Climate Negotiators Give Up on Enforceable Paris Deal

[Frodo]

'Sanctions' and 'punishment' barred from COP21 vocabulary

EurActiv.com with Reuters 
12 Oct 2015 - 08:55

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Hardly a surprise. The countries that would be easily bullied by sanctions (small island states, impoverished countries in the tropics) are the states that are pushing hardest for tough deals.

[anvi]

It's often very difficult to get people, not to mention nations, on board with rejecting short-term benefits because of distant consequences.  It's for this same reason that it's hard to get anyone to quit a bad habit that brings lots of pleasure because of long-term health risks.  Whatever new energy alternatives succeed are going to succeed because they can be offered at greater efficiency and lower costs than the ones we currently rely on.  Until that happens, there will be great resistance to large changes, both in the "first" and "third" worlds.

[Ban my account ffs!]

While nothing will be binding... I think with they will get something passed that requires a medium amount of effort by most involved that will have popular support.  The market will take care of the painful stuff but expect that electricity prices will go up with adoption of renewables as they have in places like Germany.

Also... expect an absolute deluge of climate scare stories from now until Christmas. 

[Mr. Reactionary]

Good.