The Paris Accord: What is it? And What Does it All Mean?
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- At the heart of the desire to get America out of the Paris Agreement seems to be three things:
1. Nostalgia. The focus on coal, an energy source that is becoming uneconomical even in developing countries, and that employs very few people in America can't have anything to do with anything except an imagined fondness for a world that probably never existed. These people are right that fossil fuels have been great for Americans and also for the world. I think the people who worked and fought to use fossil fuels to make people's lives better did good things. I also think we need new paths and to retire old ones.
2. A push to have countries care only about their own interests. Climate change is the best example that this doesn't work. And that's very scary for people who are skeptical of globalism. It may seem to them awfully convenient that the people who want a more global society happened to find this disaster that can only be solved by a more global society.
Of course there are some that are purely economically motivated, but while those people are powerful, there aren't many of them. But these are the things that really resonate with large numbers of people. And when you're trying to defend your worldview, you'll make some magnificent mental leaps to do it...like that every scientist ever is lying about how CO2 absorption works.
There are a couple Twitter threads that I really enjoyed on these topics. here they are.
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People complaining about the vlogbrothers "getting too political", they've literally always talked about these things? It's what they do? Go back and look, in some of their first videos in 2007 they discuss international conflicts and renewable energy and climate change and political candidates. Hank started out running a blog called eco geek. If anything, they've gotten less political over the years, or more reserved in expressing personal opinions.
Those "people" are paid trolls.
Spiderus That makes no sense? What is a paid troll? Who is paying them? No one is paying anyone to make RUclips comments. To me that sounds just like when Trump says all the people speaking up against him are "professional protesters".
Peoples view are easily controlled by whatever means. Well never know.
Tied Noose Did you seriously just cite Breitbart? Not credible at all.
no one was complaining when it was "EAT FIVE SHEETS OF TOILET PAPER WHILE DISCUSSING THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN NEPAL"
The bit on WHY we need to give money to other countries is a hugely important piece most people would never think about. I'm glad you included it!
DecafKauffee sorry, I don't want my tax dollars going to Indonesia
Ken S did you... _watch_ the video?
Everyone gets nothing so someone else doesn't get a little of yours.. yeah, that'll work out well...
You want it to go to interventions in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, [...] instead?
Why?
As someone who lives in one of those developing countries... I find it baffling that this is even a debate.
Over here, EVERYONE agrees that climate warming is a thing. Why? Because we see it, we feel it.
Everyone feels it. Kids that used to wait for may-ants are now disappointed to learn they're near extinct. Rains get delayed to June, sometimes delayed to September, drying out many crops, raising prices, setting the economy into an inflated chaos... it goes on and on.
I'm disappointed that the POTUS just looks at this like a business, like a deal. He says it doesn't benefit the USA, and hell, maybe it doesn't, but that's no excuse. For all the things the USA has done to harm the world in the last 200 years, a little help would be appreciated, welcome, and invaluable.
Obama liked to believe the carrot and stick method would work with countries like China that sometimes literally heat their tech factories with firewood..it's naive at best to think that those people would or even could live up to their obligations with no penalties involved...some might even call it nutso. with a problem as big as global warming it's beyond crass.
This country incentivizes the governments in developing countries with unfair one sided trade agreements allowing them to flood the US with cheap goods and endless factories belching out toxins with burden of costs on the backs of the poor and at the cost of the environment. Instead we need to enter into agreements beneficial to both sides and make them accountable to their people and their native lands... Someone's lining their pocketbooks skirting all those issues, don't believe it's not the case, and it's NOT the US
Did you even read the agreement? We were supposed promise to reduce our Carbon Emissions, which we already have been doing for a long time! The agreement is just a collection of empty promises by countries who could really give less of a shit about your country.
What about all the good things? So much technological and medical advancements that benefit all of the world was done by the US. Do you wish for that to stop too? All the bad....give me a break. The world was worse before the US was even a country. Not to mention the US didnt start 2 world wars.
MartoLun well said
Thanks for making this video, Hank. This is important stuff. Appreciate what you do! See you in a couple weeks at VidCon!
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Since I'm going to assume most Nerdfighters are strongly on the same side of this issue already, and the trolls who come through here aren't going to be swayed by facts and reason anyway, I'm not going to address the subject matter and instead look at the product here. I don't know how much lead time you had to put this together, but the video editing is FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC. Great work Hank, and anyone who helped in the production. Beautiful vlog, well worth sharing to those friends who AREN'T Nerdfighters. If anyone has any, that is.
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Awww...thanks Steve. I was up very late last night, did it all in one day. The biggest help was VideoBlocks and the UN Video library.
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There are people who aren't nerdfighters?!? *Shudders*
I am from Bangladesh, a lowland impoverished developing nations, where 170 millions people strut their physical ability to earn a meagre wage, typically 1,000 usd a year. With more than 30 percent of population without electricity or intermittent access to electricity, our government is trying to invest heavily on coal based power plant to meet with our demand and to help our fledgling economy. Our neighbour India, with 300 millions of people without electricity, opting for coal based power plant and has envisaged to mine billions of tons of coal by 2019.
Electricity is a privilege, it powers those marginalized people: giving a child opportunity to do his/her homework, a small business to operate at night.
Industrialized country has reap the benefit and they can now make transition to clean energy but we cannot. Paris accord has enormous importance , thanks for your informative video. Hopefully people in US will understand its importance.
