The Climate Argument That Sounds True — But Isn’t.

China and India currently make up around 35% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. Some ask why countries like the UK, with only 1% of global emissions, should bother to strive for more national climate mitigation when large developing nations are apparently using coal, gas and oil to fuel their growth. And what about the cost of the green transition? And aren't we just being ALARMIST anyway? Wouldn't it be better to accept the warming and adapt to a new world? This week's video contains one or two thoughts on those suggestions! Help support this channel's independence at http://www.patreon.com/justhaveathink Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GWR73EHXGJMAE&source=url You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at BuyMeACoffee.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/justhaveathink Video Transcripts available at our website http://www.justhaveathink.com Reference Links: Get a copy of 'The Language of Climate Politics' here https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/the-language-of-climate-politics-fossil-fuel-propaganda-and-how-to-fight-it-9780197642238/new World Resources Institute - global emissions by country (pie chart) https://www.wri.org/insights/interactive-chart-shows-changes-worlds-top-10-emitters Our World in Data - historical emissions https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions Carbon Brief report on impact of Trumps new legislation https://www.carbonbrief.org/chart-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-blows-us-emissions-goal-by-7bn-tonnes/ China solar record in May 2025 https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/06/23/china-hits-1-tw-solar-milestone/ Climate Action Tracker - how each country is performing on emissions https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/usa/targets/ UNEP - Emissions Gap Report 2024 https://www.unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2024 EMBER Report on nationally determined contributions https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/whats-new-with-national-renewable-targets-not-much/ IPCC AR6 https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-cycle/ Nordhaus - Expert Opinion on Climate Change 1994 https://www.jstor.org/stable/29775100 Goldman School of Public Policy - 2035: The Report https://www.2035report.com/electricity/downloads/ Global Energy Monitor - China's coal boom and bust https://globalenergymonitor.org/report/boom-and-bust-coal-2022/ First Thought - The Truth about China's renewable Revolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhZjJm0lZUI The weakness of the US economy https://fortune.com/2025/08/14/data-centers-china-grid-us-infrastructure/ Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators zentouro: https://www.youtube.com/user/zentouro Climate Adam: https://www.youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam Kurtis Baute: https://www.youtube.com/user/ScopeofScience Levi Hildebrand: https://www.youtube.com/user/The100LH Simon Clark: https://www.youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys Sarah Karvner: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw ClimateTown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA Jack Harries: https://www.youtube.com/user/JacksGap Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ Our Changing Climate : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