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"Well, this is beginning to feel old: 2021 was another year of climate
catastrophes — just like the one before it.
Yet another year of fires and floods, with more beckoning for 2022. And, like
last year, there are desperate calls for 2022 to be a year of accelerated
climate action. It has to be, in so many ways (technological, social, economic,
political), if we are to avoid the worst effects of climate change.
Yet one thing that’s different in 2022 than years past is that we we now have a
completed, functioning global climate treaty. At the November 2021 COP26
meeting in Glasgow, the international community finalized the remaining details
of the Paris Agreement.
Much of the world, or at least the media in North America and the United
Kingdom, met this news with confusion. CNN, the Economist, the Globe and Mail
and even CBC Kids ran stories asking the same question: “Was COP26 a Success?”
The consensus that emerged in the media and among columnists was that some
progress was made even if it didn’t fix climate change. Environmental activists
were more certain: COP26 was a failure.
Both reactions are reasonable because two facts about climate action
uncomfortably coexist.
* The Paris Agreement is working as it was designed, doing what it is supposed
to do and what it can do as an international agreement.
* The Paris Agreement agreement alone can’t save us. The global response to
climate change is not generating transformation at the pace or scale we need to
avoid the worst impacts of climate change."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