Thank you for sharing your perspective! DFTBA!
Hey! Thanks so much for sharing.
I did a case study on climate change in Bangladesh for school. I didn't know about the investments in coal you mentioned, but I did find out the following, which you may find interesting:
1. Bangladesh is a low-lying country in a river delta, so it's vulnerable to flooding.
2. Over 50% people in Bangladesh work in agriculture, usually around rivers.
3. Stronger and more frequent storms (a consequence of climate change) increases the frequency and intensity of floods, leading to loss of land (including farmland and residences).
4. Storms + rising sea levels --> sea water intrudes more into the freshwater rivers --> drinking supplies polluted, rivers turn brackish
5. Therefore, even routine flooding of land by rivers leaves behind salt deposits, ruining crops
6. Farming families who have lost their livelihoods are forced into urban areas like the capital city, Dhaka, to work in the textile industry …
7. Where they can only afford to live in slums. Child labour also increases as adult breadwinners cannot support the family by themselves. Meanwhile, overcrowding gives rise to increased health risks and a strain on resources.
8. Dhaka is struggling with the number of refugees. Around 2000 more people come in everyday.
9. Climate refugees in Bangladesh may soon be moving into neighbouring countries
10. If the situation continues, ~50 million refugees from Bangladesh may flood the South Asian region (in comparison, there have been about 6 million Syrian refugees, and look at the trouble that caused). This may lead to geopolitical chaos and rising tensions between countries, including nuclear-armed countries like India and Pakistan.
Basically, Bangladesh is definitely one of the countries most at risk to climate change. At the same time, as you said, it desperately needs to address the amount of poverty in its country.
It's cases like these that really show how much richer countries need to contribute to prevent climate change. Or else everyone will suffer.
Helloe fellow East Pakisani
Towfiq Rafi - Stop trying to make electricity, you're gonna heat the earth and cook us like sausages
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Hank I have a request, could you make a video with suggestions on what each of us can do to reduce climate change. There is so much info and it gets overwhelming. I would love to know what I am doing right and what I need to improve. If you're thinking of video ideas, that would be a good one.
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This! And which things help most? Like if someone can afford to put solar panels on their house OR purchase a hybrid vehicle, which has the bigger impact?
Vote! V-O-T-E.
Low turnout in November 2016 got the US out of the Paris Agreement
Spiderus unfortunately the rest of us sharing this planet don't get to vote for your president. That is in the realm of things I (and many others) cannot affect. The question is what can we do.
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Thanks Hank, this was so well put together.
Can I suggest doing more research into the REALITY of the Paris Agreements? This video does NOTHING to explain it. Of course, if you REALLY don't want to think about it, I understand. It's easier that way.
Hanks is gay and not interested in you. Thanks 👋
@@dcpackWhat did YOU not understand?
I am so glad Hank made a video on this, I knew I could trust him when it comes to the facts surrounding the environment and the agreement as it's been really hard trying to understand and make sense of all of them when there are so many heated opinions around the topic. Thanks Hank!
if you look at the facts, the Paris agreement will harm our country way more than helping it. It will destroy 400,000 jobs and take away 2 trillion dollars in GDP
did you even watch this vid
But are those jobs temporary? Much like fracking, the jobs are temporary and the damage is forever, causing massive environmental issues which could not just damage states by losing them forever. Making them totally unliveable.
Here is the Heritage Foundation report that Gavin is citing: www.heritage.org/jobs-and-labor/commentary/save-american-jobs-leave-the-paris-agreement-now
Here's some information of what the Heritage Foundation is: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation
My response is that this report inflates potential losses and intentionally ignores jobs and growth that would be created. There are already 2x more people who work in solar than in coal in America, and solar is a very difficult thing to automate because installing solar panels on a roof is a human job while digging coal out of a mountain is mostly done with giant machines that have one operator.
The flat fact is that the vast majority of corporations in the US favored staying in the Paris Agreement, even oil and gas companies like Exxon. The only ones fighting it were coal companies who, again, employ less than 100,000 Americans.
xLittleJx Fracking is good for the environment. It's one of the greatest inventions in history
It's videos like this one that make me glad that you guys are now up to 3 million subscribers. Thank you
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Even if climate change isn't real, what is the harm in using renewable energy and respecting the planet?
SheistyProductions i'm not the best informed person on the planet but i'd say "but it's hard to develop new energy strategies, you know. You have to use your brain and stuff. And I don't wanna use my brain if i don't see any benefit coming from it. And the coal industry is so rich and back in the day, there were so many jobs so maybe we can get back to that point." so i guess that's the problem. But what the hell do i know? I'm from Germany. Climate change is a problem our government attacks...
Renewable energy is not as good as fossil fuels. It's an unproven technology and people actually like being able to drive cars, heat their home, use electricity and basically every advancement made in the 20th and 21st century.
FortuitusVideo maybe it's not as good today, but that's because it's a new technology. If we continue to research it will improve. Maybe there is an initial investment but it will be beneficial in the long run.
FortuitusVideo yes that is a fact. By now we are not abled to work as well on climatefriendly energy sources as we can on coal, etc. But we could develop better techniques. And people do all around the world because we have to find alternatives. And i know it is hard, and expensive but it is important.
