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SICK JOKE OF THE DAY:
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Barack Obama
This is huge: Almost every country in the world just signed on to the #ParisAgreement on climate change—thanks to American leadership.
This is the twaddle that is going across headlines across the world-
Two
decades of talks have come to this: an ambitious agreement to hold
states to emissions targets – but already low-lying countries are
worried
This has been described as an agreement to limit global temperatures to a 1.5 degrees increase.
You have to read through most of the nonsense about it being an 'historical agreement' before you come to the nitty gritty:
“The
deal set a high aspirational goal to limit warming below 2C and
strive to keep temperatures at 1.5C above pre-industrial levels”
From RT:
“Prior
to the Paris talks, most countries submitted voluntary pledges and
measures to reduce their own CO2 emissions. The nations most
vulnerable to climate change lobbied for the wording in the final
pact to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, while states like
China, India and Saudi Arabia asked for a higher ceiling. The UN
sought to impose top-down targets.”
It has to be seen for what it is - a huge political compromise.
It has to be said that New Zealand was one of the countries that joined Saudi Arabia for the higher target.
I must admit for me RT has it right when it does not give the Paris agreement the pride of place. puts 'historic accord' in inverted commas and chooses to concentrate on the demonstrations outside.
‘Historic accord’ on climate adopted, activists in Paris denounce deal as ‘weak’
Environmentalists
hold hands as they form a human chain during a demonstration near the
Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, as the World Climate Change Conference
2015 (COP21) continues near the French capital in Le Bourget,
December 12, 2015. © Mal Langsdon / Reuters
RT,
12
December, 2015
An
agreement on what has been dubbed a “historic” package of
measures on capping rising temperatures worldwide has been signed at
Paris summit. While it for the first time obliges states to limit
global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, activists say it's not enough.
The
31-page draft of the "Paris Agreement" stated that
it "aims
to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change in
the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate
poverty, including by holding the increase in the global average
temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius [3.6 Fahrenheit] above
preindustrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature
increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius [2.7 Fahrenheit]."
The
document, presented to international negotiators on Saturday,
suggests that the world urgently needs to increase "the
ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster
climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a
manner that does not threaten food production."
Freek Bersch
World leaders boasting their climate deal. People continuing protest. #cop21
has failed us
has failed us 
Lacy MacAuley
Activists
said the proposed limit was not enough to save the planet and deal
with the problem of the climate warming.
David Johnson
Huge turn out for the main protest of the day. Massive crowds forming chains around the park. #COP21
The
195-nation accord was released after two weeks of high-level talks
outside Paris, known as COP21. Previous attempts to reach such a deal
have failed, and nearly 200 countries have spent four years
negotiating the pact.
Jon Scammell
"The
world is holding its breath and counting on all of us,"
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius who presided at the talks said
when delivering the draft to the ministers, as cited by AFP.
Describing it as "an
historic accord,"
the official was reportedly on the brink of tears.
Unicorn Riot
Addressing
the summit envoys, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said: "The
end is in sight. Let's now finish the job. The world is watching.
Millions of people depend on your wisdom."
Seeking
to end decades-long rows between rich and poor nations over how to
fund the Earth-saving campaign, the Paris deal mobilizes a minimum of
$100 billion a year from 2020 to help the developing world cope with
global warming, according to Fabius.
Timed
to coincide with the end of Paris talks and to attract even more
attention to the threat of the man-made global warming, activists
gathered in the French capital on Saturday, with protesters marching
towards the Eiffel Tower. The demonstration had been authorized by
police, organizers said.
RT
30 Greenpeace activists scale Paris Arc de Triomphe in renewable energy protest (IMAGES) http://on.rt.com/6z9b
Earlier
Paris protests had been banned during the state of emergency
following November 13 terror attacks on the French capital. The rally
then ended in clashes with police, with tear gas being fired and many
arrested. Elsewhere in the world, tens of thousands took
to the streets against
climate change on the eve of the UN summit, making the action the
biggest set of global marches in history, according to organizers.
Ruth Krause
Prior
to the Paris talks, most countries submitted voluntary pledges and
measures to reduce their own CO2 emissions. The nations most
vulnerable to climate change lobbied for the wording in the final
pact to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, while states like
China, India and Saudi Arabia asked for a higher ceiling.
The UN
sought to impose top-down targets.
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