The Paris-ites are celebrating, despite the starting date of the non-agreement to be in 2020, so to help them out, they can start sending some money here for cheap carbon credits.
General Mparte Mguluso congratulates Western nations and invites multiple bids for his…audioboom.com
Leading Paris-ites in celebratory mode:
Achieving nothing for the environment, or the climare: Paris Text out — a quick discussion — More bureaucrats, more money, but there is an exit.
The December 12th Draft on UN web site.
Here are some rough preliminary thoughts on the latest version of the COP21 document.
The Australian ABC news made it sound like Moses was just about to come back from the Mount. “There were tears!”.
James Hansen, though called Paris talks ‘a fraud’
“It’s a fraud really, a fake,” he says, rubbing his head. “It’s just bullshit for them to say: ‘We’ll have a 2C warming target and then try to do a little better every five years.’ It’s just worthless words. There is no action, just promises. As long as fossil fuels appear to be the cheapest fuels out there, they will be continued to be burned.”
It’s a rare moment when I am on the same side as he is.
On the other hand, The Wall St Journal writes that it is watered down but will “transform” the economy:
If approved and implemented, the agreement would force businesses and citizens to sharply reduce their use of fossil fuels like oil, gas or coal and could fundamentally transform the global economy.
Both James Hansen and the Wall St Journal are right. The Paris agreement will achieve nothing for the environment, but transform the economy anyway. […]
For the worst! Mick has the answer right here.
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