Current Events > Report: Most countries angry at the US over the Paris Accord won't hit targets

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https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46347453

And the US is still down 25% from 2015 even though they left the accord while countries like China and India are UP nearly 20% / 70% respectively since then.

Global efforts to tackle climate change are way off track says the UN, as it details the first rise in CO2 emissions in four years.

The emissions gap report says that economic growth is responsible for a rise in 2017 while national efforts to cut carbon have faltered.

To meet the goals of the Paris climate pact, the study says it's crucial that global emissions peak by 2020.

But the analysis says that this is now not likely even by 2030.

The study says that countries including Argentina, Australia, Canada, the EU (including the UK), South Korea, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the US, are falling short of achieving their nationally determined contributions for 2030.

The full report:
https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2018

NOTE: I fully recognize that leaving the accord was bad PR and functionally didn't mean much since it was more of a global "promise" than a binding agreement, but I still think it's worth highlighting that even absent the accord the US is improving on emissions while our biggest detractors over it are failing their own targets and our biggest growing competitors globally are blasting out emissions at historically high rates.
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s0nicfan posted...

NOTE: I fully recognize that leaving the accord was bad PR and functionally didn't mean much since it was more of a global "promise" than a binding agreement, but I still think it's worth highlighting that even absent the accord the US is improving on emissions while our biggest detractors over it are failing their own targets and our biggest growing competitors globally are blasting out emissions at historically high rates.

Our biggest detractors are a bunch of domestic and international haters. The US will continue to look for ways to implement renewable energy sources and perform and deliver humanitarian aid around the world. Its not gonna stop the usual suspects, whether its here or at the highest levels, from talking shit and hoping the nation crumbles. Dont worry so much about the PR; youre damned if you do and damned if you dont, anyway.
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