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porque hablamos de climate change, no existe #ohyeahyeah #climatechange #us

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climate change is worse then bad flow game and thats pretty bad bc flow game=life #USA

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Gotta be healthy these days, salud! #patnrs.health

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#hilfeklima ändern #parnersinhealth

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British Petroleum may be just slighty unclear with the information they give to stake holders, but that doesn't mean that we should die using frickin' chump change like coal. #BritishPetroleum Either way, Climate change is fake, so it doesn't really hurt to buy petroleum either way...

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One of Brazil's top priorities is to preserve the Amazon as much as possible and prevent deforestation.

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#random we need peace in this world

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#helpclimatechange🔥 #partnersinhealth

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poor people shouldn't take money from the wealth #economicgrowth

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#option3

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Our people are starving! Our people are unemployed! Our houses are flooding! Change must happen #climatechangeisreal #COSATU

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loading... #option3 shouldnt take so long to load

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You should realize that climate change is an urgent global problem that requires leaders from around the world to come together and reach an international agreement. #oxFAM

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fire is bad :(( #cali

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emission reduction #greenmountainenergy

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I like the planet and I want to live so I don't want to die and stuff. #Petroleum #BritishPetroleum

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wealthy countries should pay for the greenhouse gases instead of poorer countries. #option 1

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cali is expecting future fires and more damage in the future. #govofcali

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We stand for revolutionizing the world while keeping the atmosphere clean. Stop polluting the world!! "Go outside more stop using your phones.." quote by everyone's parents, and by those who love a blue sky not a black one!! #ambassadorofgermany #werecool😎

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#Amedecaexplain #climatefake thumbs up if climate change is for cottonheaded ninnie muggins #elf

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climate change more like climate fake #ambassadorofus

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#economicgrowth

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we dont have money, clean water,housing or jobs! we need help #haiti #greenpeace

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#wym #partnersinhealthalltheway

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#make trump pay for Climate change

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everyone should join in and try to improve the economic growth because not just one person can change it. #option3

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We can work together to stop climate change, even though climate change is #fakenews  #option2

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↑ ↑ ↑ Mariana and I have discovered that the climate in Argentina has been dramatically inclining, just like Mae's emotions!

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China is slowly being flooded, and there's not enough room for people to move more inland for safety. #China

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#BritishPetroleum #KeepAmericaGreat #WeNeedPetroleumBecauseItHelpsKeepTheEarthNiceAndWarm

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We know that at present, too many people are being left behind. The statistics give only a glimpse into the current dire situation. #Oxfam

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Hola!
Mariana y yo hemos descubierto que el clima en Argentina ha sido dramáticamente inclinado, ¡al igual que las emociones de Mae!

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#TuvaluIsSinking

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#British Petroleum believes clear, stable pricing frameworks are the most meaningful way for governments to incentivize greater low-carbon project

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All countries are responsible for climate change and we should all focus on using natural resources instead of harmful greenhouse gas emissions. #Option2 #Team

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Pursue economic development #haiti

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The global North needs to face the consequences they deserve. The global South is the only part being affected and they are not the ones spewing greenhouse gases or burning fossil fuels. #option1 #pastemittersmustpay

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#economicgrowth

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WE are causing climate change, we must shut down factories to stop the flow of polluted air! #USAUSAUSAUSA #kanye2020

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#greenpeace #haiti #economy #climatechange #its_hot #sendhelp

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Many people who don't want economic growth to come first don't know what it is like for people in the global South, which is why it is unfair to force people in the global South who don’t have the advantages of the global North to refrain from improving their way of life in order to decrease climate change. People have the right to develop economically and pursue prosperity. #option3

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#hashtag #option3thebest

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Unlike ethan's DM's we're not keeping the forest in california dry. #helpthecalifornians

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#COSATU

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thumbs up if you hate climate change #ambassadorUS

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Thumbs up if you hate climate change #ambaddorofus

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#option1

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Thanks to hurricane matthews our country is still in poverty we could use yalls help #give me money #broke hours #spread the love #haiti

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climate change is causing the disasters # option 1#Warm water

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Governor of California trying to make big moves with the water sectors.

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Y'all northerners are making a whole lot CO2 which is eventually making our coffee crops fail. do something. #ambassadorofbrazil #brazil #globalwarmingbackatitagain

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Economic growth and development must come first, not reducing climate change. Negotiations about a new international agreement on climate change have failed. The interests of various countries are too different. #Option3

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With its Energiewende, the energy transition policy from nuclear to renewable energies, Germany aims to gradually increase renewable energies like solar, wind and hydroelectric power. Some say it's an important step towards a more sustainable lifestyle. But not Karl-Heinz Paque.

"If we do these things in Germany, it's not really going to have much of a global impact. We're too small for that," Paque, a professor of economics at the University of Magdeburg, told DW. "It's going to be decisive what happens in those countries that are now trying to catch up on economic growth - and they make up two-thirds of the global population."

Should developing countries and emerging economies follow the path Europe took? For centuries, Europeans fostered their own economic growth and wealth, before discovering their heart for environmental protection.

"Environmental protection as a priority stems from affluence," Paque said. "For us, it only started in the 1970s, no earlier. In China, it's only just beginning, and it will take a little longer in India."

Comeback for coal

There is much to make affluent and environmentally active Europeans nervous. Across the world, coal - the energy source that in most European countries has a reputation as being particularly dirty - is booming.

"Coal is about to enjoy the biggest renaissance in the history of economics," said Ottmar Edenhofer, deputy director and head economist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.

In the 1990s, many countries substituted coal with gas. But this trend is now being reversed, since coal has become "incredibly competitive," Edenhofer said.

