(02-13-2020, 02:45 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(02-13-2020, 01:58 PM)Predator Wrote: The US led all countries in the reduction of energy related CO2 emissions inn 2019.

So much for the Paris climate accord.

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/n...061961de16

This is very good news.  CO2 reducing technologies work! They make economic sense in areas with ample capital.  It wouldn't take much more of a "nudge" til low carbon tech made sense economically all over the world.

Climate is changing. It is due to CO2.  No one knows for sure how bad it will be.  Best case, it will be disruptive.  Worst case, catastrophic. Anything we can practically do to reduce CO2 will tip the scales away from catastrophic would be good.

The Paris Accord didn't mean anything on its own, but it was a starting point that trade penalties could be built off of.

The accord is a non uniform or binding agreement so you can't impose penalties based on a country not meetings it's own personal commitments.

I mean how could you penalise a country for missing a reduction goal when you have countries like China who never even committed to a reduction but just committed to their emissions peaking by 2030?

That was one of the main criticisms of the accord. There was no provision to monitor or enforce the commitments and countries commitments were all over the board.

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