FortuitusVideo Renewable energy is in no way "an unproven technology". There have been major advances in both solar and wind in the last five years, making either an affordable and reliable source of energy. It just requires the desire to invest, which the US is clearly lacking, due in part to the fossil fuel lobby. In the future, it would be better if you did some research on a topic, instead of regurgitating unfounded opinions. Or, novel thought, maybe when someone asks and question and you don't know the answer, admit you are unaware and remain silent on the issue, so as to not continue the spread of misinformed. DFTBA
Other countries: Do we have to pay for it?
America: pfft, nah we got it. WE will send YOU our money.
Other countries: Do our people have to make sacrifices right NOW right now?
America: nah, we'll do most of it, y'all keep doing your thing.
Other countries: Yeah! We're in! Hey, maybe we'll even take action in 2030.
Exactly. Don't forget, even if developing nations mismanage the money and spend it on unrelated things, the countries who supplied those funds have ZERO recourse. It's part of the bylaws of the Accord that there's no accountability and that we cannot take legal action under any circumstances.
It basically does nothing but harbor money laundering I got from my research of the subject.
Sad but true
China having some of the worst pollution in the world and they pay far less then every country involved..😐
The nations that do something keep getting money. That nations that do nothing stop getting money. Problem solved. Incentives work.
My god that was easy.
*THE SUN IS A DEADLY LASER*
Aristo Mills and the earth is a perfect goddamn shield.
Earth: Nah climate change is fake fam
The Sun: I'M AFIRING MY LASERS BAAHHHHHHH
Appreciate the early memes :)
knights king skin cancer is caused by sunscreen not the sun
Why are you inside all day? Me:
Aristo Mills and what keep u alive
I am glad that some states in the US have decided to stick with the plan, even if the nation as a whole decides to pull out.
For anyone interested, here is an article about the subject. There is action happening both at the state and local levels against Trump's actions. curbed.com/2017/6/1/15726376/paris-accord-climate-change-mayors-trump
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The Paris accord is just pieces of papers with commitments stapled together with no intention from countries except the us to do anything about climate change. Pakistan’s commitment was to keep increasing emissions until a point, then to decrease emissions.
Breaking News: America taking away subsidies for Netflix, trying to bring back Blockbuster!
YAOES what is the appeal of going backwards
Michaela Wright it's a metaphor. America is backing out of Paris agreements to bring back fossil fuel jobs, that aren't needed any longer
YAOES #MakeBlockbusterGreatAgain
+Qrow Branwen Can you link any evidence for the data you quoted?
Yes, massive job growth tends to happen when a largely new industry appears. However, fracking, for all its potential effects on the environment, is a positive alternative to coal power. Natural gas is a far cleaner fuel source, and the Paris Accord gave the government yet another reason to support natural gas over other types of non-renewable energy.
While many of the people who supported the Accord are likely against fracking for other reasons, that's not really the issue here. Pulling out of an agreement that doesn't even enforce its terms is entirely pointless except as a political stunt. This is something that the Trump administration wants to be able to point at as an example of them bucking convention to help blue collar workers (in this case coal miners) in a way that no one else would have.
Things are changing and it's great. Solar power is less expensive than coal in India, which is kind of a big deal and I think it could mean great things.
Sounds great until you play the long game. Solar needs panels that require mining of precious metals and use lead. They all have a useful lifespan, and when are no longer useful are not recyclable. The amount of land required for landfill for disposal of these products long term is amazingly large. Not to mention the batteries required for storage of the energy produced and their relatively short lifespan. The wind turbines are another problem with the amounts of plastic they eventually put into the environment. So, this problem has not been completely thought out, and many are rushing to condemn fossil fuels. We ultimately may need better, clean burning engines that reduce CO2 through a more efficient manner, and a move to nuclear which is clearly the greatest untapped resource.
Has it been subsidized by the government? And how is it related to weather. If it’s cloudy then obviously continues supply of electricity will not be possible.
@@docbrandy915 Solar isnt as bad as you think. Many of the materials in solar panels can actually be recyclead. Yes solar takes up much space. I think the main use of solar panels should be on roofs where they dont take up any extra space. Solar is also a good investment since it gives you around a 8-15% anual return of your investment.
We need to use nuclear as the main energy source and then compliment it with wind, solar and water combined with great energy storage.
This is off topic, but HANK! I think this might interest you.
Did you know you were born in 1980, which means you will be 45 in 2025, and 45 is the square root of 2025! How cool is that!
But thanks for making this video. We HAVE to stop climate change.
Time is relative.
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Finally a comment that is sweet andpure and unargumentative
Pam Roberts No we don't.
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Btw, I'm sure he knows he was born in 1980 :P
CGPHank
Danial Haseeb my thoughts exactly.
Interesting that Grey uploaded a vlog yesterday and now Hank did a Grey Explains video. I guess that puts the Universe back in equilibrium
my brain just exploded thinking about that
Grey made a vlog yesterday so...
Because Empire?
I known that this won't matter but i will still say it. I'm an electrician and the government heavily restricts engineer's on making self sustainable solar power viable. They force you to be connected to the grid. Even thou there are cases in which you produce more energy than you consume. It's sad that the government's won't help out there own people. One example is the Carter administration. They pulled down the solar panels. It's a sad and frustrating era to live in.
Here's to changing that.
Anime King , the Carter administration put up solar panels on the White House... Ronald Reagan's administration tore them down, among other things.
