This was a snap shot of the Big Top 4 Climate Criminals in the world. There is a fairly big drop to get to the next polluter in line which is still significant pollution and next in order are: Russia, Japan, Brazil, Indonesia, Iran and lastly Canada at 2% of the world's pollution as of 2015. This list produces 70% of the worlds pollution so this list of developed countries must take the brunt of the responsibility for emissions resulting in drastic climate change. The rest of the world's pollution from all other developing countries combined totals 30%.

My own country...

One might say look in the mirror Canadian and judge thyself lest you judge us. I say, you decide. In comparison, It should be noted that although Canada is the last and lowest polluter of the developed countries, it possesses its own climate issues such as droughts and water quality and scarcity issues in western Canada, severe storms and floods in other parts of the country. Even at 2% of global emissions annually, this still means over 541 tons of CO2 emission pollution. This should demonstrate and stress that even lower amounts of pollution have significant effects on the regional and national climates. Canada also has fewer cities and a much less dense population. It does, however, have significant oil and gas development and agriculture per capita. Comparatively, you can fit the whole population of Canada in the state of California alone- they have the same level of population yet Canada is a land mass larger than the United States. Because of industry, Alberta and Saskatchewan are the highest polluters in Canada.

Why are we not all changing the world?

You can't teach many people, mostly adult deniers, how to understand climate change for the very disturbing reason that the average reading comprehension level in North America is Grade 7. Grade 7 is the most basic level of understanding required to understand comic books, romance or popular novels and American Idol. It is the chasm of difference between a basic Britney Spear's song and an elegant orchestral piece by Mozart.

Only 15% of people have a university education which is a Grade 14-16 comprehension level. Science is written at about the Grade 15-16 level and 97% of scientists support that anthropogenic effects have caused climate change. This article is intentionally written at about a Grade 10 level because Grade 7ers cannot understand or pay attention long enough to read a scientific abstract or an articulate essay. So I try to translate.The dreary reality of this is when a person with a Grade 7 level education does not understand something, they will just go back to reading Grade 4-7 material, or they outright deny what you are saying- like a Grade 7er. Like foreal. lol

So there will always be resistance and denial. You can't make a Grade 7 level reader understand at a Grade 16 level. They simply never quite grasp what you are trying to teach them. That is why we include photos. As we have seen in the case of the Big Top 4- there are a lot of them and unfortunately, somehow they are running big industry in our countries. Not because of being smarter or better- but by having been complacent or ruthless and greedy bullies- like some Grade 7ers. At the same time, intellectuals on more advanced matters tend to be a more passive less confrontational bunch. This needs to change, too.

One can now imagine and realize the present catastrophic level of persistently increasing pollution levels in our world. It is a pity those bullies we spoke of wait until the last possible minute to make a shift- only when they have literally been caught by scientific reports and the visible life threatening smogs. For them, they have to see it to believe it to make a change. It is a heart breaking tragedy for the rest of us to watch.