The UN Climate Talks in Paris ended on a high note with international agreements and ambitious promises last December from leaders from 110 nations. But political leaders now must act quickly to shift from fossil fuels and meet the agreement’s target of 2 degrees C. So much depends on this, from the fish in the oceans that grow more acidified by the day to the people in the developing world hit hardest by climate change and pollution caused by the over consumption of developed nations, like Canada and the U.S.
World leaders, including Obama and Trudeau, vowed to create policy that will fix the problem. They vowed to seize the opportunity we still have to curtail global warming and make future generations proud.
But are they taking action quickly enough. Are they making good on what they said?
What about the fact that experts say 2 degree goal will not effectively combat the true magnitude of the worsening global runaway climate crisis in the next decade. They say that only by fast-tracking North American decarbonisation, and curtailing American-Canadian fossil fuel exports and resulting foreign nation emissions, can this happen.
What’s the truth? This is going to be the subject of a new special report we’ll be crowdfunding for, starting next week on Kickstarter. I’m hoping we’ll be successful enough to go far in answering these questions.
World leaders, including Obama and Trudeau, vowed to create policy that will fix the problem. They vowed to seize the opportunity we still have to curtail global warming and make future generations proud.
But are they taking action quickly enough. Are they making good on what they said?
What about the fact that experts say 2 degree goal will not effectively combat the true magnitude of the worsening global runaway climate crisis in the next decade. They say that only by fast-tracking North American decarbonisation, and curtailing American-Canadian fossil fuel exports and resulting foreign nation emissions, can this happen.
What’s the truth? This is going to be the subject of a new special report we’ll be crowdfunding for, starting next week on Kickstarter. I’m hoping we’ll be successful enough to go far in answering these questions.
-Linda Solomon Wood
