COP24 climate change conference in Polish coal country was not a bright spot. If we are to put our survival as a species in the hand of these rulers perhaps we should think again about who will fix this. I suggest you read this and the take to the streets.
"We regret what happened last Saturday, but we need to remember it was just a handful of countries that contested this report ... What matters is what you do about it."
The what-to-do-about-it is what concerns Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University in New York. The fight over how to treat the IPCC report, which is regarded as the premier science on this issue, is a massive distraction, he said.
"What's sad is how much time is wasted on those words because what's really looming over this are the acts of the Trump administration and a few other governments to willfully put the planet at risk," Sachs said. "It's not a matter of belief or denial. It's a matter of putting oil and coal company -- and country -- interests above the interests of all of humanity.https://amp-cnn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/12/16/health/sutter-cop24-climate-talks/index.html?_gsa=1&_js_v=0.1#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2018%2F12%2F16%2Fhealth%2Fsutter-cop24-climate-talks%2Findex.html
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