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Re: Key points of the landmark Paris climate agreement

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On 12/12/2015 6:17 PM, Sam Wormley wrote:
> Key points of the landmark Paris climate agreement
>> http://phys.org/news/2015-12-key-landmark-paris-climate-agreement.html
>
>> —LONG-TERM GOAL: The *long-term* *objective* of the agreement is to *make*
>> *sure* global warming *stays* *"well below"* 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees
>> Fahrenheit) and to *"pursue efforts"* to limit the temperature rise to
>> 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). Temperatures have
>> already increased by about 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit)
>> since pre-industrial times. To achieve that goal, governments *pledged*
>> to stop the rise in heat-trapping *greenhouse gas* emissions *"as soon
>> as possible."* By *some point* after 2050, the agreement says, man-made
>> emissions *should be* reduced to a level that forests and oceans can
>> absorb.

Water Vapor is a greenhouse gas, the most prevelent one.

>>
>> —EMISSIONS TARGETS: In order to reach the *long-term goal*, countries
>> *agreed* to *set national targets* for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
>> every five years. More than 180 countries have already submitted
>> targets for the first cycle beginning in 2020. Only developed
>> countries *are expected* to slash *their* emissions in absolute terms;
>> developing nations *are "encouraged"* to do so *as their capabilities*
>> *evolve* over time. Until *then*, they *are expected* only to rein in the
>> growth of emissions as their economies *develop*.

how developed?  the flipping POOR countries are goig to stay POOR ddue 
to corruption, lack of resources, lack of industrial base, and they will 
get PAYMENST of 100 billion dollars to stay that way.

>>
>> —REVIEWING TARGETS: The initial *targets* won't be enough to put the
>> world on a *path* to meet the long-term temperature *goal*. So the
>> agreement *asks governments* to review their targets in the next four
>> years and *see if they can* *"update" them*. That *doesn't require*
>> governments to deepen their cuts. But the *hope* is that it will be
>> possible for them to do so *if* renewable energy sources become more
>> *affordable* and *effective*.

all the teeth of this baby, just fell out.

>>
>> —TRANSPARENCY: There is *no penalty* for countries that miss their
>> emissions *targets*. But the agreement has transparency rules to help
>> *encourage* countries to actually do what they say they will do. That
>> was one of the most difficult pieces to agree on, with China asking
>> for softer requirements for developing countries. The agreement says
>> all countries must report on their emissions and their efforts the
>> reduce them. But it *allows* for some *"flexibility"* for *developing*
>> countries that *"need it."*
>>

*weazel words*

there are no key points.

this is a non binding world wide "agreement" to bullshit everybody else.

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Key points of the landmark Paris climate agreement Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-12 18:17 -0600
  Re: Key points of the landmark Paris climate agreement jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-13 01:08 +0000
    Re: Key points of the landmark Paris climate agreement benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-12-12 20:52 -0500
  Re: Key points of the landmark Paris climate agreement gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-12-12 20:49 -0600
    Re: Key points of the landmark Paris climate agreement Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-13 09:58 +0100
      Re: Key points of the landmark Paris climate agreement benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-12-13 06:09 -0500

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