Showing posts with label Paris Accord. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paris Accord. Show all posts

Monday, January 8, 2018

Good thing they didn't make the Paris Accords binding: Germany prepares to renege on its 2020 pledge as SPD insists on not punishing the industries that employ its voters

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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Even if the pledges were met the deal would be useless



A common argument against the Paris agreement has been that the “pledges” to cut emissions are only that: promises, targets, hopes. There is no way to enforce them, or even to verify them in many cases.

Another common argument, highlighted in Trump’s speech but made since long before, is that even if the pledges were met the deal would be useless. According to this view, China, India et al are not even putting up with the charade of trying to reduce emissions. Their emission targets are what you’d expect if their economies and energy systems continued their historical experience; in other words, their “target” is equivalent to doing nothing. Most hilariously, Pakistan’s INDC simply stated its emissions would peak at some point.

(Proponents of the agreement have usually countered this argument by putting their hands on their ears and ceaselessly screaming “I HEAR NOTHING”)...
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Sunday, June 11, 2017

Will the #ParisAgreement exit bring more rational climate policies in our future?

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Sunday, June 4, 2017

The United States contributed $1 billion to the global Green Climate Fund, but the world’s top polluters contributed nothing



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Friday, June 2, 2017

Exiting the Mad Hatter’s climate tea party







President Trump stands alone on the world stage as the only true global leader willing to call a spade a spade. The Paris Climate Accord was less about saving the planet as it was about transferring wealth and ceding government control from the U.S. to other nations of the world. But beyond that, the Paris Accord was based upon faulty science...

















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Thursday, June 1, 2017

TRUMP WALKS U.S. OUT OF PARIS CLIMATE DEAL 'In order to fulfill my solemn duty to protect America and its citizens' "I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburg, not Paris."







































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