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2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
4. The Climate Change Conundrum
Author : William Hickey
Published in: Energy and Human Resource Development in Developing Countries
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
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Abstract
The year 2015 was the hottest in recorded human history with 2016 set to surpass that. Record use of fossil fuels by all countries in aggregate for their economic activity has predicated a rise in earth’s CO2 emissions. The science is there, though a political fringe of climate change deniers refuses to see the flawed model of over-reliance on fossil fuels. The only way to effectively deal with climate change is in having engaged and knowledgeable citizens take part in stewardship of these non-renewable forms of energy under their feet. HRD can do this, and create better industry that will make fossil fuels more efficient and less wasteful. Without a change in the use and understanding of fossil fuels, the small planet we all have to share will risk a future of an altered environment that will ultimately be destructive to all humans and their lifestyles.