Attempts to limit greenhouse gas emissions internationally have been unsuccesfull

"Above all, China's economic growth is strongly powered by cheap coal. The same holds true for India, South Africa, as well as some Eastern European countries," he added.

When coal or other fossil fuels are burned, CO2 is emitted, polluting the atmosphere - and contributing to making climate change more likely. Projections by the International Energy Agency (IEA) say that annual medium temperatures could rise 5.3 degrees by the end of the century, if countries across the world don't take action.

But negotiations towards a new international agreement on climate protection have been a failure. Whether it's about limiting greenhouse gas emissions or agreeing on emission rights trading, the interests of the various countries are simply too different.

Devaluing resources

"A global climate agreement would probably lead to a reduction of coal and oil consumption," said Carl Christian von Weizsäcker of the Bonn-based Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods.

That, in turn constitutes a problem for countries with large fossil fuel resources. "A climate agreement would lead to decreasing prices for the resources in these countries," Weizsäcker said. "That makes it even harder to reach an agreement."

To complicate things further, some countries are changing their negotiation positions. Since new oil and gas fields were discovered in Kenya, and Canada found ways to make tar sands exploitation more lucrative, these countries have practically lost interest in a achieving climate agreement; Any limitation to pollution would reduce the value of their resources.

After the failure of the UN climate talks in Copenhagen in 2009, the chances of reaching a quick agreement are slim, many experts fear. And it's even more unlikely to expect countries to agree to less, or no, economic growth. Even so, many environmental activists in western industrial nations dream of a world in which economic growth is unnecessary.

Improvements without growth?

From a global perspective, zero-percent economic growth is not a serious option.

"The huge disparities, for instance between Africa and Europe, or between Africa and the Americas would be not acceptable," Ottmar Edenhofer said, referring to calculations he undertook for the Potsdam Institute on Climate Impact Research.

Few, if any, countries in the world are likely to agree to limit their own economic growth

"For Africa to reach living standards similar to those in Latin America, the United States would have to reduce its per capita incomes by 80 percent," he said. "Resulting social conflicts would be severe."

Thus, it seems unlikely there will be a conscious limit to economic growth, just as it's unlikely universal targets for climate protection will be agreed anytime soon.

Regional efforts, such as the trading of emissions rights within Europe, only work partially or not at all. That's why many experts see humanity steering towards an apocalypse.

Economist Karl-Heinz Paque, however, is cautious when it comes to such scenarios, pointing out that reliable predictions about the future are simply impossible to make.

"Imagine you had made a prediction in 1913, exactly 100 years ago, about the future of the world - but starting from the state of technological development back then," he said. "What has happened since, within less than three generations, would have been completely beyond your imagination. That's why we have to be very careful about our predictions."

Don't panic, humanity will come up with solutions - that seems to be the bottom line to this argument. Paque, who has been active in politics with the liberal FDP party, believes such technological progress can be reached with as little state regulation as possible.

Yet Gerd Wagner, who heads the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) in Berlin, argues that regulations set by nation states will indeed be necessary. "If you want to reduce environmental exploitation you need regulations."

The interviews for this article were conducted during an event organized by the Academy for Civic Education in Tutzing, Germany.

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With its Energiewende, the energy transition policy from nuclear to renewable energies, Germany aims to gradually increase renewable energies like solar, wind and hydroelectric power. Some say it's an important step towards a more sustainable lifestyle. But not Karl-Heinz Paque. "If we do these things in Germany, it's not really going to have much of a global impact.

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Climate change is not real, it's made up fiction that the world has created. #America #Kanyesthenextbest #Trump4now

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中国希望发达国家偿还债务。China w

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中国希望发达国家偿还债务。China wants developed countries to pay their debts on the emissions. #China

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#WeSinking #Tuvalu It's nobody's fault we going underwater, but y'all still won't help. #Broke

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Latin America and the Caribbean Region have come with a solution to climate change; setting up the use for renewable energy sources to meet energy needs.  The Caribbean is working on adaptation initiatives for climate change. #Option2

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our independent organization is going out today to help our environment! #greenpeace

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Many places are being affected by climate change, such as Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, Northern Pakistan, India, and many other places.  #Option2

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Changes will occur. Germany is going to become the renewable energy leader. #ambassadorofgermany

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#ambassadorOfTuvalu #GlobalWarmingIsReal

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#Brizil #There is a feeling that the seasons have become a bit crazy, with more frequent extremes of climate. #no one is doing anything

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Climate change is not real #AmericanWayOrNoWay #Trump #embassadorofUS

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Don't worry about climate change, renewable resources will still be the fastest growing fuels used world wide #BritishPetroleum

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BP Energy Outlook 2030: The World's Energy Future - 2013 Report

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#EconomicGrowthbackatitagain

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Our role is the help the people in need that were affected the most from climate change #Partners of health

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#buenoaires

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#ILikePetroleumAndStuffButNotCoalBecauseCoalIsBadAndYeah... #BritishPetroleum #AmericaIsKool

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#GreenMountainRepresentative

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Sawubona! Can't wait to discuss climate change at the UN meeting. For too long the global north has destroyed our economy, it's time to fight back! #SouthAfricaRules

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Many places are being affected my climate change and it is making the development and growth of global south be slow. #option3 #climatechangesucks #globalwarming #RIPglaciers

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There a lot of droughts in Haiti and they are drying up several of the water sources in rural areas. #Haiti

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Helping the world with renewable energy.           #GreenMountainEnergy

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No corner of the Globe is immune to climate change's effect, as it acts as a driver for greater inequality and pushes more people into poverty. #OXFAM

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Y'all Americans be sinking The Maldives with all y'alls high CO2 emissions #option1 #climatechange

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Climate change is bad. #SaudiArabia