The U.S. under Donald Trump is actually seeing a reduction in the carbon footprint per citizen, much of it due to the expansion of the use of natural gas. It wasn’t intentional, just a byproduct. And Trump has pulled the U.S. essentially out of the Paris Climate Agreement. How about the nations that are super enthused about the PCA?
The U.S. Isn’t the Only Major Country Not Meeting Its Climate Goals
Three years ago, world leaders from nearly every country around the world laid out specific plans to fight climate change that included strategies to slash their greenhouse gas emissions. Those commitments generated optimism that the world might finally address global warming and helped seal the deal on the Paris Agreement.
Now, the majority of G20 countries aren’t following through on their promises, according to a new report from the United Nation Environment Programme. And, even if countries followed through, the world would fall short of limiting temperature rise to safe levels.
“Countries are not doing enough,†says UNEP official Phillip Drost, who coordinated the report. “We need to mitigate more emissions.†(snip)
The report looks specifically at G20 countries and shows that the vast majority, including the United States, the world’s second largest emitter, are not on track to reduce their emissions in line with their 2015 commitments. And some of the countries that are — such as Russia and Turkey — have been criticized for setting unambitious targets. China is one notable exception to the trend: the country’s greenhouse gas emissions will likely begin to decline before 2030 as it promised even as it continues its breakneck economic growth.
It’s easy to sign a document, a Historic Document!!!!!, proclaiming that they will Do Something. It’s a lot harder to force citizens to pay through the nose, see their cost of living rise, and also see that money go to people in other countries. Not too mention giving up lots of freedom and choice. All while these same elites never give up their own money or big carbon footprints.
Read: Bummer: Most European Union Nations Are Not Meeting Their Paris Climate Agreement Commitments »
In its “Emissions Gap Report 2018,†the United Nations (U.N.) declared Tuesday that total annual greenhouse gases emissions reached a record high in 2017 and that “more ambitious†measures are needed by 2020 to keep global warming below established goals.
The center of the American asylum crisis is the El Chaparral plaza in Tijuana, which sits at the foot of the western pedestrian bridge to enter the US at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in California.
When Initiative 1639 goes into effect, gun owners can be charged with a crime if their firearms end up in the wrong hands. That has a lot of gun owners asking about their options. What about gun safes?
(lots of paragraphs of doom and gloom and what she calls “Republican excuse making”)
MSNBC reporter Gadi Schwartz, who is on the ground in Tijuana, Mexico, said Monday that most of the caravan members he’s encountered are males — many of whom are not seeking asylum.
Extreme heatwaves will scorch the UK as rising sea levels swallow large expanses of the coastline within just a few decades, experts have warned.
