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Hearing: President’s UN climate pledge
- GnwbZHiU 12y ago<quote> We have made some questionable choices in defining the problem of climate change and its solution: * The definition of ‘dangerous’ climate change is ambiguous, and hypothesized catastrophic tipping points are regarded as very or extremely unlikely in the 21st century * Efforts to link dangerous impacts of extreme weather events to human-caused warming are misleading and unsupported by evidence. * Climate change is a ‘wicked problem’ and ill-suited to a ‘command and control’ solution * It has been estimated that the U.S. national commitments to the UN to reduce emissions by 28% will prevent three hundredths of a degree centigrade in warming by 2100. </quote>
- honksillet 12y agoI worry about the opportunity cost of pushing climate change as the #1 environmental issue internationally. The cost/benefit of climate change regimes seems high. One could make a case that in China and developing countries air particulate pollution and groundwater pollution is a much more pressing issue.