TY - GEN
T1 - Why soft climate deals are better than tough ones
AU - Fairchild, Richard
AU - Yalabik, Baris
PY - 2015/12/14
Y1 - 2015/12/14
N2 - The Paris climate talks have been heralded as a historic deal. But while they have been praised for the very feat of reaching an agreement and for setting an ambitious aim to keep warming below 2℃ and endeavouring to limit it to 1.5℃, the agreement has been criticised for being weak. In terms of achieving the 1.5℃ limit, it is up to the states themselves to change their behaviour and they can pull out of the agreement at any point. This, however, might not be such a bad thing.
AB - The Paris climate talks have been heralded as a historic deal. But while they have been praised for the very feat of reaching an agreement and for setting an ambitious aim to keep warming below 2℃ and endeavouring to limit it to 1.5℃, the agreement has been criticised for being weak. In terms of achieving the 1.5℃ limit, it is up to the states themselves to change their behaviour and they can pull out of the agreement at any point. This, however, might not be such a bad thing.
UR - https://theconversation.com/why-soft-climate-deals-are-better-than-tough-ones-51720?ct=t(Headlines_101215)&mc_cid=93f2fc00ec&mc_eid=88eb42e8c7
UR - https://theconversation.com/why-soft-climate-deals-are-better-than-tough-ones-51720?ct=t(Headlines_101215)&mc_cid=93f2fc00ec&mc_eid=88eb42e8c7
M3 - Article
JO - The Conversation
JF - The Conversation
ER -