{"id":15207,"date":"2015-12-12T15:55:56","date_gmt":"2015-12-12T20:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=15207"},"modified":"2015-12-12T15:55:56","modified_gmt":"2015-12-12T20:55:56","slug":"world-leaders-just-agreed-to-a-historic-climate-accord-which-is-non-binding-and-has-no-enforcement-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=15207","title":{"rendered":"World Leaders Just Agreed To A &#8220;Historic&#8221; Climate Accord&#8230; Which Is Non-Binding And Has No Enforcement Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2015-12-12\/con21-halt-worlds-demise-dont-rely-those-who-caused-it\" target=\"_blank\">World Leaders Just Agreed To A &#8220;Historic&#8221; Climate Accord&#8230; Which Is Non-Binding And Has No Enforcement Language<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Great news! The &#8220;greatest threat to future generations of the world&#8221; has apparently been solved. World leaders Saturday adopted an historic international climate accord in Paris, the first-ever agreement to commit almost every country to fight climate change. However, as we knew all along and just got confirmation, the 31-page pact does not have binding language or a mechanism to force countries to live up to the promises to cut greenhouse gases emissions or provide money for developing and poor nations to cope with the effects of global warming.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, COP21 was a massive taxpayer-funded boondoggle, in which &#8220;leaders&#8221; enjoyed all the perks of Paris for two weeks, burned through hundreds of millions in public funding, and created millions of tons in greenhouse gases (what do you think to private jets and government 747s use to fly?) that has achieved absolutely nothing.<\/p>\n<p>In other words&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, leaders and the environmental community hailed the United Nations agreement has a historic turning point that has the potential to stave off the worst expected effects of global warming.<\/p>\n<p>And The UN reports a large round of mutual masturbation&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<article 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u-floatRight\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--twitter \" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"u-hiddenInNarrowEnv\"><a class=\"FollowButton follow-button profile\" title=\"Follow United Nations on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UN\" data-scribe=\"component:followbutton\">\u00a0Follow<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-author u-textTruncate h-card p-author\" data-scribe=\"component:author\"><a class=\"Tweet-authorLink Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UN\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\"><span class=\"Tweet-authorAvatar Identity-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar u-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/538328216729968642\/SdfeQXSM_normal.png\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/538328216729968642\/SdfeQXSM_bigger.png\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/538328216729968642\/SdfeQXSM_normal.png\" \/><\/span><span class=\"Tweet-authorName Identity-name p-name customisable-highlight\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">United Nations<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--verified \" title=\"Verified Account\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"Tweet-authorLink Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UN\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\"><span class=\"Tweet-authorVerifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/span><\/span><span class=\"Tweet-authorScreenName Identity-screenName p-nickname\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@UN<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A joyful\u00a0atmosphere fills the plenary hall at <a class=\"PrettyLink hashtag customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COP21?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" data-scribe=\"element:hashtag\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">#<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">COP21<\/span><\/a>. <a class=\"PrettyLink hashtag customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ParisAgreement?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" data-scribe=\"element:hashtag\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">#<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">ParisAgreement<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UN\/status\/675746165745451008\" data-datetime=\"2015-12-12T18:36:55+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\">1:36 PM &#8211; 12 Dec 2015<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Borg press is happy, clearly having no idea that absolutely nothing just took place:<\/p>\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           cards-multimedia\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" 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Becket Adams on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BecketAdams\" data-scribe=\"component:followbutton\">\u00a0Follow<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-author u-textTruncate h-card p-author\" data-scribe=\"component:author\"><a class=\"Tweet-authorLink Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BecketAdams\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\"><span class=\"Tweet-authorAvatar Identity-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar u-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/669228454953381888\/0trn6wLL_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/669228454953381888\/0trn6wLL_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/669228454953381888\/0trn6wLL_normal.jpg\" \/><\/span><span class=\"Tweet-authorName Identity-name p-name customisable-highlight\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">T. Becket Adams<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"Tweet-authorScreenName Identity-screenName p-nickname\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@BecketAdams<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Journo says she&#8217;s watching <a class=\"PrettyLink hashtag customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ParisAgreement?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" data-scribe=\"element:hashtag\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">#<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">ParisAgreement<\/span><\/a> with press (<a class=\"link customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSLJeconomist\/status\/675732689102741504\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GOi0pu4clW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-expanded-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSLJeconomist\/status\/675732689102741504\" data-scribe=\"element:url\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">https:\/\/<\/span>twitter.com\/MSLJeconomist\/<span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">status\/675732689102741504\u00a0<\/span>\u2026<\/a>), tweets video of their reaction.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BecketAdams\/status\/675753128692723712\" data-datetime=\"2015-12-12T19:04:35+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\">2:04 PM &#8211; 12 Dec 2015<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Obama was delighted that &#8220;American leadership&#8221; was responsible for an agreement that is neither binding nor enforceable, in other words, something one would write on the back of a napkin:<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Leaders Just Agreed To A &#8220;Historic&#8221; Climate Accord&#8230; Which Is Non-Binding And Has No Enforcement Language Great news! The &#8220;greatest threat to future generations of the world&#8221; has apparently been solved. World leaders Saturday adopted an historic international climate accord in Paris, the first-ever agreement to commit almost every country to fight climate change. 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