BroknToiletSeat Yeah we all know by now why.
Ridiculous agreement. All cost. No accountability.
Amen
*I was waiting for this video*
Me Tooo
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Donald trump makes me sad more than angry
ellen johnson if you can, try to be angry. outrage is a potent and important part of getting shit done.
I would heartily disagree with that, Liam. Outrage is blinding. It makes you narrow-minded and revenge-seeking. That's exactly what we _don't_ need. We need to be working together to fix this.
Anger is alright as a motivator but, outrage not so much. When you're outraged you close yourself off to hearing things which might change your preconceived ideas about the situation.
Not entirely sure what I'm being criticized for.
Monsters? Caring for others = Monsters? What are they teaching at church these days?
I know a lot of people in the comment section are worried that Hank is speaking to an echo chamber. Here is how I look at it. We probably all have like 80% - 95% of friends who dislike Trump. But we all know a few people who are pro-Trump or think in the mindset of "why we need to do these for other people" . We need to communicate our thoughts with those people and not just "delete" them as friends.
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I'm going through the comments since we hit the trending page and uh, we've got a ton of different perspectives here. For the most part everyone is being civil and eloquent and not too much fighting. So, if there is an echo chamber, it's not here.
untappedinkwell I'm definitely seeing lots of different opinions but unfortunately lots of name-calling it's a shame that people can't have a conversation without regressing to that, but maybe it's inevitable when that's what our "leaders" do.
As Cinema Sins would say, hahahahahahahahaha... HAHAHAHAHA
hipandapanda there's also people who are just okay with Trump not pro but won't voice it because of what they're friends say about him
Who's watching this after Biden rejoined the Accord?
Can’t wait to pay more in taxes!
so u would prefer to have future generations live in a world full of natural disasters, extreme weather conditions and pollution?
@@MrLemonz So glad you're on board! 😊 This guy gets it!
@@mikaelkiiha2798 the Paris climate accord is a waste of money. It is just a stapled document that lets the country say they will do xyz to help the climate, but they were already planning to do it. Most countries had a vague goal, and one even said basically ‘we will reach a peak at some point and then we will reduce our emissions’
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This is excellent. Thanks Hank. (Also, that last shot was beautiful.)
Hey all, do you think that talking about climate change would be more effective and influential if we referred to what's changing as Earth's "habitability", rather than just "the environment"? I think that the term "environment" already has deeply engrained and politicized connotations, so it's just become something that gets tuned out.. what are your thoughts?
NGXII My thoughts are that it's scary that words are getting so poisonous because of good intentions, and no matter what we upgrade to, the outcome will remain the same unless the mindset alters. Feminism. Vegan. And now the freaking environment?
tl;dr: I agree, but "environment" as a word was easy to make poisonous, "habitability" would be harder because reasons.
Av J, I definitely agree that this is a bad thing, and no matter what we change it to it will eventually get washed out perhaps even intentionally, but here is my counterpoint. Before the conversation about climate change really kicked off, saving the environment/environmentalism was already a thing, mainly focused against pollution and industrialization. This made it easy for some groups of people to label any talk about the environment as from "those tree-hugging hippies", a connotation which has at least partially carried over to the climate change issue. I feel like this is part of the reason why some people are able to discredit any attempts to fix climate change as an overreaction or as anti-industrial/manufacturing.
I don't think that habitability has those connotations yet, it hasn't been politicized, and it's not as vague as "the environment", rather it literally means how suitable our planet is to live on, so that I argue would make it more resistant - but I agree not impervious - to being politicized.
Btw, I'm basing some of my opinions off of a study my ethics professor brought up last quarter, that people who identified as conservatives were much more likely to support climate change legislation if it was phrased to them as "switching to nuclear" rather than "reducing fossil fuels". I did some googling and can't find the study, if someone can, please link it here.
BenWIllis One crisis at a time my friend, I agree that it will take a lot more than a change in terminology to convince those who think it's a hoax, but I feel there is a larger middle ground to be won with people who just think it's not a big deal.
Not a bad suggestion! I think yeah, it is definitely time to the discourse to get stirred up a little bit, because if we only talk about the issue in the same way it's always been talked about, people will continue to vote and consume the ways that they always have?
Thank god for Hank Green
get murdered, whoever runs the Sample Mail propaganda account. You are a blight on this planet.
Yawn. Lame troll, try again. Or better yet, find a more meaningful way to fill your time.
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Thank you so much for this video, Hank. You've explained so much in so little time and have, as always, managed to be a better source of information on the subject than most other people. You're magnificent. Never change.
if we get rid of coal, what will santa put in spicers christmas stocking? :(
holdmybeer probably diamonds like usual. (rich people don't get coal)
How about a black rock? There are more black rocks out there than just coal.
holdmybeer clean air
Solar panels, of course!
A resignation letter
Time for the US to waste more money.
Only a selfish person would say this.
@@rockys3745 It is a waste of money..
Scientists: "Look, see how this is destroying our fragile planet. If we don't stop everything will die."
Humans: "My political ideals are much more important, lets argue this out for a couple decades."
Earth: "FML"
"Scientists: The world will freeze over!
Scientists: The world will burn in a few years
Few years later: Kilimanjaro has more snow then ever, and the ice caps are growing
Scientists: The climate is changing
Can you see why people are having a difficult time taking these "experts" seriously.
