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Tuesday December 15, 2015

December 14, 2015 by Graeme MacKay
By Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator - Tuesday December 15, 2015 After Paris climate talks comes the hard part: a global carbon diet The world is about to go on a carbon diet. It won't be easy Ñ or cheap. Nearly 200 countries across the world on Saturday approved a first-of-its-kind universal agreement to wean Earth off fossil fuels and slow global warming, patting themselves on the back for showing such resolve. On Sunday morning, like for many first-day dieters, the reality sets in. The numbers Ñ like calorie limits and hours needed in the gym Ñ are daunting. How daunting? Try more than 7.04 billion tonnes. That's how much carbon dioxide needs to stay in the ground instead of being spewed into the atmosphere for those reductions to happen, even if you take the easier of two goals mentioned in Saturday's deal. To get to the harder goal, it's even larger numbers. In the pact, countries pledged to limit global warming to about another one degree Celsius from now (or 2 C measuring against the pre-industrial average global surface temperature) Ñ and if they can, only half that. Another, more vague, goal is that by sometime in the second half of the century, human-made greenhouse gas emissions won't exceed the amount that nature absorbs. Earth's carbon cycle, which is complex and ever-changing, would have to get back to balance. (Source: CBC News) http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/paris-cop21-climate-deal-fallout-1.3363024 Canada, Carbon, Climate Change, Justin Trudeau, Kathleen Wynne, Rachel Notley, Catherine McKenna, Business, oil, industry, manufacturing, sustainable, development

By Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator – Tuesday December 15, 2015

After Paris climate talks comes the hard part: a global carbon diet

The world is about to go on a carbon diet. It won’t be easy — or cheap.

Nearly 200 countries across the world on Saturday approved a first-of-its-kind universal agreement to wean Earth off fossil fuels and slow global warming, patting themselves on the back for showing such resolve.

By Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator - Saturday November 28, 2015 Paris climate talks: powerful business lobbies seek to undermine deal As the UNÕs climate talks in Paris begin, the lobbying and public relations push from some of the biggest corporations responsible for climate change has gone into overdrive. What are the messages theyÕre so keen to spread, and what will they mean for the COP21 conference Ð and for the climate? A recent report from the NGO Corporate Europe Observatory reveals that whatÕs on offer at COP21 is nothing short of a climate catastrophe, a guaranteed recipe to cook the planet. But rather than sending the dish back, political leaders have asked for seconds, bringing the very companies responsible for the problem ever closer into the UN fold. James Bacchus, a trade expert at the International Chamber of Commerce, says: ÒThis issue is important for governments to address but it is far too important to leave to governments alone.Ó Fortunately for Bacchus, the UN agrees. The problem, however, is that is has also succeeded in creating several platforms to ensure business-friendly proposals are at the heart of climate policy-making, rather than vice versa. New markets, experimental technologies, all endorsed so polluters donÕt have to change their business models. The UNÕs climate chief, Christiana Figueres Ð who before taking up her post was principal climate change advisor to Latin AmericaÕs leading energy utility, Endesa Ð has even told the world to Òstop demonising oil and gas companiesÓ. (Continued: The Guardian) http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/nov/27/paris-climate-talks-un-business-lobbying-deal-governments Climate Change, COP21, Paris, conference, environment, business, summit, machinery, talk, action

On Sunday morning, like for many first-day dieters, the reality sets in. The numbers — like calorie limits and hours needed in the gym — are daunting.

How daunting? Try more than 7.04 billion tonnes. That’s how much carbon dioxide needs to stay in the ground instead of being spewed into the atmosphere for those reductions to happen, even if you take the easier of two goals mentioned in Saturday’s deal. To get to the harder goal, it’s even larger numbers.

In the pact, countries pledged to limit global warming to about another one degree Celsius from now (or 2 C measuring against the pre-industrial average global surface temperature) — and if they can, only half that.

Another, more vague, goal is that by sometime in the second half of the century, human-made greenhouse gas emissions won’t exceed the amount that nature absorbs. Earth’s carbon cycle, which is complex and ever-changing, would have to get back to balance. (Source: CBC News)

 

Posted in: Canada Tagged: business, Canada, carbon, Catherine McKenna, climate change, development, industry, Justin Trudeau, Kathleen Wynne, manufacturing, oil, Rachel Notley, sustainable

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