Saturday, December 12, 2015

Tweets and Takes on the Paris Climate Agreement

My two initial thoughts: Thought: ok/good to ratify weak starting point that can ratchet up every few years. Thought: governments are selfish and cynical, at least partially corrupt often, amazing they could get something better than lipstick on a pig.

Years from now, our grandchildren will reflect on humanity’s moral courage to solve the climate crisis and they will look to December 12, 2015, as the day when the community of nations finally made the decision to act. -- Al Gore

BREAKING: Historic ‪#‎ParisAgreement‬ to lay foundation for 100 percent clean energy, limit warming to 1.5 celsius environmentamerica.org/news/ame/histo….  ‪#‎COP21‬final - good news - formal process established to assess progress & strengthen, beginning in 2018. perhaps most important part? -- Michael Brune, Sierra Club
Our children would not understand us, would not forgive us -- Laurent Fabius 
Whatever the outcome from Paris #COP21... it's the beginning of the end of age of fossil fuels ‪#‎keepitintheground‬ -- Bhaskar Diol 
Friends of the Earth International says #COP21 agreement is a "sham" twitter.com/ndcnona/status… ‪#‎climatechange‬ ‪#‎worldpoli‬
Friends of the Earth International: US removed liability and compensation and only reduces emissions by 20% "Island Nations will go Extinct" 

#COP21... an historic turning point. It does not mean climate justice is here. Not even close. But our progress is irreversible -- Michael Brune, Sierra Club


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