The Paris agreement is getting signed tomorrow. 160 countries, over 60 leaders, problem solved, right?
Unfortunately no. The non-binding agreement puts the world on a collision course towards a 3.5C hotter world, which will likely cause the collapse of civilization. The Paris Agreement calls for net zero greenhouse gas emissions at some point “in the second half of this century” and does not directly cover aviation, shipping or agriculture, which collectively account for, at minimum, between a quarter and a third of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Further, global average temperature anomalies have approached and even surpassed the 1.5C limit called for in the Agreement, rendering its gradual emissions trajectory irrelevant and dangerous.
What we need is a WWII-scale climate mobilization that eliminates net US emissions by 2025 and globally by 2030 (or even sooner if possible!). We need all hands on deck, no industries excluded.
Hear Ezra Silk discuss the protest further on the Thom Hartmann show.
And hear Bernie Sanders’ comments that the Paris Agreement is not enough — only WWII-scale climate mobilization will suffice!
That’s why tomorrow, as the world leaders sign the agreement inside the UN, we will have a “die-in” that demonstrates the effects of this agreement: famine, chaos state failure and the collapse of civilization.
Join us 9 am at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (47th St. & 1st Ave., NYC).