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Section sizes Section size for Politics of climate change (43 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 5,151 5,151 Policy debate 7,443 24,274 Multilateral 4,710 4,710 Regional, national and sub-national 2,230 2,230 Non-governmental actors 933 9,891 Special interests and lobbying by non-country actors 8,958 8,958 Collective action 335 1,779 Divestment movement 62 62 Youth movement 1,382 1,382 Outlook 3,715 38,894 Opportunities 344 10,574 Tipping point in public opinion 4,615 4,615 Reduced influence of climate change denial 1,855 1,855 Growth of renewable energy 3,707 3,707 Green recovery 53 53 Challenges 737 22,683 Urgency 585 585 Centrality of fossil fuel 2,329 2,329 Inactivism 789 789 Fossil fuel lobby and political spending 6,066 6,066 Suppression of climate science 3,723 3,723 Targeting of climate activists 3,078 3,078 Doomism 1,051 1,051 Lack of compromise 700 700 Multi-sector governance 992 992 Maladaptation 778 778 Wars and tensions 1,855 1,855 Technology 1,922 1,922 Just transition 1,790 1,790 Different responses on the political spectrum 10,336 10,336 History 73 73 Relationship to climate science 13,081 13,081 Political economy of climate change 852 23,502 Introduction 21 5,636 Background 4,270 4,270 Definition 1,345 1,345 Characteristics of climate change 7,793 7,793 Socio-political constraints 2,197 2,197 Research focuses and approaches 7,024 7,024 See also 322 322 Notes 36 36 References 1,368 1,368 Further reading 824 824 Total 121,430 121,430

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English Speaking Countries In most English-speaking countries, support for action to mitigate global warming, such as ratification and implementation of the Kyoto Protocol is strong on the political left.

However, the first politician to put global warming on the political agenda was Richard Nixon 1969. Nixon wanted environmental topics (as acid rain and greenhouse effect) to be treated by a third and civil pillar of NATO. The reaction of the NATO allies was lukewarm but the initiative gained impact in the civil field.

In the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher was instrumental in increasing the United Kingdom's electricity generation from North Sea gas and reducing generation from coal.

In Germany Angela Merkel, then secretary of the environment during the conservative Helmut Kohl government, lead the German Kyoto Delegation and had a substantial role in making the Kyoto agreement possible.

In December 2007, Kevin Rudd's first act as prime minister of Australia was to ratify the Kyoto Protocol in time for the Kyoto Protocol talks in Bali.

In Canada, the Liberal Party government ratified Kyoto.

In New Zealand, the Labour government of Helen Clark ratified Kyoto.

In the United Kingdom, the Labour Party ratified Kyoto

In the United States, Bill Clinton's Administration signed Kyoto and Democrats have proposed and supported a number of bills to mitigate emissions. Although Kyoto is signed, subsequent sessions of Congress failed to ratify the treaty and thus the United States is not bound to it. US diplomats have conceded the treaty will never be ratified. "We are not going to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. That is out," said US climate negotiator Jonathan Pershing at the 2009 Bangkok Climate Change Talks. Barack Obama supported passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act to establish a United States Carbon Cap and Trade Program; while the bill was approved in the House of Representatives, it was not taken up in the Senate.

In some countries the political right are fighting on a platform of taking tough action against global warming, while in others the political right either dispute the scientific consensus on global warming or oppose action to mitigate global warming, instead favoring adaption. All European countries have ratified the Kyoto Protocol, and all have supported strong reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

In the United States, a February 2007 survey found that 95% of the 41 Congressional Democrats surveyed agreed "it's been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the Earth is warming because of man-made problems" while only 13% of the 31 Republicans surveyed agreed.

Global warming skepticism has been promoted by newspapers associated with the right such as The Australian, the Daily Telegraph in the United Kingdom and the National Post in Canada.