No scientific consensus says everything will die if we continue as we are fossil fuels. James Cook's 97% didn't arrive at conclusion nor did the survey in the American Meteorological Society either, as some examples.
Climate and weather are two completely different things.
Earth will be fine even the global warming is actually going to cause harm. It will just harm living beings. Earth will be around for billions of year after humans are gone.
+Levon the increasing heat affects weather systems Some places get colder while other get way hotter That's the point of climate change. Overall the Earth will (and has) heat up.
Who’s back here after Biden got inaugurated
Me
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Yes me. Trying to see if that potato is going to kill our economy.
Thank you Hank. I am disappointed in the decision made but as a non-American teenager there isn't much I can do besides complaining. So thanks for the video, I know it won't change the decision but at least it will inform more people about the Paris Accord and the effect of the decision, and maybe inspire them to take action. I'm also thankful for you speaking up on this matter as I imagine having a large audience means you have to be more careful with the content you put out.
DFTBA.
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I share that sentiment. I'm not a US citizen, but watching someone deny demonstrable scientific facts just because he hates the last president is painful, especially knowing the consequences of global warming.
I am so glas you made a video about this, there will never be enough exposure on this subject
Why do people just not care? That's the question I really struggle with. When I'm feeling particularly generous I try to put it down to ignorance, even apathy would be easier to stomach than what I think is the most likely explanation; plain old selfishness. I took a Conservation Biology module in my last semester at university and I really feel for the amazing people working in that field. It felt like lecture after lecture of how we (humans) are impacting on every taxon and every biome on the planet, with a smattering of success stories but one is always left wondering how long they will last. Trying to communicate the issues to the people in decision making positions must be like banging your head against a brick wall! Here, in the UK, the government are rolling out plans for fracking sites all over the countryside; the Yorkshire Dales and Sherwood Forest to name a couple. Advice from conservation groups and earth scientists on the risks to the environment, water systems and of seismic activity just roll off the back of policy makers when making money is a possibility. The feeling of being let down over and over again is exhausting and I really worry about where we are heading as a species.Apologies for the depressing comment but it's a sentiment I've been sitting on for a while now :/ I promise to go back to being awesome as soon as possible!
That's alright, you're still awesome. Thanks for sharing! :-)
Charlotte Mitchell You should research other things than what the government tells you. every tiny small step is a part of the NWO. making your sheep like mind think that everything you hear is true. bombings, "agreements', elections, assassinations. I forget why I'm posting this people who get brainwashed as you may never learn. You cannot physically change your opinion if you wanted too. every tiny law that's passed its ending the freedom we used to have more and more. You said you're from the UK? how much more freedom did you have in the 90s? you had the freedom to own a gun? Correct I'm no UK historian but a man went into a school full of children and shot up the place, then causing firearms there to be banned. One day you're able to walk around with a .45 Colt, next day you can't touch a .22 single action with a 10 foot pole. Think of how rebels fight? With guns, when guns no longer exist how may you fight. If I'm correct during the American revolution and the Mexican-American war. to stop the rebels guns where banned. Then causing some effect of fighting. People where apparently oppressed enough to hand over their guns. That's their goal, to get people to that point, in the name of "protecting you from terrorists" as I said earlier a crazy man hit up a school. For the US I predict the terrorism will be so extreme checkpoints, individual rights and things of those nature will be forgotten about to enact upon furthering the NWO. If you believe in taking away your rights in the name of security you shall have neither. Their goal is to be set back to having a king. That's why the government is pro Islam. They serve their leaders as kings (caliphates) without question. That is "ISIS" goal. To have everyone pray 6 times a day and serve their caliphate who rules over everyone on Earth. Enough taking to a few sheep who will never listen, nor understand until it's way too late.
H Tucker Yeah. Me thinks u doth protest toooo much. How ironic u blame her for her sheep brain yet u r poor attempt at sarcasm makes me think you too lack the skills that would keep u from following the other sheep right over that cliff. Go easy on what u too think u know. Watch some George Carlin he'll both enlighten you and cool your jets.
Charlotte Mitchell Its not about caring or not caring. The problem Trump faces is that he is being asked to dump billions of dollars into a program that has no proven success rate. Even if everyone complies with the agreement, the world's temperature is expected to decline by two tenths of a degree. So I ask you, is it worth billions of dollars, higher taxes, and possibly default to cool the world by .2 degrees?
You are coherently expressing your thoughts to share with us all. That's pretty awesome!
Thank you Hank for a beautiful and very clear video on the Paris Agreement! Please, keep up the good work. I would love to see more videos that portray news in a truthful but kind manner, without insulting or scaring anybody (including politicians). It is urgent to push forward for climate-friendly actions, and it is more urgent to educate people on the subject in a non-aggressive way, so that we may all unite for this cause.
Thank you for making this video, Hank.
Is it bad that the biggest question I have after watching this video is: who mows the grass at 3:50 and how the hell do they keep from damaging the billion dollar solar panels and blowing grass all over them? Does this person still make landscaper wages or is there a special profession that deals in lawn cutting in high security and sensitive equipment areas?
Drop every other discussion, this is the most important thing now
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riding mower with bag attachment and somebody who's passionate about their job = no damaged panels. They're not likely making minimum wage.
Thank you so much for making this video, Hank.
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This video is so well made that I actually feel the need to comment on how well made this video is.
this is so informative! thanks man!
