EAS201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Stern Review, George W. Bush, Peter Kent
20 Sep 2016
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Achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Overall target 5. 2% reduction below 1990 levels for developed nations. Each country is free to develop its own plan for implementation. Kyoto is essentially a socialist scheme to suck money out of wealth- producing nations implementing kyoto will cripple the oil and gas industry . When looking at the numbers, we see that countries actually increased their greenhouse gas emissions . Countries that went the right way: (decreased greenhouse gases) A lot of countries meet or exceed the kyoto accord"s targets without any detrimental effects to their economies. He (jim hanson) believes that global warming is accelerating (antarctica, arctic) Says global warming will reach a tipping point and will become unstoppable (says that the whitehouse is blocking that message) Oil company lobbyist working for the environmental council of the whitehouse. Whitehouse reviews climate press releases, says that science is inadequate.
