Many people are upset that Trump may withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.
This despite the fact that neither the Paris agreement nor a US withdrawal will have any effect on CO2 emissions.
The only thing that will reduce CO2 emissions is a shrinking economy and the Paris agreement does not have that as a goal.
The agreement itself and condemnation of Trump are all fluff to make us feel like we are doing something without actually having to do anything.
412 ppm and rising.
The Larsen C ice shelf is ready to break away any day now.
Denial on. Party on.
Here is a nice paper that says the same thing with several thousand more words.
This Changes Nothing: The Paris Agreement to Ignore Reality
http://www.wrongkindofgreen.org/2016/10/27/this-changes-nothing-the-paris-agreement-to-ignore-reality/
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