Quote (Saucisson6000 @ 8 Nov 2017 07:04)
greenpeace and ecowatch, surely a totally neutral and nonpartisan source on this matter.
Quote (fender @ 8 Nov 2017 09:04)
is the paris agreement perfect? certainly not, but apparently you don't have the slightest idea how difficult it is to get all nations to agree to at least take action in that matter.
and what you're completely ignoring, while trying to discredit the agreement in order to make excuses for your cult leader, is that he isn't the slightest bit interested in "more effective ways" of protecting the climate. he thinks man made climate change is a chinese hoax and wants to refocus on fossil fuels (for his business partners)...
oh, I very well do realize how difficult it is to get all nations to work together on such an issue. but thats the point: obama and the european leaders wanted to achieve an international climate agreement at all costs. they wanted to look like they were taking action. therefore, they crafted this travesty of a compromise, this eyewash in which they
bought the participation of the third world countries and of the emerging giants china and india.
the sad truth is that there is global agreement on climate change being an issue, but no global agreement on concrete
actions and sacrifices that should be taken for climate protection. to not lose their face, obama, merkel et al put in place the paris climate agreement and thereby set a bad example which steers global efforts for climate protection in an ineffective direction.
trump not being interested in
effective climate protection either is obvious. nonetheless, by withdrawing from the paris agreement, he has done the right thing for the wrong reasons.
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Nov 8 2017 01:37am