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Who Is Responsible For Climate Change? – Who Needs To Fix It?

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What it is

Kurzgesagt examines who is responsible for climate change, comparing historical, current and per-capita emissions by country. It argues that individual footprints are a distraction from larger responsibility.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a nuanced, data-backed treatment of emissions responsibility, made with Our World in Data.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “They did a great video essay at”

    Video essay arguing personal carbon footprint is a distraction from bigger responsibility.

    kleer001, 2022-02 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Do you care about your carbon footprint?”

  2. “Kurzgesagt has a good video called "Who Is Responsible For Climate Change? – Who Needs To Fix It?”

    Compares current, historical, and per-capita emissions by country.

    throw0101a, 2021-05 · Recommendation · in “U.S. has entered unprecedented climate territory”

  3. “Perhaps you and they should watch the Kurzgesagt video made in conjunction with Our World in Data”

    Nuanced treatment of who is responsible for emissions, with Our World in Data.

    albumen, 2024-03 · Recommendation · in “Most CO2 emissions were in the last 30 years”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: climate change, emissions, per capita, carbon footprint, our world in data

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