Obama got the Chinese, Indians and South Africans to agree to “something” because he couldn’t come back empty-handed again. One big problem though; the funneling of money to developing countries from you know who.
From WSJ. (Go over if you have time. It’s a very indepth article.)
Obama Reaches ‘Meaningful Agreement’ on Climate Change
The White House said Friday that U.S. President Barack Obama, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and South African President Jacob Zuma reached a “meaningful agreement” for combating climate change. The deal was described by an administration official as “not sufficient to combat the threat of climate change but it’s an important first step.”
The White House official said developed and developing countries have agreed to listing their national actions and commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. There will be a mechanism to funnel money to help developing nations pay for technology and projects to cope with the affects of climate change, such as rising sea levels.
The agreement sets a target of two degrees Celsius for the increase in global temperatures. Countries are supposed to provide information on the implementation of actions to cut carbon dioxide emissions through national communications, with provisions for international consultations and analysis under clearly defined guidelines, the official said.
Has anyone asked the Earth what her plans are on raising or lowering her temperature?
Details of the language on verification of steps to curb greenhouse gases – which could be critical to political acceptance of the agreement in Congress – weren’t immediately available. The so-called transparency issue was a critical stumbling block in discussions between the U.S. and China.
Once again, complete and total lack of transparency from the jet-setting dictator-wanna-be.
Am I getting this right? They are “targeting” the earth to heat up a certain amount in a set time limit? And I thought Sponge Bob was dumb!!
My understanding from reading the article is that the target they are setting to not go above is 2 degrees. Once again, has anybody consulted with the Earth who is going to raise or lower her temperature on her own?
According to the climate “scientists,” the Earth has warmed 0.8°C since the Industrial Revolution.
BTW, DC is expected to get about 2 feet of snow over the next 36 hours. This is unprecedented for December. The greatest amount of snow in this area in December was 11 inches in 1932. We’re in a cooling trend due to no sunspot activity.
Hi Ron, maybe Obama is using his powers to singlehandedly bring down the temperature here in DC by bringing on this unnprecedented snow storm.
His so-called agreement reached with China, etc., IMO is nothing more than BS to try to make it appear that he is really capable of coming to an understanding with other countries. Up to now he has been an abject failure on all fronts, and is now scrambling for something to point to as a success before the end of the year.
Is there something about foreign travel that makes Obama want to bow?
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2009/12/18/o-bow-ma-finds-someone-bow-copenhagen
The 12 Days of Global Warming because sometimes you just have to laugh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSvFcLql6v0
And there is this Imagine There’s No Global Warming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jH7766xT30