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Will the Paris Climate Talks be too little and too late? : Comments

By Fred Pearce, published 14/10/2015

'The proof is in the pudding, and the pudding is going to come out of the oven in Paris,' says a U.N. official. In fact, he said, they leave the world on course for at least 3 degrees C of warming.

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If you are truly serious about any of this - then don't fly, but SWIM to Paris!
Posted by Yuyutsu, Wednesday, 14 October 2015 9:07:36 AM
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Well said, Yuyutsu.
Posted by calwest, Wednesday, 14 October 2015 9:29:42 AM
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I was under the impression at the time of Copenhagen in 2009 that that conference was the last chance to prevent global warming. We have another last chance? At the moment all that is expected from the Paris conference is a series of declarations about what each country hopes to achieve in emission reductions. This will all be unenforceable and essentially meaningless, as was the agreement between US and China.

As for the author's enthusiasm for green power, I was under the impression that for every MW of green power the Chinese plan to install they are building 5 MW of coal fired capacity, but I could be wrong on the ratio. Can anybody reference the capacity of coal being build? I know its colossal - every year more than the existing Australian capacity or some such.
Posted by Curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 October 2015 9:32:23 AM
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The Paris talks will be a complete waste of time and money. Countries who's politicians, should have more intelligence and loyalty, will make absurd, costly (to the citizens of their countries) pledges to undertake idiotic measures and without any proof whatsoever that man can do anything at all about climate change; let alone wondering if man has any business at all playing God. The mendicant states will be doing their usual trick - demanding more money for their dictators, and their will be drivel and slavering against free speech - cries for legal actions against 'deniers'. His Royal Idiotship's call for a Maga Carta for the environment could even get legs from the worlds leading a..holes.
Posted by ttbn, Wednesday, 14 October 2015 9:44:34 AM
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Too bad that current pledges are inadequate because I think even some of those won't be met. For example Germany spends $25 bn a year on green subsidies yet has only managed a tiny emissions cut one year out of the last five. They will almost certainly not achieve their 2020 and 2030 emissions targets and therefore their INDC pledges. US plans are mired in opposition and may even be repealed or 'forgotten' after Obama. China reserves the right to increase coal burning til 2030.

If there is any light on the horizon it could be that old coal fired power stations will need to be replaced within 20 years while outside the US gas is getting expensive. Secondly cheap oil is nearly at peak extraction. They will need alternatives that can reliably meet our energy needs.
Posted by Taswegian, Wednesday, 14 October 2015 10:07:55 AM
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Yet more bumph from another gravy train rider, this one an "environment consultant".

These people must be desperate to get something into law, before the planet shoots more holes in their scam.

Hugely cold very early in Europe this year yet again. Any of them who actually have any science can see another very cold period, perhaps another little ice age, roaring down on them.

Come on Fred, it's over. Find another scam!
Posted by Hasbeen, Wednesday, 14 October 2015 10:38:53 AM
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