Posted on 12/12/2018 1:41:43 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The EU and scores of developing countries have pledged to toughen their existing commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to enable the world to stay within a 1.5C rise in global warming.
The promise, which follows increasingly dire scientific warnings, was the most positive message yet to come from the ongoing talks in Poland.
The announcement came at the end of a day in which the UN secretary general made an impassioned intervention to rescue the talks, which have been distracted by US, Russian and Saudi moves to downgrade scientific advice.
The former US vice-president Al Gore told delegates they faced “the single most important moral choice in history of humanity”.
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Hey, UN... y’all let me know when China has reduced emissions to current US levels. We’ll talk then.
Al Gore told delegates they faced “the single most important moral choice in history of humanity”.
We faced tht already...............You lost...
Don’t you know that only engines made by capitalists generate CO2? /s
I thought the Paris Accord already did that. Of course, every target in that agreement has been missed so far.
Here is the interesting part. The liberals don’t care about the planet, they know it’s OK. They care about wielding power and control over others. Signing on to the deals is what matters because the money flows to the “right people” as far as the Left is concerned.
Actual compliance other than paying in the money is unimportant. In fact, it’s preferred. The “problem” must not be solved as that would take away the purported reason for needing control.
Hey, don’t drag my emitter into this debacle.
I’ll be flying to Vietnam & Thailand next month, going first class both ways. Accrediting to environmentalists, this one trip alone uses up nine years of what should be my “travel ration”.
Somehow I don’t feel guilty...
Spent a yr in VN and till last week while looking at a globe
didn`t realize how close it is to Thailand.
Have been thinking lately about using some carbon and going
back to have another look at mama san.
Cut emissions by cutting out Taco Tuesdays.
I’m with you on that one! My goal is to make my carbon footprint so large that it can be seen from outer space.
Can’t recommend Thailand enough. Beautiful country, lovely people.
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