Puntos de vista del calentamiento global (ingles)

Preparatoria juan navarreTe y guerrero |
Global warming |
Different points of view. |
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Raul Alfonso Quiroz Peraza |
5/20/2010 |

On this work, I will search the way people sees globalwarming, what they think about the problem, of the causes. What they think people can do to prevent global warming (assuming that they believe on global warming). |

Points of View of GlobalWarming.
Politics
Developing and developed countries have made different arguments over who should bear the burden of costs for cutting emissions. Developing countries often concentrate on per capitaemissions, that is, the total emissions of a country divided by its population. Per capita emissions in the industrialized countries are typically as much as ten times the average in developing countries.This is used to make the argument that the real problem of climate change is due to the profligate and unsustainable lifestyles of those living in rich countries. On the other hand, commentators fromdeveloped countries more often point out that it is total emissions that matter. In 2008, developing countries made up around half of the world's total emissions of CO2 from cement production andfossil fuel use.
The Kyoto Protocol, which came into force in 2005, sets legally binding emission limitations for most developed countries. Developing countries are not subject to limitations. Thisexemption led the U.S. (under President George W. Bush) and a previous Australian Government to decide not to ratify the treaty. At the time, almost all world leaders expressed their disappointment overPresident Bush's decision. Australia has since ratified the Kyoto protocol.
Public opinion
In 2007–2008 Gallup Polls surveyed 127 countries. Over a third of the world's population was unaware ofglobal warming, with people in developing countries less aware than those in developed, and those in Africa the least aware. Of those aware, Latin America leads in belief that temperature changes are a...