come from Universities and American embassies WORLD WIDE ,

his little book--a planet under stress , Plan B has been trans lated into many languages and won the best book award in 2003

Answer 3

Just blame it on USA & China (others will probably do their part automatically if these two give some consideration - and others probably won't if these two don't).  

It is not about whether it is developed or developing (originally the thought of developed nations came because of per capita emissions and still is). I think it has to do mostly with per capita emissions and to some extent total emissions.

USA as a country, has rich kid syndrome and extremely wasteful and doesn't simply care as much as they claim they care (just read this forum for majority of responses) - there seem to be some people from US who seem to favor lower energy usage and stuff but in general, US still as you already know, has appx 5% of world population and emits almost 25% (i think it is getting to be a bit more now) of emissions. and every dude/dudette will simply shrug his/her shoulders and yell at you if the govt increased the taxes on fuel even by a little - that's the american way.

China is industrial nation and tries to compete with US and it also burns tons of energy and growing pretty fast. With a billion people, very soon, it will be pretty much like US in a few decades in terms of total emissions (not per capita). as china is a developing nation and enjoys advantages of being one as per kyoto protocol, they have the room to carelessly increase their fuel usage (mostly coal).

Europe in general is pretty good in its attitude about global warming. Australia and Canada seem small to create a huge impact. Japan is usually meticulus in whatever solutions they come up with. India is getting up there next to china but the per capita consumption is pretty low.

so, the final question comes to who doesn't care - obviously, right now, i see US. US hardly cares. They can't afford to really, as china is a threat. US can respond favorably to controlling emissions only if china also has to. rest of the world will be just stuck with a bunch of guys from these two countries buring oil and coal like no tomorrow and convincing themselves that global warming isn't man made and is just a natural process (convenient, isn't it?).

Answer 4

global warming is an international issue and NOT because of a few countries and  i feel that everybody should be blamed cos every person counts and more the co operativeness , less the pollution.

Answer 5

if you belive that global warming is caused by increased emissions caused by the factories, cars and other objects used in the developed world then yes