Dr. James Hansen (click here) is a very important man and that hasn't changed. It is vital all the scientists involved with climate, stay involved with climate.
It is important that educators all over the world decide on the standards of degree programs in Climate Science. I would think Dr. Hansen of Columbia and Dr. Fields of Stanford should begin a movement to achieve the excellence for the next generation of scientists. They will need to be resolved to zero greenhouse gas emissions to the per-industrialist standards and how to get there.
In the spirit of transparency, Dr. Hansen's opinion on the new agreement is accepted.
186 countries with submitted climate goals to be reviewed in five years is not a minor achievement. The agreement has a lot of promise. It provides an important platform to bring stronger understanding of what efforts make a difference, what doesn't and what makes it worse. Kindly consider the brevity of those priorities.
13 December 2015
By Oliver Milman
...Asked about Hansen’s comments by ABC, (click here) in an interview broadcast on Sunday, Kerry, who led US negotiators in Paris, said he disagreed.
“Look, I have great respect for Jim Hansen and I was there in 1988 when he first warned everybody climate change was happening,” the secretary of state said.
“But with all due respect to him, I understand the criticisms of the agreement because it doesn’t have a mandatory scheme and it doesn’t have a compliance enforcement mechanism. That’s true.
“But we have 186 countries, for the first time in history, all submitting independent plans that they have laid down, which are real, for reducing emissions.
“And what it does, in my judgment, more than anything else, there is a uniform standard of transparency. And therefore, we will know what everybody is doing.
“The result will be a very clear signal to the marketplace of the world that people are moving into low carbon, no carbon, alternative renewable energy. And I think it’s going to create millions of jobs, enormous new investment in R&D [research and development], and that R&D is going to produce the solutions, not government.”...
It is important that educators all over the world decide on the standards of degree programs in Climate Science. I would think Dr. Hansen of Columbia and Dr. Fields of Stanford should begin a movement to achieve the excellence for the next generation of scientists. They will need to be resolved to zero greenhouse gas emissions to the per-industrialist standards and how to get there.
In the spirit of transparency, Dr. Hansen's opinion on the new agreement is accepted.
186 countries with submitted climate goals to be reviewed in five years is not a minor achievement. The agreement has a lot of promise. It provides an important platform to bring stronger understanding of what efforts make a difference, what doesn't and what makes it worse. Kindly consider the brevity of those priorities.
13 December 2015
By Oliver Milman
...Asked about Hansen’s comments by ABC, (click here) in an interview broadcast on Sunday, Kerry, who led US negotiators in Paris, said he disagreed.
“Look, I have great respect for Jim Hansen and I was there in 1988 when he first warned everybody climate change was happening,” the secretary of state said.
“But with all due respect to him, I understand the criticisms of the agreement because it doesn’t have a mandatory scheme and it doesn’t have a compliance enforcement mechanism. That’s true.
“But we have 186 countries, for the first time in history, all submitting independent plans that they have laid down, which are real, for reducing emissions.
“And what it does, in my judgment, more than anything else, there is a uniform standard of transparency. And therefore, we will know what everybody is doing.
“The result will be a very clear signal to the marketplace of the world that people are moving into low carbon, no carbon, alternative renewable energy. And I think it’s going to create millions of jobs, enormous new investment in R&D [research and development], and that R&D is going to produce the solutions, not government.”...
