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UN Climate Summit Ends in a Whimper as Major States Snub Calls for Action
The Epoch Times ^ | December 15, 2019 Updated: December 15, 2019 | TOM OZIMEK

Posted on 12/15/2019 6:56:22 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

A handful of major states resisted pressure on Dec. 15 to ramp up efforts to combat global warming as a U.N. climate summit came to a delayed close.

The summit talks in Madrid, dubbed COP25, were viewed as a test of governments’ collective will for more aggressive cuts to greenhouse gas emissions. But the conference, in its concluding draft, endorsed only a modest declaration on the “urgent need” to close the gap between existing emissions pledges and the temperature goals of the 2015 Paris climate pact.

Brazil, China, Australia, Saudi Arabia, and the United States had led resistance to bolder action, delegates told Reuters.

At a midnight stocktaking session on Dec. 15, Carolina Schmidt, Chile’s environment minister, who served as president of the talks, appealed for consensus.

“I request all your strength to get an ambitious agreement. I count on you to reach consensus,” she said.

Earlier, Andres Landerretche, COP25 presidency coordinator, ratcheted up expectations, saying at an on-site press conference that his mood was one of “general-moderate optimism” and that he hoped the final contributions of delegates would “crystallize into a very good outcome.”

As it turned out, the Madrid talks became mired in disputes over the rules that should govern international carbon trading. Brazil and Australia were among the main holdouts, delegates said, and the summit deferred big decisions on carbon markets until later.

“We are of mixed emotions,” Schmidt said after the final decisions were made.

(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: andreslanderretche; australia; brazil; carolinaschmidt; chile; china; climate; cop25; fakescience; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; gretathunberg; saudiarabia; sweden
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

L8r


21 posted on 12/15/2019 9:05:57 PM PST by preacher ( Journalism no longer reports news, they use news to shape our society.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

ha ha...


22 posted on 12/15/2019 11:38:12 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Pledge: "...and to the Democracy for which it stands..." I give up. Use the democRat meme...)
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To: Bon mots

23 posted on 12/16/2019 12:03:38 AM PST by Bon mots
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Who is this broad, some drag queen?


24 posted on 12/16/2019 1:25:06 AM PST by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

You’ve got the coolest screen name I’ve ever seen on the internet. And man, what a vicious looking little bitch, isn’t she?


25 posted on 12/16/2019 1:26:57 AM PST by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

“Stell sie an die Wand!’’ *German for “Put them to the wall!’’. I know she’s Swedish but I don’t know any Swedish.


26 posted on 12/16/2019 1:36:53 AM PST by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?)
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Especially when she threatens to have people lined up against a wall. To be fair, a single frame at the right time can make anyone look stupid or evil. But she made that face the entire time she was ranting hysterically before the U.N. about the sky falling.

I forgot why I picked this screen name. I think I was making a joke about thought crimes or something. Maybe it will come to me.
27 posted on 12/16/2019 1:39:02 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: oldasrocks

I guess they were unable to snub a call to action via Skype. They all could have phoned this in.


28 posted on 12/16/2019 10:47:41 AM PST by Cecily
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