Posted on 11/17/2017 8:30:42 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
UN negotiations on implementing the Paris climate change agreement wrapped up on Friday after two weeks of talks that were slowed down by the United States defending the use of fossil fuels.
Delegates reported mixed progress in Germany, with the reemergence of divisions between rich and developing countries.
A key stumbling block was on finance for the world’s poorer nations to help them prepare for, and deal with, the fallout from climate change including more frequent and severe superstorms, droughts and land- and crop-gobbling sea level rises.
Another obstacle was the insistence of developed nations led by the US that all countries share similar obligations under the Paris pact, while developing greenhouse gas polluters want a certain degree of leeway.
The November 6-17 conference is the first of the UN’s climate body since President Donald Trump announced in June that the US will withdraw from the agreement championed by his predecessor Barack Obama.
The rules determine it can only leave in November 2020, and in the meantime, Washington continues to fill its seat at the climate talks.
“The stars are not well aligned since Trump’s exit” from the pact, Seyni Nafo, a negotiator for African nations, told AFP of the talks.
“It’s like the heart wasn’t there. The position of the United States influences other developed countries, which in turn has consequences for the positions major developing nations adopt. It’s a game of wait-and-see.”
Not helping the mood, White House officials hosted a sideline event with energy company bosses Monday to defend the continued use of fossil fuels coal, oil and natural gas blamed for emitting planet-warming gases into the Earth’s atmosphere.
At its very essence, the Paris Agreement seeks a drawdown of carbon emissions.
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Thank you, Mr. President, for saving us billions of tax dollars by pulling the plug on this globalist scam. You are the GREATEST!!!
My summary of the article:
Winning!
It’s not just the U. S. holding firm on fossil fuels. It’s the Chinese and Indianz, too, who exempted themselves from the Paris treaty/non-treaty. And they aren’t kicking in any money for the dictator’s slush fund.
Poor globalists, the US closed the spigot on their bottomless money trough
“A key stumbling block was on finance for the world’s poorer nations to help them prepare for, and deal with, the fallout from climate change including more frequent and severe superstorms, droughts and land- and crop-gobbling sea level rises.”
And there you have it. Transfer of wealth.
“We are missing the old US administration in lining up the politics.”
We here in America should view that as a very, very good thing. Both our economy and our “purse” say thanks to Donald J. Trump. Under President Trump, we are no longer the “worlds piggy bank.” In our effort to bring our budget into line with revenues, we should significantly reduce our outlays to foreign governments and the UN.
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