What could have been.
And what probably will be, due to market pressure.
Secretary of Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz exit letter
https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2017/01/f34/Department%20of%20Energy%20Cabinet%20Exit%20Memo.pdf
Obama Administration Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization
PDF alert for both URLs.
Please note that after the perceived failure of the Copenhagen climate talks, people went back to their cities, towns, and regions to begin working on a local level, which, in my observation, paved way for the perceived success of the Paris talks. Cities especially have to deal with the reality of climate change effects that are already happening. Hurricanes like Katrina and storms like Sandy have made municipalities aware of the necessity for preparation in the certainty of a weather emergency, whatever it may be. They have discovered that emergency preparedness and civil defense are generally climate adaptation and the best of them can be climate mitigation too.
This is why I’ve been saying Solar IS Civil Defense for many years now. In fact, I remember asking George Lakoff what he thought of the idea in Las Vegas when Netroots Nation began as YearlyKos. He had some question about it but was called away before I could learn more. These days, it might fit in with his advice “
to do it [present a message] always from the point of view of what’s positive. Not attacking Trump implicitly, but by saying what’s good for the public and why it’s good and then, by the way, this goes against everything that Trump is doing. But the main thing is to frame it in terms of public good.”
Just a thought.
Incidentally, Christiana Figueres who was head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change [UNFCCC] from Copenhagen to Paris was well aware of this city-based climate movement and helped it along. She has since retired from the UN and is
currently working with the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (www.compactofmayors.org/...).