THE VIDEO SHELF · climate change responsibility
Who Is Responsible For Climate Change? – Who Needs To Fix It?
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 HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a nuanced, data-backed treatment of emissions responsibility, made with Our World in Data.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
- Topic
- climate change responsibility
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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No. It's a canard, a wild goose chase, a red herring... Thanks to Kurzgesagt. They did a great video essay at : "Who Is Responsible For Climate Change? – Who Needs To Fix It?" [VIDEO] Also Goodheart's law: [LINK]
kleer001 on Hacker News · 2022-02
In Ask HN: Do you care about your carbon footprint?Kurzgesagt has a good video called "Who Is Responsible For Climate Change? – Who Needs To Fix It?": * [VIDEO] There are multiple view points. The country with the largest current annual total emissions is China with 27-30% and the US with 15% (see 2m10s). …
throw0101a on Hacker News · 2021-05
In U.S. has entered unprecedented climate territoryOr perhaps the argument is more complicated than the OP suggests. Perhaps you and they should watch the Kurzgesagt video made in conjunction with Our World in Data (linked on OP's linked page): [VIDEO]
albumen on Hacker News · 2024-03
In Most CO2 emissions were in the last 30 years
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