Climate change is a global issue,
yet some areas are experiencing the causes and effects on a closer level. In addition, the issue is rapidly changing as
scientists are uncovering new information about the causes, effects, and
solutions of the climate change. In
writing Why
Climate Change Won’t Work, Anders Levermann was greatly influenced by
the cultural context of the time.
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| Skippan. "Aircraft contrails" 12/12/2008 via Wikimedia. Public Domain License. |
Scientists have been in a mad rush
to solve this climate crisis. One of these scientists is Paul Crutzen who won
the Nobel Peace Prize for presenting the idea of shooting aerosol particles
into the air that would reflect more of the sunlight back into the earth’s
atmosphere. The article by Anders Levermann
is written in response to the great praise that this solution has been getting
from other scientists and politicians.
Paul Crutzen’s solution is one
example how many believe that the problem of climate of change can be fixed
through climate engineering, a man-made solution. Levermann directly addresses this cultural belief
and criticizes Crutzen’s idea throughout the article while attempting to point
out of its flaws. This is further shown
when his proposed solution is to decrease our use of fossil-fuels, an idea that
tries to take humans out of climate interference.
Levermann wrote his article from
Berlin, Germany in April of 2015. This
was about seven years after Crutzen proposed his idea to the community, giving
scientists ample time to test and evaluate this solution and its
effectiveness. Given that Berlin is a
highly populated city, Levermann has probably seen firsthand the causes of the
climate change.
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