jon_berzerk
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well you leftards should have known it was coming
had you paid any attention to real news
instead of filling your hollow heads with fake news
--LOL@U
read on from june 29th
Germany ‘massively weakened’ draft G20 climate plan to appease Trump
Latest draft of German plan for next week’s Hamburg meeting contains major concessions to US and opens door for coal projects to be defined as “clean”
The action plan was intended to be agreed at next week’s Hamburg G20 summit. Climate Home has seen two versions, drafted in March and May of this year. The latter shows the degree to which the German presidency has bent to the will of the Trump White House.
Several elements that have been removed in the May draft are:
“The US massively weakened the language in the energy part of the action plan,” one source with knowledge of the negotiations said. “It pushed for references to so-called ‘clean’ fossil fuels and made it less explicit that the energy transition has to be built on energy efficiency and renewables.”
- A 2025 deadline for the end of fossil fuel subsidies
- References to the risk of “stranded assets”
- A call for “the alignment of public expenditure and infrastructure planning with the goals of the Paris Agreement”
- A push for carbon pricing
- A commitment to publish mid-century decarbonisation blueprints by next year
- A pledge to develop a “profound” climate plan for multilateral development banks
- Seven references to the UN’s 2018 review of nationally-determined contributions
- 11 references to the 2050 mid-century pathway for net zero emission
- 16 mentions of infrastructure decarbonisation
“It also provided cover to some other G20 members1 – such as the Saudis and Russia – to weaken some climate sections of the document, including the pledge to phase out fossil fuel subsidies.”
Germany 'massively weakened' draft G20 climate plan to appease Trump | Climate Home - climate change news
Making America Great Again
Big deal. Virtually every other country in the world is still in the Paris Agreement and that ill assure their continued efforts to fight man made climate change.
dillrod
the agreement was watered down
but keep your head in the sand
it is fun to watch
--LOL
coal is now a clean fuel --LOL