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Should fracking be banned? (Complete Discussion)
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The 2021 report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change trumpets a "
code red for humanity
," warning of devastating environmental consequences if fossil fuel emissions are not curbed.
Pros
Cons
Pro claim 1
Climate change is a major driver of the
current mass extinction
, which could collapse the ecosystems on which all life depends.
Pro claim 2, children below
The UN Secretary-General
responded
to the 2021 IPCC report by saying, "This report must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels, before they destroy our planet… Countries should also end all new fossil fuel exploration and production, and shift fossil fuel subsidies into renewable energy."
Con claim 1, children below
The 2021 IPCC report may
exaggerate
the likelihood and severity of climate change's adverse effects.