Business & Management Studies

Abstract

Climate change is a global issue and therefore, concerted global efforts are required to address this issue. Despite the USA (United States of America) being one of the biggest historical as well as the current emitter of greenhouse gasses, the USA has been a dragger in global climate negotiations and agreements. In this study, an attempt has been made to explore the division of political parties in the USA at the national level on their stated belief towards anthropogenic climate change. Statements of House of Representatives and Senators given in their respective houses on climate change from 1999 to 2017 have been studied, analyzed and categorized between “Believer” and “Skeptic”. Division of Believer and Skeptic has been studied along Party lines. Based on this study, conclusions have been drawn as to how major political parties are aligned on the issue of anthropogenic or human-induced climate change.