- Question
Are humans responsible for climate change?
Climate change isn't just global warming, it's also a change in regional or global weather patterns. There are many other factors though that cause these world wide changes. People have been questioning whether humans are at fault for climate change or if the fears surrounding it are real at all.
Yes, humans are responsible for climate change
This position holds that humans are responsible for climate change. It argues that human activity is the main source of the pollution driving it — above all carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels, alongside other forms of pollution that warm the planet.
No, humans are not responsible for climate change
Humans aren't responsible for climate change because its a natural occurring process. The planet has gone through many different climate changes over the millions of years its existed.
Climate change is a hoax
This position catalogues the claim that climate change is a hoax — a lie blown out of proportion, full of dramatic predictions that never come true. The encyclopedia documents the view, which runs counter to the overwhelming scientific consensus that warming is real and human-caused.