Two years ago, when the Paris agreement took effect, then-President Obama declared that "history may well judge it as a turning point for our planet."
It was a turning point in the level of empty rhetoric, perhaps. But it won't make a bit of difference to the planet.
This farce was made abundantly clear in an annual report by Climate Transparency, an international group focused on the G-20 nations.
What did it find? "None of the G-20 (emissions targets) is in line with the Paris Agreement." The report shows an enormous gap between what the countries have pledged to do, and the far lower CO2 emissions levels that the U.N. says are needed to keep the planet from warming by 2 degrees Celsius.
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/climate-change-g20-emissions/
It was a turning point in the level of empty rhetoric, perhaps. But it won't make a bit of difference to the planet.
This farce was made abundantly clear in an annual report by Climate Transparency, an international group focused on the G-20 nations.
What did it find? "None of the G-20 (emissions targets) is in line with the Paris Agreement." The report shows an enormous gap between what the countries have pledged to do, and the far lower CO2 emissions levels that the U.N. says are needed to keep the planet from warming by 2 degrees Celsius.
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/climate-change-g20-emissions/