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  Historic Day | Final Draft Of World Climate Agreement Goes To A Vote In Paris Saturday Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-12 12:24 -0600
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#538754 — Historic Day | Final Draft Of World Climate Agreement Goes To A Vote In Paris Saturday

Historic Day | Final Draft Of World Climate Agreement Goes To A Vote In 
Paris Saturday
> http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/12/459464621/final-draft-of-world-climate-agreement-goes-to-a-vote-in-paris-saturday?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20151212&utm_campaign=news&utm_term=nprnews

> Update at 12:50 p.m. ET: U.S. Supports Deal; Meeting Still Pending
>
> With delays slowing the start of the meeting, we're hearing word that
> U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern says the United States will agree to
> the deal. Stern spoke to reporters as delegates entered the main
> gathering hall.
>
> The Like Minded Group of Developing Countries — China, India, Saudi
> Arabia, and others — has said through a spokesman that they're
> "happy" with the deal, the BBC reports.
>
> Our original post continues:
>
> The agreement, which was publicly released Saturday morning (ET),
> sets the goal of limiting the world's rise in average temperature to
> "well below 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels and pursuing
> efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius."

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Agreement Document
> http://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=2646002-cop21-Final-Draft


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#538756

President Obama: 'This is huge: Almost every country in the world just 
signed on to the Paris Agreement on climate change...


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   The hall erupts into applause after no one objects to a final
   adoption of the deal to combat global warming and rein in greenhouse
   gases.

   After the excitement dies down, Fabius is reminded he must use his
   gavel to make the results official.

   "It's a small gavel, but I think it can do a great job," he says as
   he raps it on the table.




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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Historic Day | Final Draft Of World Climate Agreement Goes To A Vote In 
> Paris Saturday
>> http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/12/459464621/final-draft-of-world-climate-agreement-goes-to-a-vote-in-paris-saturday?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20151212&utm_campaign=news&utm_term=nprnews
> 
>> Update at 12:50 p.m. ET: U.S. Supports Deal; Meeting Still Pending
>>
>> With delays slowing the start of the meeting, we're hearing word that
>> U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern says the United States will agree to
>> the deal. Stern spoke to reporters as delegates entered the main
>> gathering hall.
>>
>> The Like Minded Group of Developing Countries ? China, India, Saudi
>> Arabia, and others ? has said through a spokesman that they're
>> "happy" with the deal, the BBC reports.
>>
>> Our original post continues:
>>
>> The agreement, which was publicly released Saturday morning (ET),
>> sets the goal of limiting the world's rise in average temperature to
>> "well below 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels and pursuing
>> efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius."

Yawn, meaningless posturing. 

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#538765

> Update at 1:43 p.m. ET: 'Single Most Important Collective Action'
>
> Conservation International Chairman and CEO Peter Seligmann says the
> COP21 agreement "is a transformative diplomatic victory," but he
> adds, "The hard work of delivery begins now. The security of nations
> and humanity depends upon the reduction of emissions and the
> protection of nature."
>
> The group calls the agreement "the single most important collective
> action for addressing climate change ever agreed upon."
>


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#538771

Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Update at 1:43 p.m. ET: 'Single Most Important Collective Action'
>>
>> Conservation International Chairman and CEO Peter Seligmann says the
>> COP21 agreement "is a transformative diplomatic victory," but he
>> adds, "The hard work of delivery begins now. The security of nations
>> and humanity depends upon the reduction of emissions and the
>> protection of nature."
>>
>> The group calls the agreement "the single most important collective
>> action for addressing climate change ever agreed upon."
>>
 
Much ado about nothing.

A circus came to Paris and is now leaving, all that is left to do is
sweep up the elephant shit.
 

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