Just Cool It!

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David Suzuki. Just Cool It!

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There is a tide in the affairs of men.

Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;

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FROM THE END of November to December 12, 2015, government ministers, negotiators, climate experts, and world leaders convened in Paris, France, to consider the implications of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report and to agree on how to deal with its findings. It may well have been the world’s last chance for a meaningful agreement to shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy before ongoing damage to the world’s climate becomes irreversible and devastating.

The nations that met in Paris are responsible for more than 95 percent of global emissions. Although it’s far from perfect, the agreement they came up with marks a significant achievement. When nations last attempted a global climate pact—in 2009, at COP15 in Copenhagen, Denmark—negotiations broke down and the resulting declaration was considered a failure. The Paris Agreement, in process and outcome, was a dramatic improvement—a product of the growing urgency to act on the defining issue of our time. It’s the first universal accord to spell out ways to confront climate change, requiring industrialized nations to transition from fossil fuels to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050 and developing nations by about 2080.

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