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> US will give billions if it continues to pollute. Why not stop ruining our planet instead Completely wrong. This is why all this outrage is nonsense. Nobody
by buckbova 9y ago
> US will give billions if it continues to pollute. Why not stop ruining our planet instead
Completely wrong. This is why all this outrage is nonsense. Nobody took the time to read the fine points.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/12/459502597/2-degrees-100-billion-the-world-climate-agreement-by-the-numbers http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/12/459502597/...
$100 Billion
"To help developing countries switch from fossil fuels to greener sources of energy and adapt to the effects of climate change, the developed world will provide $100 billion a year," NPR's Chris Joyce, who has been covering the climate conference, reports.
But that amount is identified as a "floor," not a ceiling.
"Developed countries won inclusion of language that would up the ante in subsequent years," Chris explains, "so that financial aid will keep ramping up over time."
- chasing 9y agoGOOD. We should be proud to live in a country that can take leadership and promote this process.