Three Top Takeaways From The Bonn Climate Summit
3 things we learned at this week’s U.N. climate change meeting
Joshua Busby, November 17, 2017 (Washington Post)
“…[Three key things emerged from the just-completed global climate conference. First, the] status quo is stable, for now…[After the president announced] in June that the United States would withdraw from the [international] agreement, COP23 took on added political significance…[But all] other parties, including China, India and the European Union, reaffirmed their commitments…[and a] host of U.S. governors, mayors and nonstate actors also struck a defiant pose…[Second, the] climate is still getting worse…[Emission reductions have reached] only about one-third of the level needed to be to keep global temperatures from increasing more than 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels…[And, third, it is] still not clear whether other actors can fill the gap left by the United States…[Commitments from Europe, China, and substate and nonstate actors will be tested and the world will] find out if they can succeed.” click here for more
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