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Would things be noticeably different today with regard to climate change had the U.S. signed the Kyoto Protocol back in the 1990s? Also, any idea if this will be the warmest year on record yet? It's in the 70s here in the Midwest, it's messing with my head.  And yeah, I agree with that one poster saying a lot of Westerners basically live in a constant climate controlled box (car, office, home, etc) so they end up being skeptical/oblivious of climate change as a result. I spent a semester in northern India (Dharamsala) in college, it was extremely apparent what toll climate change was taking on the environment there. As impractical as it may be due to the negotiating strength of the dominant countries at the table (US, etc), there should be some kind of reparations from developed countries to developing and undeveloped ones. The latter tend to bear the brunt of the former's excesses and have more to less with rising sea levels, increasing temperatures, etc
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It doesn't even have to be monetary compensation. At least some kind acknowledgement of responsibility and obligation by the developed countries to those areas impacted by their industrial development, especially from those companies which operate abroad.
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sitchensis posted:If it makes you feel better, this is the result of an el nino event and not really climate change Even then, it's disheartening when you talk to coworkers and they're like "I don't care about climate change as long as I've got 70 degree weather forever." 
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