Comments on: Paris climate agreement set to become law this year https://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/08/18/paris-climate-agreement-set-to-become-law-this-year/ Climate change news, analysis, commentary, video and podcasts focused on developments in global climate politics Mon, 22 Aug 2016 07:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Will https://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/08/18/paris-climate-agreement-set-to-become-law-this-year/#comment-8214 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 07:43:00 +0000 http://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=30881#comment-8214 The Paris Agreement of United Nations will only be a success if we are able to remove excess CO2 from the atmosphere, stopping dangerous climate change in its tracks. Two viable options available to remove excess CO2 quickly are improving natural photosynthesis with trillions x trillions x trillions of leaves in forests, green vegetation and crops. Artificial photosynthesis turning CO2, sunshine and water into hydrocarbon fuels involves several complicated steps which would take at least two decades to deploy globally: time we do not have.

Removing CO2 quickly with natural photosynthesis, combined with slowing emissions quickly by introducing carbon taxes, banning deforestation, stepping up renewable energy deployments, electric transport, efficient lighting in cities etc. will sharply curtail CO2 levels for safety within 5 – 10 years.

For the first time in human history, humanity has a common enemy: global warming by CO2, methane, HFCs, nitrous oxide, causing deadly heatwaves, flooding etc. Unless we unite now to solve this threat, our civilizations will have to endure unbearable suffering before final extinction.

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By: cardigan https://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/08/18/paris-climate-agreement-set-to-become-law-this-year/#comment-8202 Thu, 18 Aug 2016 22:22:00 +0000 http://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=30881#comment-8202 The Paris climate agreement will become international law by the end of 2016 if countries stick to the promises they have made.

So far just 22 states, representing just 1.08% of global greenhouse emissions, have taken this step.

Promises, promises…..

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