“The agreement represents the best chance we have to save the one planet that we’ve got.” – President Obama
Grammar aside, on Saturday our president touted the “Paris agreement” on reducing carbon emissions as a landmark climate pact.
“We came together around a strong agreement the world needed. We met the moment, and we’ve shown what’s possible when the world stands as one.”
The agreement, which is supposed to take effect in 2020, is a pledge to limit the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by human activity to the same levels that trees, soil and oceans can absorb naturally, beginning at some point between 2050 and 2100. Remember, the countries are on an honor system; there’s no penalty for not making their target.
While President Obama boasts that “we met the moment” on this climate agreement with nearly 200 countries, we still don’t have a 60-country coalition strategic policy to defeat ISIS; a plan far more vital to our survival today than a temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius 50 years from now.
The plan to achieve a one degree improvement in earth temperature is expected to cost us billions of dollars.
