And as time passes, so does the gas…. This is a redux of an article written over 3 years ago!
I will insert this link with a recent take on the issue of re-joining the Paris Climate Accord. For those of you who have not read the actual agreement, it is here…have a look at how the U.S.A. will subsidize the efforts, along with the developed world. Moreover, we had already contributed when former President Trump withdrew the U.S.A.
Paris Climate Treaty Puts America Last
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“Now no-one even says oops
When they’re passing their gas
Whatever happened to class?
Class.”
Velma and Big Mama Thornton, Chicago
The article below magnifies–as a fresh BBC post, we”ll measure in future days the magnitude–one of the major flaws in the Paris Agreement. Yes, every treaty has its problems, and getting so many signatories–ex the U.S., of course but inclusive of several states and municipalities who, if following the agreement to the letter will have to use taxpayer money to subsidize the efforts of developing economies to control their gaseous emissions–to agree on anything is a major milestone (soon to be gallstone?).
But what is the “anything” that brought the signatories to the Paris Agreement? For a second time, I am posting the text of the Paris Agreement:
ParisAgreement
I apologize for my highlighting, but I thought this link may prove easier for the earnest than the link itself. In short, the text of the Paris Agreement talks mostly of cooperation and voluntary collaboration to attain emission targets. There is very little accountability for failure to attain said targets. Actually, one of the few mandatory sections is Article 9, which states that developed country/entity parties SHALL provide financial resources.
It takes no great intellect to realize that should a developing party (China, India) or even a developed party (Italy) fail to meet emission guidelines they established, the financial resources must continue to flow. And while developed parties may be exercising a form of self-flagellation in significantly failing their established guidelines, developing parties such as India and China can just refuse to accept outside data.
If the measurements noted in the article below are as serious as they read, and the Paris Agreement as weak as it seems, then maybe it is time to discuss some form of amendment–although not explicitly allowed by the Paris Agreement–and additional accountability for failing to meet the guidelines as defined. Otherwise, the Paris Agreement is just passing the gas.