So glad to have found a nice comment among all the other ones where everyone is insulting each other. Have a lovely day!
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I know this is serious but when Hank says quick timeline and then in the next breath says 350 million years ago that was pretty funny.
Well, time to get a therapist, because that is what I need to cope with the awful things for the next few years.
Karl Eriksson You must be a weak-minded individual then if you can't deal with an orange man talking about something that will NEVER affect you personally. We dealt with Obama for eight years so you can deal with an oompah loompa for a few years.
MrJr 1) This is already affecting the whole world. 2) How absolutely horrible of you, to attack someone brave enough to speak up about struggling with highly stigmatized mental health issues. You should be ashamed. 3) People who struggle with mental illnesses are incredibly, unbelievably STRONG. It is not easy to ask for help, to speak up in such harsh, judging times, to go on fighting every single day even though it feels useless.
Karl Eriksson Please know that you are not alone. Always take care of yourself. I hope you find a wonderful, supportive therapist.
Lego60060 Unless you are Karl or Karl's Doctor, you do not get to say whether they have a mental illness. And Karl's comment does not mention PTSD, so I have no idea why you are bringing it up. PTSD is one of thousands of reasons to seek therapy, and all of those reasons are valid. The current political climate is genuinely upsetting to many, many people, and you can recognize that even if it is not your experience. You never know what another person is going through. You don't get to say what issues are worthy of seeking professional help, that's for the patient and professional to decide.
There. Is. Nothing. Wrong. With. Seeking. Help. For. Any. Reason.
You know, as a nerdfighter for several years, I find it extremely sad how much argument, hate and negativity leaks in whenever these videos get onto trending. Can all of RUclips not have the respectful, factual discussions that I often see in the comments of vlogbrother videos?
The thing about equality is that the guys at the front need to slow down and help those behind ......
JM Ong equity>>>
You know, before I decide or pass judgment on something, I want to know all the facts. Have you read the agreement and why didn't you post a link in the description?
How hard is it to google
I agree the Paris Agreement is a horrible idea for the US.
It’s a horrible idea for any country in general, it’ makes no promises (in facts) to uphold or do anything to change anything about climate, it’s not even based off of any kind of solid evidence that doing any of these things will decrease temperatures to any degree, it’s all just speculation.
thank you hank, wish this would trend
gnova7 it's currently number 5! (At least for me, I've heard the trending tab can vary by location)
As someone who regularly fast at over 200lbs. You don’t have to eat everyday. Not even every other day. Guess this is why we have so many cases of obesity across the world.
Thank you Hank!!
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Early enough not to see any thumbs downs. So that feels good
I think John was right in the last video about there being no humans in the distant future
did you really think the human race would live for ever?
depends on what you count as the distant future
Why does this video not have millions of views?! It's so important!!!
Hank for president 2020
Except solar panels require a good amount of carbon to be emitted for their creation.
We could literally solve both the energy deficiency problem AND reduce carbon emissions by switching to nuclear. It's the cleanest and safest energy we have on a per kilowatt basis.
Yes, but this whole mess really is about redistribution of wealth, power and control. I would Take the climate zealots more seriously if they didnt dismiss nuclear.
Yeah but there's the issue about waste disposal. We don't have a really great way to dispose of nuclear waste yet and mistakes that can occur have tremendous repercussions.
The nuclear energy is risky.
lol, If the Paris accord is non binding why be in the Paris climate accord . I mean why can't we make goals on our own . You don't have join Weight watchers to lose weight. Seams like a farce if it's none binding . We should not have to join a support group to reduce carbon emissions
Going by your example, if everyone in the US all agree to join weight watchers and everyone was committed. Wouldn't the overall obesity percentage make a bigger drop? Just cause everyone could go their own methods in trying to lose weight doesn't mean they would actually do it on their own. Just having a group goal and accountability can go a long ways
It's not just about us. As mentioned in the video, US and China combined make up less than half of global emissions. We need cooperation from all countries.
@@dougbeney6399 Yes I agree but there has to be penalty , If a country joins but dose not reduce carbon emission this year , its oh well try harder next year
Because politicians want to have a d*ck measuring contest while being able to brag about joining a deal everyone assumes helps the climate.
This was a great video in my opinion. Informative, straight to the point and insightful. Thank you for making these videos, people need to be informed issues like this and this is a great format to do so.
Guess what we were still going in the right direction without the paris accord. You need to focus on India and China.
Paris accords was just a way for politicians to have a d*ck measuring contest while harboring money laundering and calling it good for the environment. The truth is, accords or not, nothing has changed, carbon dioxide levels continue to decrease the same way as before these accords were drafted and signed.
Please help me understand, if America pays a good portion of the climate accord, and the smaller countries dont pay as much, and they are not fined for deviating from it, why should America stay in it and pay so much?
They have goal$
So, I'm not the crazy person agreeing the paris accord is a scam??? If I can see it, why are Americans happy to be back in it?
The US or others that contributed have money to help less wealthy countries develop Green energy sources, and our CO2 contribution is very large. its not a scam, just being helpful and generous. many people are happy to be back in it as it represents a commitment to combatting climate change, which the US government has lacked in recent years.
Yes. It's a scam...but if you say "we're helping others and the earth" repeatedly, it'll feel true and it'll even make you feel good about yourself. If you understand some economics, you'll know it's b$. But I did invest in green energy because that's where the money is... I mean... because I care about the 🌎
@@jakeb6703 USA is not a wealthy country. But you keep thinking that.
