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Pre-Class Work
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Article Evaluation
Article: Climate Change

Relevance to Topic
Most of the material is relevant to the topic, however that does not mean that it wasn't distracting. While reviewing the internal and external forcing mechanisms, I found certain details to be relevant but unnecessary. For example, the conversation about the 'faint young sun paradox' was a good lead in to the effect that different phases of the sun's life has had on climate change but could have contained less detail or been excluded.

This category of over elaboration on contributing factors is both helpful and distracting. Their contribution to climate change is conferred, but the level of depth is at times too much.

Article Neutrality
Yes, this article is neutral. There is a risk that the article about global warming (anthropogenic climate change) would have included more bias. Because this article was an overview of climate change as a whole, bias was avoided.

Viewpoint Representation
Some areas of the article are over represented. The weight given to the causes of climate change is not equally balanced by the section on proof thereof. Additionally, sections on solar output, volcanism, and glaciers appear to be emphasized over others. Part of this may be due to their relevance to the topic.

Citations & References
The citations I checked seem to support the facts presented in the article. Because this is a highly discussed topic, reference points are highly critical and discussed topics. The references provided are from well reviewed and credible sources.

Information Quality
Some graphs and much of the information could be updated to include most recent data. The most up to date section is the 'proof' section, but work needs to be done. One section that is missing though would be a section on efforts to reduce or slow climate change. However, because many of those efforts are related to global warming, it makes sense that those arguments would be presented there.

Talk Page, Wiki-Ranking, & Projects

 * Much of the talk page focuses on frustration with the article not staying on topic and veering off into subject matter that may be more applicable to Global Warming. Additionally there are good discussions about fact checks and suggestions for ways to improve the article.


 * The page currently has a B-Class ranking. It used to be higher and was previously listed as a good article beginning in 2006 before losing that classification in 2008.


 * The page is related to many Wiki-Projects, and is ranked as high or top importance in all of them. The disconnect between the page's quality and importance is cause for concern.

Class Relevance
This page is relevant to the class, but differs from how we talk about climate change. In class, our conversations around climate change focus on the anthropogenic side (partially because that's what policy can most easily affect). This article expands from that base and includes the natural causes of climate change as well.

Mikep1991 (talk) 20:31, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Eco-Capitalism
No comparison of eco-capitalism vs standard capitalism; could use more diagrams; could incorporate more detailed views of financial models related to environmental investment.

Green Consumption
Pro environmental section is weak; could utilize more product life-cycle diagrams; principal areas of developed green consumption needs to be updated/expanded. Overall more links to other articles should be incorporated.

Renewable Energy Industry
This article is out of date and could use a decent amount of updating. Trend and company information could/should be updated, and additional industry information should be included/linked.

Draft
Eco-capitalism

Original Text
Full cost accounting Environmental full-cost accounting explains corporate actions on the basis of the triple bottom line, which is best summarized as "people, planet, and profit". As a concept of corporate social responsibility, full cost accounting not only considers social and economic costs and benefits but also the environmental implications of specific corporate actions.

Addition
While there has been progress in measuring the cost of harm to the health of individuals and the environment, the interaction of environmental, social, and health effects makes measurement difficult. Measurement attempts can be broadly categorized as either behavioral in nature, like hedonic pricing, or dose-response which looks at indirect effects. A standardized measurement of these costs has yet to emerge. This should not be confused with the full-cost method used by organizations searching for oil and gas that "does not differentiate between operating expenses associated with successful and unsuccessful exploration projects".

Original Text 2
Green consumption

At the conception of the ideology, major theorists of eco-capitalism, Paul Hawken, Lester Brown, and Francis Cairncross, saw an opportunity to establish a different approach to environmentalism in a capitalist society.[19] These theorists thought that not only producers but also consumers could shoulder the social responsibility of environmental restoration if "green technology, green taxes, green labeling, and eco-conscious shopping" existed.[19] The resulting "shopping our way to sustainability" mentality encouraged the development of organic farming, renewable energy, green certifications as well as other eco-friendly practices.[19]

Addition 2
A 2015 report from Nielsen lends credence to this theory. According to the report, consumers have more brand loyalty and are willing to pay higher prices for a product that is perceived as being sustainable. This is especially true among Millenials and Generation Z. These generations currently make up 48% of the global marketplace and still haven't hit their peak spending levels. As these generations' preferences continue to shape how businesses operate and market themselves, they could drive a continued shift toward green consumption.

According to the Annual Review of Environmental Resources, "the focus of policy makers, businesses, and researchers has mostlybeen on the latter (consuming differently), with relatively little attention paid to consuming less". A review of how to encourage sustainable consumption from the University of Surrey shows that, "Government policies send important signals to consumers about institutional goals and national priorities." Governments can pull a variety of levers to signal this including product, trading, building, media, and marketing standards. Mikep1991 (talk) 03:15, 3 April 2018 (UTC)