Time is running out to save the Paris Agreement, UN climate experts warned Tuesday at a key Bangkok meeting, as rich nations were accused of shirking their responsibility for environmental damage. If nations cannot reach an agreement by a December summit in Poland—known as COP24—the Paris Agreement, carved out in 2015, will be at risk. Money is at the heart of the issue. —AFP, 4 September 2018
Coal is clinging to the top spot in power generation, accounting for as much of the world’s electricity as it did two decades ago, despite heightened concerns about climate change and a slowdown in financing for projects involving the dirtiest of fossil fuels. The rebound shows coal’s resilience, especially in emerging regions, and recent events suggest the market for black combustible rock will remain strong. —Neanda Salvaterra, The Wall Street Journal, 3 September 2018
Indonesia’s coal industry is enjoying a resurgence, driven both by rising demand from China—the world’s biggest consumer of the fossil fuel—and a push by the government in Jakarta to build more coal-fired power plants. Demand for energy in China and Indonesia continues to drive the resurgence of the latter’s coal industry, setting back efforts in both countries to shift to a greater share of renewable energy. —Eco-Business, 31 May 2018
In 2030, when countries have to take stock of their commitments under the Paris climate agreement, India will double its carbon dioxide emissions from its 2012 levels, but will still be within its intensity pledge, according to a new study by experts from the New Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research and elsewhere. —India Climate Dialogue, 21 August 2018
Local UK council pension funds have more than £9bn invested in companies engaged in fracking, despite a fierce debate over shale gas exploration. —Financial Times, 4 September 2018
With one surprise court ruling, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces the risk of contesting next year’s election with key pieces of his economic and environmental plans in ruins. —Reuters, 31 August 2018
Some of the biggist lies are THE FRAGILE EARTH and THE DELICATE BALANCE of NATURE i have been hearing the latter so many times of the Delicate Balance of Nature and according to the these Eco-Malarkey doom sayers the earth was suppost to be a dead rock floating through space and orbiting 3rd from its sun but remembering they persicuted Galileo for daring to challenge the idea t hat the earth was the center of the universe the Eco-Wackos would have all skeptics persicuted for daring to challenge their radical ideas
Paris pledge … “Money is at the heart of the issue . Really ? ” Money is the only issue .
Canada’s Prime Minister Dress Up accomplishments include :
almost doubling the annual deficit from his projects of $10 billion , an apology tour , 10’s of millions in hurt feeling payments , and a wildly
over budget pipeline project that his slow walking resulted in taxpayer ownership at a premium cost of over 100 % .
One thing guaranteed is there will always be an annual “climate summit” so they can move the goal posts down to the next hyperventilation summit party .
Saying time is running out to save the Paris Treaty ignores the fact that there was never a time it could be saved. Even many environmentalists realized that from the beginning. Now we have Europe failing to made significant carbon dioxide reductions where China and India are in a run away increase.
However, the article made only a brief statement about a major, major stumbling point. “Money is at the heart of the issue.” The only interest that the developing nations have in the climate change issue is to get something for nothing. This last year they decided among themselves that they are entitled to an additional 200 billion a year over and above the 100 billion that was promised in Copenhagen. They expect this to materialize at COP 24 in Poland later this year. The last few COP meetings have almost collapsed because of the money issue. How with the higher expectations of the developing nations and the certainty that the industrial nations will not be coming through with significant pledges, COP 24 is very likely to collapse over money.
If the climate doomsayer industry was truly worried they would be singing build more nukes cause they are not about to stop heating their pools and flying around to boink models .