RCEI affiliate Alexander Gates’ article “Climate change is a pollution problem, and countries have stopped similar threats before – think DDT and acid rain” was published on The Conversation to coincide with the UN conference this week. This article discusses how climate change, driven by carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, mirrors past environmental challenges that humanity has successfully tackled, such as the bans on DDT, lead, and sulfur dioxide emissions.
Read Alexander Gates’ full article here.