I though this video was about a car. "The Paris Accord"
Puffdaddy-O LOL
LOL, Does Honda even sell the accord in France?
Given that I didn't see the time on the thumbnail, I found myself repeating in my mind: please be more than four minutes, please be more than four minutes, please be more than four minutes. Lo and behold! It is more than four minutes! Thank you. This was awesome.
the worst is that most us citizens agree climate change is happening n we need to do something
Governments: endlessly arguing about how to stop destroying the planet
Elon Musk: Hold my Telsa battery Solar Panels
I watched your videos on Psychology, and you made me pass that class. Any how I missed your voice boo
Only 3 things can stop climate change----- 1.) some intense laws, 2.) Education 3.) Population control
Or the exponential growth of wind and solar which is already happening
Welp, gg guys. It was ok when it lasted.
I just hope I don't get banned for griefing. Unfortunately, it looks pretty likely.
I just want to thank my city of Little Rock for pledging to continue our work towards decreasing fossil fuel usage. Sure, we're a small city in the grand scheme of things (~250k) but I applaud the effort. I actually get to call my local government and thank them for something for once!
BadgerPride89 ayyyyyy, Arkansas
Pledges, agreements, policies..all a joke if there's no penalties.
My grandmother, who is a devout republican, is still convinced that climate change isn't a thing. When it's winter in my home town she will turn to me and say, "Look how cold it is! See! Global warming is not a thing!" It's people like her that are so misinformed that are going to lead our future to ruin. Ironically, she majored in Botany, and I could imagine that if she was in school now she would never question the reality of climate change. Because it is reality, and it is caused by the influx of fossil fuel use.
It's very sad to see that modern grown-up human beings think that the simple relationships of physics, biology and chemistry are somehow a 'political thing'. It's not.
i feel like we need to discuss animal agriculture when we discuss climate change. it's sort of like taking about racism in america but ignoring slavery.
Is Discuss it, for sure. But take a look at graph at 2:04 indicating that for nearly all the top 10 emitting countries, the overwhelming majority of Emissions result from Energy.
sure sure, of course. but veganism is the easiest solution, i think. there's no sacrifice etc.
Rather, a better discussion point would be global population, because animal products are basically nothing compared to the required polution 1 child from adulthood to death consumes in our western countries. Vegans are idiots.
the thing with veganism is that it isn't the solution to one problem but to many. amazon destruction, ocean dead zones, wildlife death, coral death, deforestation, water pollution, leading causes of death, diabetes etc.
+Is Well you're better off with coming up with a more practical solution or solutions that don't involve telling everyone to just become vegan. It's tiring to constantly hear this.
I love how any picture of a storm cloud is supposed to scare us.
Storm clouds are beautiful! (and sometimes very scary)
Any countries out there willing to take American refugees?
Top10Archive come to Iraq
Top10Archive
If you are fleeing Trump, come to Canada.
@Reno Simpson
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No thanks
@@oscarmccormack1611 thats what the liberal Americans said in 2016. They still stayed. You must be really dire to live in Canada?
Hank, thank you for making this video, which is easy to understand and explains so much. And thank you for doing it even though it opens up much opportunity for negativity towards you. +1 for science
Hank Green for president
He sounds like he's about to cry at the end... this whole thing makes me wanna cry too tbh
Exactly and these Trump supporters don't give a damn about anything but money. In 2020, the summer is so hot and we very well are really close to 2°. Everything is going downhill
I just read "Trump.knows best - God controls the climate" in a Facebook post by a "friend". In her world, she's right because... unicorns.
God is real. This climate horse shit is not
Man can control the climate by changing the amount of CO2 because...scientists.
@ferkemall The scientific consensus is way ahead of you on this one. No one is denying that the climate changes without humans. The facts are quite clear: humans are largely responsible for the accelerated rate at which Earth is warming, to the point where significant adverse effects will happen if the necessary actions are not taken right now.
Three huge dangers:
1) Forgetting that the extent to which we currently feed and clothe and house people is vitally dependent on fossil fuels.
2) Oversimplification of the political process and/or value of the Paris Agreement. This is an easy way to discredit the arguments against leaving the Agreement, at *best*; at worst, it is a failure of the pro-climate-response side to take the issue seriously when the anti-climate-response side has been digging trenches for decades.
*Before you comment: I am a huge (but qualified, for other reasons) supporter of the Paris Agreement and I absolutely do not support inaction.*
3) Social media and RUclips are wonderful for a lot of things and they are the current (if you believe the hype) preferred methods of data retrieval for human beings. This is an inefficient and ineffective method for such large problems as resource dependence and climate change. More needs to be done, and I don't think anyone reading this disagrees, but there is an extent to which these media end up acting as outlet valves for those of us inclined towards change to let off excess steam. And we know where steam goes. RUclips could easily be a force for change, but you would need to convince a lot of people to watch a thoroughly researched 4-hour documentary (for free) on it to move the needle. Otherwise, it acts as a release valve for pressure that needs to stay in the pipes until something bursts and we get an adult plan for what's coming.
270 countries?! That sounds...off
I can only support your sadness and hope with you that this is just a short setback on the only path to survival.
you didn't really explain the accord you just explained your opinion and a poor overview of how it work
This content is a lot better Hank - the overlay helps explain what you are saying and helps focus on what you are saying! More of this!
