{"id":14991,"date":"2015-12-02T07:37:26","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T12:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=14991"},"modified":"2015-12-02T07:37:26","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T12:37:26","slug":"will-paris-conference-finally-achieve-real-action-on-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=14991","title":{"rendered":"Will Paris Conference Finally Achieve Real Action on Climate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/feature\/will_paris_conference_finally_achieve_real_action_on_climate\/2936\/\" target=\"_blank\">Will Paris Conference Finally\u00a0Achieve Real Action on Climate?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"dek\"><em>The emission pledges from the world\u2019s nations still fall short of the goal for limiting global warming. But as negotiators convene in Paris this week, there is cautious optimism that a significant international agreement on climate can be reached.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Six years after the last negotiations crashed so spectacularly in Copenhagen, climate delegates assemble in Paris this week to fix the world\u2019s atmosphere. This time, despite the high security following the recent terrorist attacks in the French capital, they will meet in a better mood.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because, in the preceding months, more than 150 nations have put pledges for future emissions on the table for the decade between 2020 and<\/p>\n<div class=\"imageleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/images\/features\/496001632-COP21-300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300px\" height=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credit\">Thomas Samson\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">French foreign minister Laurent Fabius (right) and environment minister Segolene Royal at a preliminary event at the COP 21 climate summit in Paris.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>2030. And the world\u2019s biggest two emitters of heat-trapping greenhouse gases \u2014 the U.S. and China \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/feature\/how_china_and_us_became_unlikely_partners_on_climate\/2917\/\" target=\"_blank\">are in harmony after a bilateral agreement<\/a>\u00a0in Washington last year.<\/p>\n<p>But if the diplomats enter the home stretch more optimistic than in Copenhagen, climate analysts warn that the national \u201ccontributions\u201d on offer still don\u2019t meet the negotiators\u2019 self-declared task of capping global warming at two degrees Celsius. About 2.7 degrees is the most optimistic guess of the long-term outcome of the pledges. A victory for diplomacy should not be confused with a victory for the climate.<\/p>\n<p>So, is the glass half full or half empty?<\/p>\n<p>On the downside, time is running out to halt the continuing accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This year, the world is a record\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metoffice.gov.uk\/research\/news\/2015\/global-average-temperature-2015\" target=\"_blank\">one degree warmer than pre-industrial levels<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 exactly halfway to the two-degree ceiling. The much discussed warming hiatus of the past decade\u00a0is over.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A strong agreement on climate in Paris would drive change forward.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Paris Conference Finally\u00a0Achieve Real Action on Climate? The emission pledges from the world\u2019s nations still fall short of the goal for limiting global warming. But as negotiators convene in Paris this week, there is cautious optimism that a significant international agreement on climate can be reached. 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