Guest post by David Middleton
This is a sequel to: Standing up to the G-7 Climate Bully!
In our last episode President Trump had just punched the G-7 Climate Bully in the nose. When she tried to rally the rest of the G-7 to gang up on Mr. Trump, Canada, the UK and Japan said, “Thanks, but no thanks,” and the G-7 Climate Bully folded like a lawn chair…
Germany ‘massively weakened’ draft G20 climate plan to appease Trump
Published on 29/06/2017, 5:41pm
Latest draft of German plan for next week’s Hamburg meeting contains major concessions to US and opens door for coal projects to be defined as “clean”
Germany’s G20 presidency dramatically weakened a climate action plan, gutting it of ambitious language and defining gas, and potentially even some coal power, as “clean technologies”, in an attempt to appeal to US president Donald Trump.
The action plan was intended to be agreed at next week’s Hamburg G20 summit. Climate Home has seen two versions, drafted in March and May of this year. The latter shows the degree to which the German presidency has bent to the will of the Trump White House.
Several elements that have been removed in the May draft are:
- A 2025 deadline for the end of fossil fuel subsidies
- References to the risk of “stranded assets”
- A call for “the alignment of public expenditure and infrastructure planning with the goals of the Paris Agreement”
- A push for carbon pricing
- A commitment to publish mid-century decarbonisation blueprints by next year
- A pledge to develop a “profound” climate plan for multilateral development banks
- Seven references to the UN’s 2018 review of nationally-determined contributions
- 11 references to the 2050 mid-century pathway for net zero emission
- 16 mentions of infrastructure decarbonisation
“The US massively weakened the language in the energy part of the action plan,” one source with knowledge of the negotiations said. “It pushed for references to so-called ‘clean’ fossil fuels and made it less explicit that the energy transition has to be built on energy efficiency and renewables.”
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What was that Frau Merkel said again about solidarity against Trump?
The EU can’t even balance their checkbook without deceiving their populace. UN’s foothold into One World Government is flailing and failing and they can attribute it to the AGW scam coming undone. The world is outing their lies. Uncouth may be too weak a word to describe Trump but style and personality aren’t the basis for good government.
Why would he USA keep the globalist climate fraud going ?
@ur momisugly Griff: Seems to be a new “Karlification”
The UN has been working on setting up the U.S. to provide a free bank account for the rest of the world for decades. They almost succeeded with the false climate change issue, but thank God for Trump.
Ok, so now the Climate Bully makes “concessions” to Trump & America with fanfare for the G20 Summit:
“Several elements REMOVED in the May draft are:
– A 2025 deadline for the end of fossil fuel subsidies
– References to the risk of “stranded assets”
– A call for “the alignment of public expenditure and infrastructure planning with Paris Agreement goals
– A push for carbon pricing
– A commitment to publish mid-century de-carbonization blueprints by next year
– A pledge to develop a “profound” climate plan for multilateral development banks
– Seven references to the UN’s 2018 review of nationally-determined contributions
– 11 references to the 2050 mid-century pathway for net zero emission
– 16 mentions of infrastructure de-carbonization. . . ”
Hmmm… Any chance this is a Trojan horse intended to suck Trump & America back into the Paris Accord?
I can see the headlines now – “Trump Declares Huge Victory Renegotiating New Paris Climate Deal.” But once we’re lured back into the CAGW tent, beware. Don’t go there.
German Chancellor after tough meeting with Trump. Do you want to do Round Two in the Octagon?
http://www.truthdig.com/images/eartothegrounduploads/merkelcrutches_300.jpg
How about picking on your own size?
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/03/06/17/31C2054200000578-0-Ronda_Rousey_refused_to_watch_her_bitter_rival_Miesha_Tate_choke-m-5_1457284476618.jpg
Ronda Rousey is too much for the German Overlord. Pick somebody smaller. Try Hit Girl
I am surprised that Griff did not quote Thomas Karl’s adjusted sea surface temperature data, that Obama bandied around at the Paris Climate accord meeting, to prove that the pause in global warming was a data measure error. Just a heads up Griff, Karl was lying.
The Bride: “I have a message for G7 Bully. Leave US alone!”
G7 Bully: “Or what?”
The Bride: “Or I’ll come back and chop your f@ckin leg”
These politicians are worried that their own citizens are realizing its a scam and start asking why they have been stealing their tax money. Until now, all politicians said it was the worst thing ever, many countries just paid off to come on board……..Trump has said not only does the emperor have no clothes but that magic snake oil is just corn oil which isnt even healthy anyway…