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Paris Climate Change Talks Yield First Draft (theguardian.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Negotiators at the UN climate talks in Paris released a draft of an agreement to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. No part of the draft has been finalized as many points remain in contention, particularly between developing countries and more wealthy nations. Laurence Tubiana, the French envoy for the talks, said: "We could have been better, we could have been worse. The job is not done, we need to apply all intelligence, energy, willingness to compromise and all efforts to come to agreement. Nothing is decided until everything is decided."
The draft and addendum .
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I'm too lazy to read it, but does it even MENTION nuclear power? Because any climate change plan that doesn't include nuclear as a major component of a carbon-neutral energy policy isn't worth using as toilet paper.
SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
Honestly the defeatism and lack of ambition is disheartening.
Good. Are you going to worry about real problems now?
There is plenty of evidence going back decades now that global warming is a serious issue.
Good. Show the seriousness of the problem then. It's worth noting here that no one has yet shown that global warming has short term consequences or that it is an urgent problem. They have merely asserted these things.
It is hard to address but to not even try is a serious dereliction of duty to our descendants. Is this a paid shill?
Because you have yet to show that the extreme mitigation measures proposed are less of a dereliction of duty than doing absolutely nothing is. Remember current mitigation efforts are already remarkably ineffective and costly. We are already doing this and it is already a net loss for our descendants.
But sure, I must be a shill.
What wealthy nations? All western governments are deep in debt..
One man is on the street and has nothing.
Another man lives in a house with a mortgage with negative equity and drives a car in which he is upside down on the loan.
Which one is poorer?
I'm not making a point, I think it is a legitimate question and the answer is not an easy one. But it certainly is relatable to nations and debt.
If you are not allowed to question your government then the government has answered your question.