COP21 November 2015

[Christophe]

It was sewn of white threads ... but do we need an agreement to change things?

We are the 99%!
And that's not only for finance !!

[Ahmed]

"We are the 99%" who do not establish the rules ... Moreover, and more seriously, there is not in this pseudo category the vague unanimity that this figure seems to presume ...

[Christophe]

Yes, ok, I went a little fast!

It does not preclude, on the merits, it is the 99% that make the lobbies... and who incidentally and with a little (a lot, passionately ... scratch the mention useless) motivation, can also undo!

Where is my Bisounours ???

[Ahmed]

What do you mean How would 99% be the source of lobbies?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CWSJzZsW4AATFgl.jpg

[moinsdewatt]

At the UN this Friday 22 April, 175 countries have signed the text resulting from the COP21.
An additional step in the fight against global warming.

The moment was solemn. In New York this Friday, April 22, before the United Nations General Assembly, François Hollande was the first head of state to sign the climate agreement. An agreement reached in Paris last December, as part of the COP21.

A historic and binding agreement to try to limit global warming to 1,5 ° C. An agreement that the Fiji Islands, Belize or Maldives, countries directly threatened, want to ratify as soon as possible. A text for the future that US Secretary of State John Kerry has signed symbolically with Isabelle, his two-year-old granddaughter.

Act for the planet

In the midst of this patchwork of policies, Leonardo DiCaprio, very invested in ecological issues, came up with one idea in mind: to ask those in charge to act. “No more rhetoric, no more excuses, no more science and policy manipulation by business and fossil fuels. You are the ones who can make a difference. All of you who are here in this room now, the world is watching you, ”the actor told the podium. The text must now be ratified by each of the signatory countries. The agreement is expected to enter into force in 2017.

with 1mn 45 video: http://www.francetvinfo.fr/meteo/climat ... 18783.html




US Secretary of State John Kerry Signs Climate Agreement Holding Granddaughter at UN in New York
the 22 APRIL 2016 (AFP / JEWEL SAMAD)
http://www.leparisien.fr/informations/c ... ogle.fr%2F

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Fifteen small highly exposed countries, including Fiji, Tuvalu, the Maldives, Belize, Barbados and Samoa, ratified it on Friday.
"The Paris agreement must save Tuvalu and save the planet", declared the Prime Minister of this Polynesian archipelago, Enele Sosene Sopoaga.
To quickly reach the threshold of 55 countries / 55%, it will require that at least one or two major polluters (United States, China, European Union, Russia, India) ratify the agreement. Beijing (responsible for 20% of emissions) and Washington (18%) have promised to do so before the end of the year.
On the American side, President Barack Obama will not need the approval of Republican-controlled Congress, hostile to the text.
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[Ahmed]

Beautiful com ', very moving ... It is a rather abstract subject, in any case very technical, which was chosen to serve as a screen for all the unfortunate consequences which result from so-called "rational" choices, but who pursue an absurd purpose. This displayed goodwill is there to counterbalance the pursuit of the same chimeras, disguised as "realistic objectives" by the wooden newspeak.

[moinsdewatt]

. It's a pretty abstract subject,

This subject is not abstract at all!

[Philippe Schutt]

it's still quite abstract because of the hierarchy of norms.
http://leblogdejeudi.fr/accord-sur-le-c ... velables/#

[Ahmed]

The abstraction lies in the fact that the consequences of CD primarily concern the populations which are the least responsible and that the measures which could influence its evolution depend on the displayed goodwill (in reality the bad!) Of countries which are determined not to change anything, unless the "energy transition" is an opportunity to generate more abstract value, through a strengthening of extractivism.
What is also abstract is the debate over the choice of criteria to quantify the phenomenon itself and, as rightly noted Philippe, the standards envisaged to pretend to oppose it.

[moinsdewatt]

it's still quite abstract because of the hierarchy of norms.
http://leblogdejeudi.fr/accord-sur-le-c ... velables/#

It is not standards but "regulations".
It means that we have to fight against the WTO.

And that means you have to fight the transatlantic trade deal before it 's too late.