Not good news for climate, is it
Paris climate goals mean emissions need to drop below zero
In reality, the Paris deal is of no importance at all, aside from pure symbolism.
Everyone got together and agreed that something needs to be done. No actual answers, just vague goals to be met by the next couple of generations, and no means of enforcing any sort of punishment on any nation that decides to not comply with anything implied, dreamed, envisioned or expected.
What we really have is something akin to the New Orleans Hurricane Plan before Katrina hit in 2005 - a plan to come up with an actionable plan sometime in the future.
So what's the solution, you may ask. At least the first few steps? Well, just what the article said - emissions have to be cut to zero, or it's just political/economic wrangling. Growth has to effectively be stopped until 100% renewable energy sources put in the place of fossil fuels. It will be brutal, but it's all that will actually work.
Everything else is posturing and profiteering.
Speaking of profits, if I had The Answer, I could be very rich! ;)
In reality, the Paris deal is of no importance at all, aside from pure symbolism.
Everyone got together and agreed that something needs to be done. No actual answers, just vague goals to be met by the next couple of generations, and no means of enforcing any sort of punishment on any nation that decides to not comply with anything implied, dreamed, envisioned or expected.
What we really have is something akin to the New Orleans Hurricane Plan before Katrina hit in 2005 - a plan to come up with an actionable plan sometime in the future.
So what's the solution, you may ask. At least the first few steps? Well, just what the article said - emissions have to be cut to zero, or it's just political/economic wrangling. Growth has to effectively be stopped until 100% renewable energy sources put in the place of fossil fuels. It will be brutal, but it's all that will actually work.
Everything else is posturing and profiteering.
Speaking of profits, if I had The Answer, I could be very rich! ;)