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By ELLEN KNICKMEYER WASHINGTON©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Blacklabel
Why? Oh....got it.
diagonalslip
lead by example might be a good idea!
diagonalslip
so he's not expecting COP 26 to be any more successful than the previous 25.... and Kyoto.... and Paris? quelle surprise!
Kyakusenbi_Arimasu
Why? I don't get it!
NOMINATION
Missing targets is the name of the game for this administration.
kurisupisu
If mankind wipes itself out then that’s no loss to the planet.
We are not the only life on earth;something else will step up
Sal Affist
The problem is that fantasists like Mr. Kerry have come to believe the so-called targets were agreed in a global consensus. If it was a binding agreement, what was the enforcement mechanism? If it was not a binding agreement, then nation states will act in their own interest as they see fit.
At some point most people in the developed world (other than elites like Mr. Kerry and the Heinz family) will be shivering in their winters with unaffordable and unreliable energy sources while China will be a fully-powered technological marvel with energy to spare. President Xi cares nothing for Western dreams, and will never keep any agreements his country may happen to ink.
kyushubill
"If mankind wipes itself out then that’s no loss to the planet."
The planet has no sentinance to know we are here.
Perhaps you hate humanity but I for one love humanity and want humanity to prosper and take care of nature. They are not mutually exclusive.
Wolfpack
What a privileged, self-deluded hypocrite. John Kerry wants everyone but himself to do “their fair share” to reduce CO2 emissions. Why would anyone whose carbon footprint is a tiny fraction of Kerry’s feel compelled to listen to his sermons demanding sacrifice? He can’t possibly believe the sky is falling message that he spreads to his flock of true believers. He’s like the pastor of a church who seduces the wives of the deacons.
The climate talks will absolutely miss their targets. Developing nations aren’t going to be suckered into poverty. The US, Europe, and Japan could cut their emissions to zero today and it will have no effect on the developing worlds need for cheap, reliable energy to move their people out of poverty.
sf2k
Entire generations with money, their own homes, and influence, who won't lift a dime to save the planet. While we toil away in Mcjobs and rentals and psychotic landlords. So y'don't say there Kerry. I'm happy you're concerned but it's literally decades too late. And for a country to care when it can't even have universal healthcare beggers belief