Landmark climate accord reached, marking turn from fossil fuels

They don't even include the Sun in their calculations, assuming it releases a steady flow of energy onto the Earth year after year.

You can thank the late Maurice strong for that because he omitted any non human induced effects into the terms of reference for the calculations then further isolated the science from the policy making systems. He was also a new world order fanatic with strong ties to the Rockefellers and other groups. A very interesting rise to power for a guy who dropped out of high school and a man who was in-charge of such a science based oranisation.

Almost 200 nations around the globe, everyone agrees but the Republican Party.

No teeth/enforcement=useless, unless you're a politician loving the glow of the camera flashes and headlines. Saudi Arabia got a pass on CO2 and does anyone think China is going to send its economy into the trash, closing businesses, to enforce this?

If governments across the world would agree to 30 percent staff cuts, say, and 30 to 50 percent salary cuts for remaining staff, they could greatly reduce the world's carbon footprint with the resulting savings.

But apparently they don't believe in the 'global warming problem' enough to go for that.

Landmark climate accord reached, marking turn from fossil fuels

Landmark arrogance and stupidity. Wasting piles of cash to buy off third world dictators and deliberately forsaking economic growth and leaving millions in abject poverty.

Complete BS headline. This does not mark a "turn from fossil fuels" in any way. It simply marks a turn to open-ended taxation, under the convient excuse of saving the planet.

There is current viable large-scale alternative to fossil fuels, especially not in an environment where ISIS and OPEC are dumping the stuff like there is no tomorrow.

I am all for research into new energy sources, but to claim that politicians can alter fundamental reality by law is believing in witchcraft.

Let's be real. China, which emits 28% of the world's CO2, consumes 45% of all steel and 60% of concrete worldwide has already stated that it will not consider making any significant changes to its current operations till at least 2030. Then you have the likes of India, Africa and many smaller nations in SE Asia who are in the midst of their own industrial revolutions. Bottom line, it will be at least a century before any meaningful changes take place. I'm all for saving the environment, but advocates need to 'get out a bit more'. It's a big world and not everyone is on board.

It's all about the money in the end.

Short term profits are more important.

But since it's not going to be really implemented, nothing is going to change much.

Still, we should continue to troll forums with 'climate change is a religion' and 'that data corrections were to made to grab more research grants'. We should not forget about to throw new world order here and there.

TumbleDry:

" But since it's not going to be really implemented, nothing is going to change much. "

It is impossible to implement. Trying to legislate fossil fuels away is like trying to legislate eternal life. When did belief in the power of goverment turn into a religion?

I'm quite willing to bet that my grandchildren will look on the above global warming naysayers (whether denialists or rejectors of action) as the most foolish, reckless people of the 21st century.

I'm enjoying watching the deniers freaking out because world leaders have stopped acknowledging their ignorance.

The Petrodollar rules everything. If there really was a Middle Earth and a "One Ring", throw it in the fire and it would read Petrodollar.

With all the power the fossil fuel industry wields they are NOT going to bend to any rules. Starting wars with lies. Starting insurrections in the ME, currently Syria, with lies, all done by the equally guilty, the corporate US/Brit/etc media. This is just a dog show, where they take their prized mutts and put them back into their cages after the media whores move on to the next "Breaking News". Lets face it people, humans will never be able to stymie our consumer behavior until the whole world erupts in a revolution (an intelligent and peaceful one I hope) against the establishment.

"transformation of the world’s fossil fuel-driven economy within decades"

I bet 50 years from now, the world's economy will still be driven my fossil fuels, as I keep hearing that there is enough oil and gas for at least another 50 years....

Great news! I'm gonna dust off my V8, get an MOT, and hit the open road. What a relief for me; that I now know I can enjoy my lexus without feeling guilty...oh. does someone think this is counter-intuitive? Why my little pedal-print will now be relatively insignificant next to all the pollution cuts coming down the pike! What awesome news for the little guys who like their ol' school big blocks. HA!

I think 20-25 years from now, using an automobile powered by a engine fueled by gasoline (petrol) or diesel fuel will be considered quaint and quite polluting. By then, most personal vehicles will either use long-range batteries (probably dry-electrode lithium-ion or carbon nanotube supercapacitor) or use hydrogen fuel cells.

The issue here is not climate change, but the awful air pollution from gasoline and diesel engines in urban areas. With no more air pollution from unburned hydrocarbons, sulfur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen and diesel particulates, city air will be vastly cleaner.

Also, the age of burning coal to generate power will come to an end, considering the long list of known air pollutants from coal burning. They'll be replaced by a combination of solar power and more advanced forms of nuclear power such as the molten-salt reactor (MSR).

Oil is at $35 a barrel.

Game over!