Almost 200 nations agreed in Paris to actually do real
things to start remediating the dangers of ongoing global climate change. It’s
a good step forward. That’s all it is.
This agreement doesn’t “solve” global climate change and the
ongoing global warming that is going to cause fantastically expensive
environmental and commercial and infrastructure damage in the coming decades.
It’s a good step forward because it’s the first time
essentially all of the world’s nations have signed on. The United States and
China—the world’s two worst polluters—are leading the way.
This agreement is the work of the 2015 United Nations
Climate Change Conference. This should open your eyes to the frame of reference
for this work: it was the 21st annual session of the Conference of
the Parties to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
One could argue it’s not much to show for more than 20 years
of work.
I’m taking a positive view.
It’s a good step forward.
Dealing with climate change is going to cost the nations of
the world more money and grief than anyone can currently imagine.
No time like the present to get started.
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Richard Carl Subber 2015 All rights reserved.
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