What do scientists think about the historic Climate Change agreement between the United States and China? What do they think about the deal? Is it enough to make a real difference in the fight against catastrophic global warming? We now have a good faith effort on the part of the planet’s two leading carbon emitters to work together … For the climate scientists ThinkProgress asked on Wednesday, the answer was a resounding yes, with a side of caution. Scientists confirmed that the announcement, which has China agreeing to cap its emissions by 2030 and the U.S. committing to a 26 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2025, represented a huge first step toward building the kind of political cooperation needed to effectively combat a global problem. “My take is that this is an historic agreement for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that we now have a good faith effort on the part of the planet’s two leading carbon emitters to work together to lower planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions,” said Michael Mann, director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 18:09:03 +0000