As Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, said, "climate change is no longer some far-off problem; it is happening here; it is happening now", which clearly means that climate change is a threat to the planet, as many scientists think, especially those of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), but some do not share this opinion, such as former US President Donald Trump, who officially withdrew the US from the Paris Agreement, a treaty on global warming put in place in 2015 that deals with everything related to mitigating and adapting to climate change, as well as its financing.
The new president, Joe Biden, has announced a return to the agreements.
Statistics show that the United States is the second country in the world (after China) in emissions of CO2, a greenhouse gas (which are gaseous components that absorb infrared radiation emitted by the earth's surface and thus contribute to the greenhouse effect. The increase in their concentration in the Earth's atmosphere is one of the factors causing global warming). Indeed, the United States emitted 14. 5% of the world's Co2 in 2017.
One reason why the US should put in place some measures to limit these emissions and commit to the fight against global warming.
But there are some complications in implementing such measures, notably the decisions of the US Supreme Court, which is the highest federal court in the US, whose role is to review the constitutionality of state and federal laws in relation to the federal Constitution, established by Article III of the Constitution and composed of judges appointed for life.
As Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United
States
, said,
"
climate
change
is no longer
some
far-off problem; it is happening here; it is happening
now
"
, which
clearly
means that
climate
change
is a threat to the planet, as
many
scientists
think
,
especially
those of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate
Change)
,
but
some
do not share this opinion, such as former US President Donald Trump, who
officially
withdrew the US from the Paris Agreement, a treaty on global warming put in place in 2015 that deals with everything related to mitigating and adapting to
climate
change
,
as well
as its financing.
The new president, Joe Biden, has announced a return to the agreements.
Statistics
show
that the United
States
is the second country in the world (after China) in emissions of CO2, a greenhouse gas (which are gaseous components that absorb infrared radiation emitted by the earth's surface and
thus
contribute to the greenhouse effect. The increase in their concentration in the Earth's atmosphere is one of the factors causing global warming).
Indeed
, the United
States
emitted 14. 5% of the world's Co2 in 2017.
One reason why the US should put in place
some
measures to limit these emissions and commit to the fight against global warming.
But
there are
some
complications in implementing such measures,
notably
the decisions of the US Supreme Court, which is the highest federal court in the US, whose role is to review the constitutionality of
state
and federal laws in relation to the federal Constitution, established by Article III of the Constitution and composed of judges appointed for life.