Posted on 12/18/2009 2:26:17 PM PST by Justaham
Copenhagen, Denmark (CNN) -- President Obama announced what he called a "meaningful and unprecedented" climate change deal with China and other key nations that was expected to be sealed before the president heads home from the Copenhagen summit late Friday.
"For the first time in history, all major economies have come together to accept their responsibility to take action to confront the threat of climate change," Obama told reporters.
The president said he met with leaders from India, China, Brazil and South Africa, and "that's where we agreed ... to set a mitigation target to limit warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius."
Obama earlier told participants at the two-week conference nearing its end that "there is no time to waste" in forging an agreement.
"Now, I believe, it's the time for the nations and the people of the world to come behind a common purpose," Obama said. "We are ready to get this done today, but there has to be movement on all sides."
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He was desperate for any deal. I think he gave them anything they want.
At what co$t?
Welcome to Gotham, care for serfdom?
Lets wait and see what the other signatorees say, might be quite different.
Well we at least gave away 100 billion tax dollars to this farce.
There should be serious congressional inquiry into this. Not one more taxpayer dime to perpetuate the Hoax of man caused warming.
The media forgot to address the fact that Mr. Obama will be landing at Andrews in the middle of a blizzard on his return this evening.
Maybe God is sending a message to our political leaders but the shame is they are all tone deaf to his message.
Absolutely nothing was accomplished in this thing. He is just trying to save face right now when he comes home to 20 inches of snow that will be on his porch.
“I believe, it’s the time for the nations and the people of the world to come behind a common purpose”
This is a modern day Tower of Babel. They believe if mankind unites we can scale the heavens and wrest weather control from God Almighty. Total depravity.
This needs to be challenged in the courts and in the halls of congress. Memo to the GOP, get a backbone and start fighting, and fighting like mad NOW!
This needs to be challenged in the courts and in the halls of congress. Memo to the GOP, get a backbone and start fighting, and fighting like mad NOW!
Shall we all consider the O insane.....?
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This is a farce, just like everything else this clown does. There is no emissions target reduction set, no mechanism for verification, nothing. It's a "gentleman's agreement" which will be totally ignored.
An excellent analogy. LOL
He has taken it upon himself to make an agreement once again against the wishes of the American people who know full well this climate change garbage is a hoax and a way to siphon more American tax dollars to the world. This control freak is desperate and the American people are inpenetrable. We will make sure your efforts will be the badge of failure you will wear when you are escorted from the Whitehouse.
Everything is ‘unprecedented’ to this moron
I guess when you are naive and ignorant everything seems like a revelation
Yup, the only thing that was agreed to is for each country to write up some paper on how they will reduce emissions in their own country. This is as meaningless and non-binding as it gets. It is a total success for national sovereignty!
Plus it pretty much kills Cap&Tax! Now kill Reid's bill and we will have trifecta!
Maybe I don’t know the definition of mitigate, but what happens if world temperatures climb those 2 degrees? Do they then threaten the earth to STOP IT? CHILL !
We are in or entering a maunder minimum and possible mini ice age
yet Barry wants global climate police to enforce a decree that no one’s thermostat rises 2 degrees- guess whose country those global climate police will focus on (hint: deep pockets are able to pay stiffer fines)
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