Climate Change Snapshots #1
CO2 emissions via wine volume from left to right – Total US, Average total MDCs, Total LDCs
Here is the first from a series of snaps I’m doing focusing on some small part of climate change every several weeks: At this point what’s important to me with these postings is to keep engaged with climate change through learning, advocacy and creativity. The posts will range from prescriptive to educational, some hopeful and some laments.
CC Snaps #1:
Trump is allegedly considering pulling out of the Paris Agreement. Semi-briefly – here is why that sucks.
Box o wine = TOTAL cumulative C02 emissions by US from 1850-2011 (369,349*)
Two glass o vino = AVERAGE cumulative emissions PER country of top 19 other most developed countries, from 1850-2011 (42,887* avg total per country – US is 8.6x higher)
Shot glass o wine = TOTAL cumulative C02 emissions from ALL (46) least developed countries (LDCs) from 1850-2011 (4,854* – US is 76x higher)
IE- the US has contributed a relative and nonrelative outrageous amount of CO2 into the atmosphere.
Climate change will have the greatest impact on those with the least resources to cope with the coming shifts in weather/sea level rise/drought etc (eg: developing countries). The US – as the single largest contributor of greenhouse gasses (GHGs) over the past century +, and one of the top GDP producing nations, has an equitable responsibility to engage in and significantly contribute to the world’s effort to reduce the oncoming effects of climate change and mitigate future effects.
All data provided by WRI’s brilliant Climate Data Explorer (CAIT) http://cait.wri.org *values = million metric tons of C02 (mtCO2)
Written by: Taran Nadler
