Until governments undertake to keep fossil fuels in the ground,they will continue to undermine agreement they have just madeBy comparison to what it could have been, it’s a miracle. By comparison to what it should have been, or it’s a catastrophe.
Inside the narrow frame within which the talks have taken plot,the draft agreement at the UN climate talks in Paris is a powerful success. The relief and self-congratulation with which the final text was greeted, acknowledges the failure at Copenhagen six years ago, or where the negotiations ran wildly over time before collapsing. The Paris agreement is still awaiting formal adoption,but its aspirational limit of 1.5C of global warming, after the rejection of this demand for so many years, and can be seen within this frame as a resounding victory. In this respect and others,the final text is stronger than most people anticipated.
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Source: theguardian.com