Asia Australia officially ratified the Kyoto Protocol, after the new Labor government came into power on December 3, 2007. The previous Coalition government had long objected to ratifying the treaty, arguing it would unduly impact on Australian jobs, especially when countries such as China, India and the U.S. were not party to it.

Japan is preparing to force industry to make big cuts in greenhouse gases, taking the lead in a country struggling to meet its Kyoto Protocol obligations.

Canada Canada's Liberal Government during the 1990s had agreed to Kyoto but oversaw the increase of greenhouse gas emissions during their terms in office and did little to meet Kyoto's targets. Canada's current Conservative Government has claimed that, due to increased emissions since 1990, it is realistically impossible to meet their Kyoto targets and attempting to do so would be disastrous for the Canadian economy. Current Prime Minister Stephen Harper has come under fire for being adamant in leaving Kyoto and working on a different climate plan. Consequently, this issue has become something of an Achilles' heel for the Government in recent months. The current Liberal Party has been quick in their condemnation of the Government but has also been accused of using Global Warming for political purposes as seen in the naming of leader Stéphane Dion's dog 'Kyoto'.

Europe

Russia signed the Kyoto Protocol in November 2004, after a deal with the European Union over WTO membership. Russia's ratification completed the requirements of the treaty to come into force, based on nations totaling 55% of world greenhouse gas emissions.

The UK government-commissioned Stern Review into the economic effects of climate change was published in October 2006. Tony Blair's assessment was that it showed that scientific evidence of global warming was "overwhelming" and its consequences "disastrous". He added, "We can't wait the five years it took to negotiate Kyoto — we simply don't have the time. We accept we have to go further ." The UK government launched an official calculator in the week of June 18, 2007 that enables every person in the country to work out how much carbon dioxide they produce and how to cut it. Tory group sets out plans for Green Revolution. In the UK campaign group Camp for Climate Action aims to keep climate change on the political agenda, using direct action against major carbon emitters.

United States

The politics of global warming is played out at a state and federal level in the United States. Attempts to draw up climate change policy are being made at a state level to a greater extent than at a federal level.

Vatican Pope Benedict XVI told up to half a million people, over a hillside near the Adriatic city of Loreto on the day Catholic Church marks its annual Save Creation Day, that world leaders must make courageous decisions to save the planet "before it is too late".

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Merge History of climate change policy and politics to here

I suggest that History of climate change policy and politics should be merged to here. Otherwise I fear that a duplicate structure article will be established which overlaps too much with other articles. E.g. people started a section on climate change adaptation in that history article even though this should be rather in climate change adaptation. Similarly with a history of climate activism which should rather be at climate movement. See also my concerns on the talk page of History of climate change policy and politics. EMsmile (talk) 23:40, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Oppose because this subject is so vitally important that it deserves to be a decent length in itself on current politics without history being continually added to it (as the first to comment I am open to later commenters trying to convince me otherwise). Chidgk1 (talk) 06:03, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose It's fine to have some overlap with other articles - it can be helpful to readers to have coverage of the same topics in different contexts. Granted, allowing sensible overlap means we need a bit more vigilance for WP:POVforks - but that's less demanding than the massive editorial effort needed to write helpful content if we tried to cram too many related topics into one article. Readers tend to prefer relatively short digestible articles. Trying to cover too much in one article makes it harder to achieve clarity and avoid overly broad generalisatons. As has been stated, CC politics and it's sub topics are of vital importance (Unless one of the 200+ initiatives to discover viable nuclear fusion succeed, or we get very lucky with AI augmented geoengineering.) FeydHuxtable (talk) 08:46, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
• Comment: OK, I will withdraw my proposal then. But I think we can agree that the article History of climate change policy and politics needs further work to reach its full potential. EMsmile (talk) 16:00, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

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— Assignment last updated by 111ivyfsds (talk) 18:15, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for choosing this very important subject. If you need help please ask - for example at Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Climate change Chidgk1 (talk) 19:56, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

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