Broken Promises Will Not Fix The Climate: Global plans need enforcement

NOTE:  The Joy of Saving the Human Race is now “The Human Survival Podcast.”  For a brief explanation listen to the episode on July 1, 2022, “The Name Of This Show Is Changing…”

This show is part of The Human Survival Project, a grassroots movement that encourages citizens around the world to push for transformation of the United Nations system.  We want humanity to have the tools to protect itself from global catastrophic threats, and solving global threats requires strong global systems.

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The celebrated 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change gave us a system where countries voluntarily do whatever they want.  Recent analysis shows that countries’ commitments fall radically short of what’s needed to protect us from the global warming danger zone.  And IPCC scientists warn us the climate is heating up faster than previously predicted.  The world needs a new approach to protecting the planet and our future - quickly.  In November, world leaders will gather at COP26, and could give us the stronger international system we need.  Today, we discuss options for them to consider.

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Resources:

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 8/9/21
Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying – IPCC
https://www.ipcc.ch/2021/08/09/ar6-wg1-20210809-pr/

UN Climate Change, 9/17/21
Full NDC Synthesis Report: Some Progress, but Still a Big Concern
https://unfccc.int/news/full-ndc-synthesis-report-some-progress-but-still-a-big-concern

Climate Action Tracker, 9/15/21
Global Update: Climate target updates slow as science demands action
https://climateactiontracker.org/publications/global-update-september-2021/

UN Environment Programme, 12/9/20
Emissions Gap Report 2020
https://www.unep.org/emissions-gap-report-2020

Foreign Affairs, May/June 2020
The Climate Club: How to Fix a Failing Global Effort
(by William Nordhaus, 2018 Nobel Prize winner in economics)
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-04-10/climate-club?utm_medium=promo_email&utm_source=lo_flows&utm_campaign=registered_user_welcome&utm_term=email_1&utm_content=20210928

Bloomberg Businessweek, 1/29/21
The Expensive Club That Could Stop Global Warming
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-29/the-expensive-club-that-could-stop-global-warming

Council on Foreign Relations, 9/23/21
Global Climate Agreements: Successes and Failures
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/paris-global-climate-change-agreements