Climate protesting tossers

[severncity]

Why would China bow to anyone elses pressure if those countries aren't making big changes and improvements themselves?

We can't all pass the buck. Climate change, or "climate change", needs everyone mucking in.

The UK has made big changes. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47121399

Do you agree with all three demands of the Extinction Rebellion group?

https://rebellion.earth/the-truth/demands/

[lardy]

The UK has made big changes. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47121399

Do you agree with all three demands of the Extinction Rebellion group?

https://rebellion.earth/the-truth/demands/

We've made changes, arguable whether they're big enough. From that article:

"Overall, the UK has a target of cutting CO2 emissions 80% by 2050. Ministers are on track to meet their short-term goals, but the advisory Committee on Climate Change (CCC) says they are still short of policies to achieve long-term targets.

The CCC warns there’s also a big difference between the current UK target of 80% cuts and the increased ambition of virtually 100% cuts that ministers are likely to embrace."

Demands 1 and 2 seem fair. Not sure what 3 involves.

[severncity]

We've made changes, arguable whether they're big enough. From that article:

"Overall, the UK has a target of cutting CO2 emissions 80% by 2050. Ministers are on track to meet their short-term goals, but the advisory Committee on Climate Change (CCC) says they are still short of policies to achieve long-term targets.

The CCC warns there’s also a big difference between the current UK target of 80% cuts and the increased ambition of virtually 100% cuts that ministers are likely to embrace."

Demands 1 and 2 seem fair. Not sure what 3 involves.

So for Demand 2 - reducing carbon emissions to net zero by 2025 - the UK would have to either cut all carbon emissions or cut some and offset the rest within six years. How will this be achieved? There are no firm, achievable policies being proposed as far as I know.

[lardy]

So for Demand 2 - reducing carbon emissions to net zero by 2025 - the UK would have to either cut all carbon emissions or cut some and offset the rest within six years. How will this be achieved? There are no firm, achievable policies being proposed as far as I know.

You asked if I agreed. The UN said the world needs rapid and unprecedented action, that's what this is.

How to do it? Don't know, that's the problem but if we're working in that direction, as you say we are, then we need to continue but more quickly. I doubt we will as it's not a vote winner.