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UN Report – Human Driven Climate Change Inevitable

A new report was issued in August 2021 giving scientific evidence that we are on a trajectory for a warming planet. However, it also stated that with quick and significant global action, we can mitigate the worst impacts of global warming. What does the report signify in terms of global scientific consensus? What has been the response of the US, China, and other major emitters of greenhouse gases? What was the response of poorer underdeveloped nations situated in the global south who are the least responsible for greenhouse gas emissions? Are these diverse responses a surprise? How do they connect to long histories of colonialism and exploitation? According to the report, what must be done to avoid a planetary catastrophe?

Here are some sources to get you started (you are not required to use these):

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – Key Findings; https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_SPM.pdf (Links to an external site.)
• Climate change: IPCC report is ‘code red for humanity’; https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58130705 (Links to an external site.)
• IPCC report: World must listen; https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/ipcc-report-2021-vanessa-nakate-b1899534.html (Links to an external site.)
• Latest IPCC Report Concludes What Many Countries Have Known For Decades; https://www.climate-refugees.org/spotlight/2021/8/12/ipcc (Links to an external site.)
• This Is the World Being Left to Us by Adults; https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/19/opinion/climate-un-report-greta-thunberg.html (Links to an external site.)

Note: Please use concepts from the course materials (colonialism, capitalism, racism, imperialism, inequality, global political economy, global north and global south power differentials etc) to respond to the prompt. I am not asking you to summarize the materials or answer all the questions above. I am not asking for your unsupported opinions. I am asking you to make your own coherent and well-supported argument about the topic.