Paris Climate Change Conference: The Official Thread

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Another post about Trump followers? Geez.

 

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“It’s not that we’re going to leave here knowing that everything we do is going to hit the 2 degree mark" ~ John Kerry


Well duh
 

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Why the Paris climate deal will fail | GOLDSTEIN | Columnists | Opinion | Toront


Geez... The conference is still going on and it is already being called a failure.


A snippet....


China, the leader of the developing world, has never budged from its position it will not accept binding targets to cut its emissions imposed by the UN, the U.S. or anyone else.




China will never budge... ever...I've been telling you all that for years now.
 

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You don't need binding targets.

Right now they just need a dog and pony show and then each government uses that as the excuse to move on it's own carbon pricing model.
 

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Face it... it is over. Paris has failed. It has failed like Kyoto and Copenhagen.


With the environmental reputation of 150 world leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, riding on the outcome, the United Nations’ climate conference scheduled to wrap up Friday in Paris will be declared a historic success.

But it will be a failure because whatever agreement is reached at COP 21 (the 21st meeting of the Conference of the Parties), it will not include legally binding, enforceable greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for the 190 participating nations.
 

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Face it... it is over. Paris has failed. It has failed like Kyoto and Copenhagen.


With the environmental reputation of 150 world leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, riding on the outcome, the United Nations’ climate conference scheduled to wrap up Friday in Paris will be declared a historic success.

But it will be a failure because whatever agreement is reached at COP 21 (the 21st meeting of the Conference of the Parties), it will not include legally binding, enforceable greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for the 190 participating nations.

Look, I know you have your own problems in your country, but we're already moving to price carbon in ours.

That's already a win in my books.

Everything else is just icing on the cake.
 

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Look, I know you have your own problems in your country, but we're already moving to price carbon in ours.

That's already a win in my books.

Everything else is just icing on the cake.


Look, I know you are trying to put a positive spin on what everyone now knows... The Paris Conference has failed like Kyoto and Copenhagen.


Better luck next year.
 

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I've got it at 70.

Can't sleep properly when it's too warm.


At 70... of course you do. Fear not... you'll be able to keep there for as long as you live. Oil and gas are in abundance and will be used freely and liberally.


Gas or oil?