Exquisitely communicated propaganda
Jeez, America is strange...
(I'm not American)
really? i have never heard that before, what an odd opinion to have
it's our main export. strangeness.
The Commentator America is awesome. Never trust far right or far left leaning people.
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Just curious OP. What out of this made you think this lol
Since the ice age, has the world not been warming up naturally???
Definitely has and will definitely continue to do so regardless of human activity/interference
There's a significant difference between how much the earth has been warming up naturally and how much the earth has actually warmed up by, due to the effect of burning fossil fuels. You gotta remember that the atmosphere is only about a 100 km thick, and the gigantic industries that we've built up over the years have a sizable influence on this planet.
We quite literally have the ability to shape our planet with long term actions, which is why a transition away from fossil fuels is necessary
can we have this presenter on joe rogan podcast
fossil fuel fossil fuel fossil fuel... thats all fine and dandy, but how about some one talks about LIVESTOCK and methane, water pollution, deforestation and all the other side effects of it...
Methane only lasts for about a decade in the atmosphere, Co2 lasts for centuries.
Methane is only one of many problems, and ecological change is not just about global warming.
And of course, you can do both, I'm already a vegetarian. Where I live you have some significant ability to decide where to get your power from, and some independent clean energy cooperatives exist where I live, so subscribing to them would be a smart choice. When I am able to decide for myself where I live, I'd find a place where you don't need a car for the most part.
I care for the future of humanity, and thinking that one out of million stupid decisions, made by 1 person out of 7 billion people could make the future of humanity questionable, is just disappointing and heartbreaking.
Worth pointing out that emissions cuts in Paris were *not* based on advice on how to reach 2 degree goal, but just what countries each thought they could do. This was projected to lead to 3 degrees of warming. So the Paris deal was not enough to reach its own targets, but was a crucial first step. Now it's unclear if it's even that..
So... does anyone else notice that there are only 195 countries (or 196 including Taiwan)?!?!?😕
I love how this rich people donate to charity yet the poor people aren't saying "omg i got money from the charity today yay"
If you're talking about vlogbrothers specifically--we actually do hear back from many of the charities that the Project for Awesome donates to. We've seen the schools that have been built, how our funds have been used, all kinds of stuff. It's actually really fun when the charities check back in a year later. DFTBA.
I'd like to point republicans to Arnold Schwarzenegger's response to the leaving this agreement, It's okay to disagree with someone you share values with, I voted for Obama but didn't agree with all of his Drone strikes, and many other things he did, but I'd still vote for him again because I agreed with more then I disagreed with, same can be true about this to republicans, Listen to Fellow Republicans like Arnold Schwarzenegger if you aren't willing to listen to me.
It's not only okay, it's the most normal thing. People will always disagree with each other, because we are all looking from our own very specific point of view and nobody else has the exact same as us. We're not identical, even when we believe in the same things and fight for the same things, we're still all different. And that's great! All those ideas and all this creativity that is human invention is born out of these differences. Disagreeing is the cherry on top of the life sundae.
Thanks for educating us.
Let's hope that Biden reverses the ridiculous decision to pull out of the Paris Accord as quickly as possible.
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The degradation of mental functions in the real pandemic.
Who else watching the day Biden signed back into this agreement !
me
im not a huge biden fan but the changed he has made already are quite hopeful
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I wish he was our president. The majority of everything I know has been taught by him I swear since high school this man has taught me everything. Big fan.
What a bunch of garbage. You are selling an idea not fact or science.
Baby Boomers ruining life on earth, what else is new!
Tell me exactly how your life was effected by this deal.
Chris D Lol 99% of the people complaining probably never heard of it untill now.
If it weren't for baby boomers, there would be no discussion of environmental issues, women's issues, black issues, etc. Find a baby boomer and kiss his/her ass.
Joseph Harding Millenials...
Lennartin it seems like it is illegal to just be your own person.
I am surprised that you failed to discuss the number one greenhouse gas that affects global climate change. I concerns me that we are not talking about the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide. Studies from NASA, Yale, and the American Chemical Society have all proven that it is responsible for between 66-80% of the greenhouse effect you discuss in your video. CO2 levels have been significantly higher, even through ice ages on this planet, and yet life has survived. However, the impact of dihydrogen monoxide has created some of the largest extinction events on our planet. According to Cosmos Magazine it was responsible for the loss of 86% of all species on the planet during the first extinction event. In the most recent extinction event it was responsible for the extinction of between 50-75% of all life on this planet. The lack of attention to this historic killer really frightens me.
So glad that someone is addressing this dire problem! XD
Zurn Even worse is our dangerously close proximity to it in our everyday lives. This needs to stop. I suggest we take all of our dihydrogen monoxide, and push it somewhere else.
why don't we take bikini bottom, AND PUSH IT SOMEWHERE ELSE!
Fact is, everyone who comes in contact with dihydrogen monoxide dies. We need to speak out!
And that's coming from a car battery
what surprises me is all of the mainstream media talks about the drama behind the agreement. they talk about the views on climate change and how it will effect the economy. but why don't they try to educate the public on what the agreement is? and give examples of different countries' contribution? or the story behind how it was set up? I'm convinced the media doesn't want the public to be educated but just to be entertained.
Bad take. Sorry.