Paris Climate Accords: The UN and All Those Special Nations

So, Trump is going to pull out ... the way the headlines express it, we must be leaving something sacrosanct ... like abandoning baby Jesus.

Yeah, nothing that simple or unimportant - this is colossal - with the US pulling out, the world will collapse.  With the US exiting the climate accords Obama just unilaterally forced us into less than a couple years ago ... and suddenly the fact Trump is canceling our involvement will make the world less safe.

I often wonder if writers truly believe the rubbish they publish, or do they try to convince themselves they are actually making the world a better placed.

So the following have ratified it -

AFGHANISTAN  - I can only wonder how they ratified!

ALBANIA - I can only wonder how they ratified!

ALGERIA - I can only wonder how they ratified!

ANDORRA

ANGOLA - I can only wonder how they ratified!

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

ARGENTINA

ARMENIA

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRIA

AZERBAIJAN - I can only wonder how they ratified!

BAHAMAS

BAHRAIN

BANGLADESH

BARBADOS

BELARUS

BELGIUM

BELIZE

BENIN

BHUTAN

BOLIVIA - I can only wonder how they ratified!

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

BOTSWANA - I can only wonder how they ratified!

BRAZIL

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM - I can only wonder how they ratified!

BULGARIA

BURKINA FASO

BURUNDI

CABO VERDE

CAMBODIA

CAMEROON

CANADA

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

CHAD

CHILE

CHINA

COLOMBIA

COMOROS

CONGO - I can only wonder how they ratified!

COOK ISLANDS

COSTA RICA

COTE D'IVOIRE

CROATIA

CUBA

CYPRUS

CZECH REPUBLIC

DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

DENMARK

DJIBOUTI

DOMINICA

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

ECUADOR

EGYPT

EL SALVADOR

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

ERITREA

ESTONIA

ETHIOPIA

EUROPEAN UNION*

FIJI

FINLAND

FRANCE

GABON

GAMBIA

GEORGIA

GERMANY

GHANA

GREECE

GRENADA

GUATEMALA

GUINEA

GUINEA-BISSAU

GUYANA

HAITI

HONDURAS

HUNGARY

ICELAND

INDIA*

INDONESIA

IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)

IRAQ

IRELAND

ISRAEL

ITALY

JAMAICA

JAPAN

JORDAN

KAZAKHASTAN

KENYA

KIRIBATI

KUWAIT

KYRGYZSTAN

LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

LATVIA

LEBANON

LESOTHO

LIBERIA

LIBYA

LIECHTENSTEIN

LITHUANIA

LUXEMBOURG

MADAGASCAR

MALAWI

MALAYSIA

MALDIVES

MALI

MALTA

MARSHALL ISLANDS*

MAURITANIA

MAURITIUS

MEXICO*

MICRONESIA* (FEDERATED STATES OF)

MONACO

MONGOLIA

MONTENEGRO

MOROCCO

MOZAMBIQUE

MYANMAR

NAMIBIA

NAURU*

NEPAL

NETHERLANDS

NEW ZEALAND (2)

NIGER

NIGERIA

NIUE*

NORWAY

OMAN

PAKISTAN

PALAU

PANAMA

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PARAGUAY

PERU

PHILIPPINES*

POLAND*

PORTUGAL

QATAR

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

ROMANIA

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

RWANDA

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

SAINT LUCIA

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

SAMOA

SAN MARINO

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

SAUDI ARABIA

SENEGAL

SERBIA

SEYCHELLES

SIERRA LEONE

SINGAPORE

SLOVAKIA

SLOVENIA

SOLOMON ISLANDS*

SOMALIA

SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH SUDAN

SPAIN*

SRI LANKA

STATE OF PALESTINE

SUDAN

SURINAME

SWAZILAND

SWEDEN

SWITZERLAND

TAJIKISTAN

THAILAND

THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

TIMOR-LESTE

TOGO

TONGA

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

TUNISIA - I can only wonder how they ratified!

TURKEY - I can only wonder how they ratified!

TURKMENISTAN - I can only wonder how they ratified!

TUVALU*

UGANDA - I can only wonder how they ratified!

UKRAINE

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - I can only wonder how they ratified!

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

URUGUAY

UZBEKISTAN - I can only wonder how they ratified!

VANUATU

VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF)

VIET NAM

YEMEN - I can only wonder how they ratified!

ZAMBIA - I can only wonder how they ratified!

ZIMBABWE  - I can only wonder how they ratified! So ... how does it work.  Well, caps and limits.  Everyone will reduce their emissions by X amount %. For say, Zimbabwe, it must reduce by 20% ... but Zimbabwe doesnt have much to reduce.  If they reduce anything, it will not dramatically affect anything in Zimbabwe. If they reduce, $$ is available.  So everyone goes into this treaty with X amount of emissions permissible as determined by the average overall emission levels ... Some countries will come in a little under and others way way under (Afghanistan).  Some countries will produce a lot ... say Russia, which could then buy the credits to balance out.  This is a transfer of wealth from Russia to Afghanistan or Zimbabwe or any one of the multitude who signed on to get some free money. But if you are part of a larger unit ... say the EU, you have to average out the total .. between countries who have little production and those who have a great deal (Denmark, Norway and say Germany).  The US meanwhile has to reduce its output by 20-30% ... which means production and industry suffer, unemployment increases, and our GNP drops, our wealth drops ... while the EU thrives even while Germany could in theory be exceeding its limits, overall it will average within the EU. The same would go for China - the worst polluter.  1st world countries as measured by limits defined in the treaty, would be required to reduce and cut, while growing nations would receive $$$ paid by nations who exceed their limits.  Again, redistribution of wealth from US to the UN and then to THEM.  And the worst polluters would not stop - China would be given a great deal of leeway to pollute and receive $$ to modernize. Would all of this make the world less polluted?  VERY SLIGHTLY. What then is the point?  To weaken the US as it permits other countries to utilize money we are forced to provide to cut emissions while our economy is catastrophically changed to one where we all produce solar panels or end up jobless paid with benefits derived from an increasing tax base because we have to fund NATO without equal assistance from all involved, fund the global climate accord because no one else will ... And they wonder why many Americans want to pull out?  And why so many other Americans want to stay in, and don't understand why they support it other than it sounds good! [While the exact specifics are not exactly what I have listed above, I have generalized and simplified a lot.  I do however, believe everything is accurate.] The LEFT has become unhinged The link above is a fantasmic buffet of the delusional democrats on display. Lunacy.  Do they even know what the document says??? Billions - that is ALL they are interested in.  And political types who want to sign on ... are twats. From NPR: Under the Paris accord, the U.S. sent some $1 billion to the Green Climate Fund that is guided by the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change — the body that coordinates international climate policy. The U.S. was supposed to provide an additional $2 billion, but Trump has balked at that idea, and his proposed budget includes cuts to international climate programs.