Woo woo woo! Now all the Chicken Littles can feel good about doing, um, well, something of no consequence
The White House said Friday that U.S. President Barack Obama, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and South African President Jacob Zuma reached a “meaningful agreement” for combating climate change. The deal was described by an administration official as “not sufficient to combat the threat of climate change but it’s an important first step.”
Ah. So it’s somewhere between Jack and Sh*t and Jack just left the building. Reading between the lines, we can essentially infer that the Chinese and Indians told President Neophyte what he wanted to hear, and now they will go and blow off any verbal agreements.
Wasn’t Kyoto supposed to be the first important step (once they realized that most signatory countries were ignoring the Protocol?)
The White House official said developed and developing countries have agreed to listing their national actions and commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. There will be a mechanism to funnel money to help developing nations pay for technology and projects to cope with the affects of climate change, such as rising sea levels.
Countries had listed targets from Kyoto, too. Which most failed to abide by. But, the developing countries can say “we listed them!” as they take enormous amounts of money from 1st World nations.
The agreement sets a target of two degrees Celsius for the increase in global temperatures. Countries are supposed to provide information on the implementation of actions to cut carbon dioxide emissions through national communications, with provisions for international consultations and analysis under clearly defined guidelines, the official said.
Sounds like a continuation of the idiotic “bring awareness” measures we have been subjected to, which accomplish nothing. BTW, I’ll ask again: why is 2 degrees C acceptable, when they are massively whining and going bat sh*t crazy over a .6 to .7 C rise during the 20th Century?
But agreements on specifics eluded representatives of more than 190 nations at the summit.
But, we can all sing Kuymbaya!
Rich countries should commit to reduce their CO2 emissions by at least 80% by 2050, the draft states.
And we can all party like it is 1699!
Even the NY Times thinks the agreement is mostly useless.
Meanwhile, Vanity Fair thought Obambi’s Copenhagen speech stunk.
More: Ace points out that Obama is using that “unprecedented” word again. I don’t think it means what Barry thinks it means. Also
An accord which is non-binding is also known as “dudes blowing smoke up each other’s asses,” and also, sometimes, “not an accord,” but that doesn’t mean this is harmless.
There is no binding part of this deal. That’s why China, India, etc., have agreed to it. It doesn’t require them to do anything.
Instead, it asks countries that are stupid enough to slit their economic throats to do so, so that India and China and so on can reap the rewards.
And don’t forget the foot or so of “global warming” that will greet Dear Leader and the other climate alarmists as they return to D.C.
