Guest essay by Eric Worrall
h/t James Delingpole / Breitbart – Climate Home News claims to have seen a draft G20 communique which omits mention of climate change or the Paris Agreement.
Draft G20 statement waters down Paris climate commitment
Published on 26/11/2018, 1:08pm
Argentinian official says ambiguity over the Paris Agreement is needed to avoid a split with the US, days before critical UN climate talks begin
By Karl Mathiesen
A draft communique from the leaders of the G20 shows that resolve to stand up for the Paris climate agreement against critical voices, such as the US, may be weakening.The document, seen by CHN, is the latest version of a text that may change before it is released when leaders meet later this week.
Unlike recent G20 statements, it declines to give full-throated support to the Paris Agreement, simply “acknowledging the different circumstances, including those of countries determined to implement the Paris Agreement”.
In a nod to those countries defending their coal industries, the text prepared by the Argentinian presidency says there are “varied” energy choices and “different possible national pathways”.
There is no mention of a major scientific report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was released in October; nor any direct reference to the Cop24 climate talks, which start in Katowice, Poland just a day after the meeting ends on Saturday.
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Read more: http://www.climatechangenews.com/2018/11/26/draft-g20-statement-waters-paris-climate-commitment/
Clean Technica thinks this is evidence of other countries “kowtowing” to President Trump;
G20 Nations Reportedly Set To Kowtow To Trump On Climate Change
November 27th, 2018 by Joshua S Hill
A reported draft version of a communique being formulated by leaders of the G20 in advance of the 13th meeting of Group of Twenty to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, starting Friday, fails to back the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement and makes no mention of the publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C which warned that “Limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society.”
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Greens like Clean Technica and Climate Home News are suggesting that President Trump is pressuring other countries out of expressing their concern about climate change.
But there is a simpler explanation.
President Obama was happy to hand out vast sums of US taxpayers money to anyone willing to scream and wail about their climate afflictions.
President Trump stopped payouts to the climate clowns. So they stopped dancing.
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OK, from past experience I can tell you Ivanski is not big on responding, it just spews out its leftist talking points and toddles away. Please don’t waste any time waiting for it to respond.
There’s nothing more useless than a climate clown that won’t dance!
“G20 “Kowtows” to President Trump Over Climate Change”
So after all that pontificating from Breitbart, Eric et al, how did that kowtowing go?
Newsweek:
“he United States was the only country that attended the G20 summit, a meeting of the world’s twenty largest economies, which did not express its support for the Paris Climate Accords in a joint statement issued at the end of the two-day meeting.”
Trump is isolated on this issue.
I am in favour of Macron’s idea that the US be penalised on trade if it fails to set and adhere to concrete targets forreducing its CO2 emissons. Why should the rest of the world bear the financial costs of implementing required measures – especially the European Union – whilst the US maintains the status quo. Trump can continue to maintain his stance but it will come at a cost…
As usual you don’t have a clue since Trump doesn’t give a damn about what Micron thinks, who is currently battling a lot of protests all over France over his dumb anti “fossil fuels” attack. From VOX:
“The protests began around November 17, when French drivers sporting yellow vests led a demonstration of 280,000 people across the country to push back against rising taxes on gas and diesel fuel. French President Emmanuel Macron announced the new gas tax earlier this year, as part of a broader plan to minimize France’s reliance on fossil fuels.
The tax will increase the price of fuel by about 30 cents per gallon and will continue to rise over the next few years, the French government says. Gas already costs about $7.06 per gallon in France.”
https://www.vox.com/2018/12/3/18123906/france-protest-macron-paris-riots-yellow-vest-arc
You don’t have a clue.
No – as usual you have not analyzed this situation correctly and are using typical broad brush statement to support your argument.
French drivers use a high percentage of diesal in their cars which is s more polluting fuel than petrol. Quite rightly the French government wants to wean the French driver off diesal, which especially impacts air quality in cities and towns. Stop skewing the facts: https://www.euronews.com/2018/11/16/what-s-all-the-fuss-about-the-french-fuel-tax-hikes-euronews-answers
And why do French drivers use more diesel powered vehicles? French government regulations require it, to support their vehicle manufacturing industry, which makes diesels more than gas powered vehicles because??? French government regulations, yet again. My, my, Ivanski! You are in quite the pickle, at every turn your leftist stupidity keeps smacking you in the face. Too funny.
I am in favour of Macron’s idea that the US be penalised on trade if it fails to set and adhere to concrete targets forreducing its CO2 emissons
Good luck with that, Not only can the US can point to it’s reducing CO2 without “targets” compared to other countries failure with targets, but the US can penalize those who attempt to penalize it, as China has discovered in trying to tit-for-tat with Trumps tariffs – they matched the 50 billion dollar for dollar but when Trump threatened another 200 billion, they could only retaliate with 67 billion.
Why should the rest of the world bear the financial costs of implementing required measures
You got that backward, why should the US bear the financial costs? Just look at the UN green climate fund, Obama dumped $1 billion US taxpayer money into that. Trump stopped paying. How much has the rest of the world ponied up? China, Russia and India (the world’s top polluters) paid $0
Most of that money was going to go to third world dictators and never would help the poor citizens. Of course there is no science to show that throwing money will change temperatures.
It went swimmingly! As we type the government of France has figured out that to keep their heads attached to their bodies they will have to abandon all that environazi stupidity. They will give the appearance of doing so unwillingly, do it they will, step by grudging step. They will also be stuffing their pockets with as much tax money as they can steal, that goes without debate since it was the only goal all along.
Nick:
And United States is the only country with any guts to recognize the fraud and scam.
Newsweek:
“he United States was the only country that attended the G20 summit, a meeting of the world’s twenty largest economies, which did not express its support for the Paris Climate Accords in a joint statement issued at the end of the two-day meeting.”
Like the child who said “the Emperor’s got no clothes” while all the rest were marveling at how fine the threads were..
and as for Newsweek, well, it’s way past irrelevance on its way to extinction.
“Limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society.”
Hey Joshua S.Hill, don’t give it all away! Would you please leave it “unprecedented”.
Weid’l das brauchen Wir sich nicht zu gefallen zu ged’lassen!