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Pandemic, war, politics hamper global push for climate action
The Washington Post via MSN ^ | May 2, 2022 | By Brady Dennis

Posted on 05/02/2022 8:26:47 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The promises arrived at a rapid clip over two weeks in Glasgow last fall. There, along the banks of the River Clyde, leaders from nearly 200 nations vowed to do more — and move faster — to combat climate change.

But nearly six months later, no large nation has come forward with a bolder climate plan, and none of the world’s top emitters has committed to doing so this year.

“What we have seen so far is very, very little,” said Niklas Höhne, a German climatologist who created the Climate Action Tracker, which monitors the commitments and policies of countries, and has rated virtually all of them insufficient. “I don’t see much movement.”

Neither does John F. Kerry, President Biden’s international climate envoy.

Last spring, the White House hosted more than 40 world leaders for a two-day climate summit in which Biden pressed nations to slash their emissions. The push for stronger climate targets was a central topic at last year’s Group of Seven and Group of 20 meetings, as well as during the U.N. General Assembly, where Secretary General António Guterres implored leaders to embrace “more ambitious and achievable” targets.

“Nothing less will do,” he said, adding, “We really are out of time.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: globalwarming; hoax; propaganda; socialism; wankers

1 posted on 05/02/2022 8:26:47 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Screw “climate change.” They are also hampering a push to close our borders to invading foreign freeloaders.


2 posted on 05/02/2022 8:29:00 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't blame me, I voted for President Trump. Let's Go Brandon! FJB!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Well, well. A silver lining.

3 posted on 05/02/2022 8:30:09 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: BitWielder1

LOL! Careful or you’ll get the: “See how the erf cleared up during the CONvid lockdown? Folks could see the Himalays from their front porch in Alaska!” Or some such garbage.


4 posted on 05/02/2022 8:35:41 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Seems to me the left is promoting climate change. The left has totally blown their credibility on virtually everything they promote. They are known for lying. Known for a Communist perspective.

We need for them to prove such a change even exists. Not just them spouting that it does without one iota of real proof.

Eff the left. Eff the Democrats.


5 posted on 05/02/2022 8:44:33 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

most likely the impact on living standards of quintupling the cost of energy and everything manufactured or farmed that requires energy, i.e., everything, will slap the idjit green politicians up the side of the head ...


6 posted on 05/02/2022 10:08:54 AM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
It is over $6 per gallon for heating fuel oil. My food costs have doubled. I cannot afford to pay for climate fixes.
7 posted on 05/02/2022 10:49:22 AM PDT by kickstart ("A gun is a tool. It is only as good or as bad as the man who uses it" . Alan Ladd in 'Shane' )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Burn a pile of tires in front of crazy Greta.


8 posted on 05/02/2022 12:12:37 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Greenie weenie ecofreaks in Europe and the USA are responsible for this war.)
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...a German climatologist who created the Climate Action Tracker, which monitors the commitments and policies of countries...

At least there's one person paying attention to the transfer of loot.

9 posted on 05/02/2022 2:57:48 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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