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Mayors of 7,400 Cities Vow To Meet Obama's Climate Commitments (theguardian.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Mayors of more than 7,400 cities across the world have vowed that Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris accord will spur greater local efforts to combat climate change. At the first meeting of a "global covenant of mayors," city leaders from across the US, Europe and elsewhere pledged to work together to keep to the commitments made by Barack Obama two years ago. Cities will devise a standard measurement of emission reductions to help them monitor their progress. They will also share ideas for delivering carbon-free transport and housing. Kassim Reed, the mayor of Atlanta, told reporters he had travelled to Europe to "send a signal" that US states and cities would execute the policies Obama committed to, whether the current White House occupants agreed or not. Reed, whose administration has promised that the city of Atlanta will use 100% renewable energy by 2035, said 75% of the US population and GDP lay in urban areas, where local leaders were committed to fighting climate change. "We have the ability to still achieve between 35% and 45% CO2 emission reductions without the involvement of the national government and it is why I chose to be here at this time to send a signal to 7,400 cities around the world that now should be a time of optimism, passion and action," he said.
I wonder if these cities ALSO plan to funnel billions of dollars to third world slush funds, which was the real goal of the Paris accords.
You do realize the the penalties were always voluntary and that each country sets it's own goals, right? There was never going to be any money going anywhere, you rat-swindler.
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Screw'em...they're not our problem.
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Right, we send $ to China, India etc, for the pollution we make, which is substantially less than China, India etc makes. Great IDEA!!
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
I work for a school district, and I couldn't agree with you more. We spend, literally Millions of dollars on stuff that has no benefit to students being educated. Test scores continue to stagnate and educating kids is not even the goal anymore. We literally have a two month window for "testing" in the spring, where the students are herded onto computer labs and tested.
I can assure you, that most of what passes for "Education" are goals adults have in reporting to adults about how well other adults are doing with kids. Mind you, I'm not talking about Classroom Teachers, I'm talking about just about everyone else. The top down, FED, State, and local leadership can't focus on educating Johnny, they have feathers to line caps with. And for all the money we toss at "education", nobody actually measures actual results vs dollars spent.
Here's what I know about kids performances in school, very little is affected by dollars spent. A kid's performance in school is more impacted by parents and home life than it is by all the educational bits being pushed by those at high levels. But we can't actually address parenting and homelife because that would be "Judgmental". In fact, money would be better spent wrangling the shits for parents than their kids.
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
All that centralized shit worked great in the Soviet Union, Mao's China, Venezuela, etc, didn't it?
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