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Re: What The Last-Minute Climate Deal-Making Means For the Pact

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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> What The Last-Minute Climate Deal-Making Means For the Pact
>> http://www.npr.org/2015/12/13/459554565/what-the-last-minute-climate-deal-making-means-for-the-pact
> 
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>> There was cheering when nearly 200 countries reached an historic
>> agreement to stem global warming. But the frantic deal making says
>> something about what it may take to carry the agreement out.
> 
>   The emotional atmosphere reminded me of the Higgs Boson Announcement.

It reminded my of a media circus over a Kardashian.

>> This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Linda Wertheimer. Rachel
>> Martin is on assignment in Saudi Arabia. Yesterday in Paris, the
>> world's governments adopted the most comprehensive climate deal in
>> history. Delegates at a cavernous meeting hall cheered as the chief
>> French negotiator gaveled the deal. Celebrations continued through
>> the night in Paris restaurants and nightclubs. Now, however, comes
>> the task of making it work. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports from
>> Paris that as big as the deal is, it's still only a partial
>> solution.
>>
>> CHRISTOPHER JOYCE, BYLINE: No one expected the Paris deal to stop
>> climate change in its tracks. President Obama yesterday praised the
>> agreement, but acknowledged that this pact is just the start.

The start of nothing.

>> PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Even if all the initial targets set in Paris
>> are met, we'll only be part of the way there when it comes to
>> reducing carbon from the atmosphere.

None of the "targets" set in Paris are going to be met by anyone
unless it is incidental.

>> JOYCE: That's because each country came to the table in Paris having
>> set its own target for limiting greenhouse gas emissions. Some of
>> those targets are ambitious, some are not. The U.S. has a 10-year
>> goal to cut emissions by about a quarter from where they were in
>> 2005. President Obama says that's a strong commitment. But some
>> countries have promised more, many within the European Union, for
>> example; others, somewhat less. China and India will be allowed to
>> increase emissions for many years. Many developing countries have
>> made contingency commitments - we'll reduce emissions by X amount,
>> but we'll cut back more if we get financial help from the West. When
>> scientists add all this up, they say the world is still going to warm
>> up dangerously, as much as 5 degrees Fahrenheit over the next few
>> decades. Nat Keohane, an economist with the Environmental Defense
>> Fund, says that's why the agreement requires countries to ratchet up
>> their effort level in the future.

No one is going to do anything.

>   Now the real work begin and nobody is expecting this to be easy, but
>   it is a step in the right direction.

It is all just media hype.

>   Yesterday was an important day.

For those in the PR industry.

-- 
Jim Pennino

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What The Last-Minute Climate Deal-Making Means For the Pact Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-13 20:10 -0600
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