@Monkey:
How can anyone rightly say that? Least of all one the absolute worst polluters on earth, who by population alone holds significant beyond significant environmental footprint.
I truly dont want to defend China but it's hard to criticize them when my own house is made of glass… I mean at least they sign environemental treaties and try to do their part (the chinese government doesn't deny climate change). Meanwhile, many political parties in the west are deniers and are sometime elected (for exemple, Harper in Canada and Abbot in Australia amongst the worst).
@Monkey:
You still seem to be under the impression that government policy and private companies aren't a massive part of the issue (all the more in China's case), and seem to see it entirely in terms of individuals choosing to use hairspray or something.
I understand that, but those government and companies are made of people (at lot of people) and frankly that's what I meant when I said previously that the more influence you got, the more you cause the problem.
While lower class citizen may only be responsible for the way they vote (in election and as shareholders if it applies) and their comportements. More influent people have more influence on climate change… and saying that all these people are oblivious to the consequence of their actions... I don't agree or at least it's voulontary blinding ourselves...
Why I say that black lives matters ain't entirely wrong by trying to act against climate change (whether or not those actions are effective, well...) and when they say it's a racist crisis is that people with more influence are mostly in the North while those who suffer are mostly in the South...
Hope I made my point clear.
@Monkey:
They have the biggest effect in countries producing more problems, where they stand in the way of reform and regulation. Developed or Developing (which is another vague term in this context) is not the factor.
I kind of agree but while deniers are everywhere, their effects are worst in countries that have the margin of maneuvre to act…