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Environment and Sustainability
Quick questions on Climate change and collective action explained: H1 General Paper
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What are sharing responsibility across actors?Show answer
Responsibility is not only a question between nations. Large emitting firms and high-consuming individuals also bear it, and consumer choices matter. But a balanced answer distinguishes scales: individual action is meaningful and shifts norms, yet systemic change, energy systems, regulation, infrastructure, carries far more weight than individual gestures alone. The most defensible position is that responsibility is shared across nations, firms and individuals, allocated by both contribution and capacity, with the largest burden on those who emitted most and can do most.
What is one-sided doom?Show answer
Pessimism ignores falling renewable costs and real progress; attack absolutes like "never" while conceding inadequacy.
What are vague examples?Show answer
"The planet is warming" evidences little. Use specific policies such as a carbon tax or coastal-protection plans.
What is q1?Show answer
Explain why climate change is described as a collective-action problem. [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
State the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities". [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Explain why systemic change is often weighted above individual action in tackling climate change. [3 marks]
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