Everyone is Giving Up On Climate Goals

With the Trump administration fully in control of the U.S., it appears that the tides are changing in the climate change discussion. The White House has already withdrawn from the Paris climate agreement, Trump wants to end what he’s calling “the green new scam,” and corporations around the world are abandoning their carbon neutrality pledges. How will this affect the climate change situation? Let’s take a look.

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[YouSnoozeYouNooze]

we gave up because the richest people figure they'll be okay either way

[Ikbeneengeit]

Humans are a tragic species: smart enough to make fire, too dumb to escape the smoke.

[howtoappearincompletely]

I finally came to the conclusion that pretty much no one important GAF about climate change after the events of COPs 28 and 29, which were held in the oil-state capitals of Dubai and Baku, respectively.

[davianoinglesias]

"Saving ourselves isn't cost effective" said one species in the milky way galaxy

[xianc_channel]

Stage 1: We say nothing is going to happen.
Stage 2: We say something may be about to happen, but we should do nothing about it.
Stage 3: We say maybe we should do something about it, but there's nothing we can do.
Stage 4: We say maybe there was something, but it's too late now.

Always works.

[workshopstuff]

Today Australia announced it's last glass manufacturer is closing after 169 years due to the rapid and continuing increase of natural gas prices. Does this mean we will stop using glass in new homes and offices? Of course not! We will import the glass, moving the emissions offshore for no net change to the planet.

[richardcampbell]

Sadly, Trump and the Conservatives won’t even invest in adaptation.

[merxj]

Truth is, if customers and voters don't care, of course companies and politicians won't either.

[harmonichaoticartist]

"planets not going anywhere, we are. The planets fine, planets gonna shake us off like a bad case of fleas" - George Carlin

[ricardogarcia-vihv]

I would speak as a third world person, which is the majority of the population of the planet. People while they are poor, will always prefer economical growth and adapt to climate change than to be even poorer and still have the climate change.

[kayemni]

Ironically, China might be one of the countries that is transitioning the fastest away from coal and oil. I wouldn't have expected to see that.

[diegofloor]

The push back against nuclear energy will one day be considered humanity's dumbest move.

[professordey]

The good old pyramid of needs. If you're freezing to death in your own home because your government decided to shut down all your 'non-green' power/fuel sources while the alternative infrastructure is still not in place (And in the UK's case then removes the support funding to pay for the little access to that alternative infrastructure you may have), your priorities will shift to your own comfort and survival over largely, to most people, rather nebulous platitudes about saving the planet.

Add on top of that increasing public awareness of just how much government money gets fed to venture capital companies claiming to be the next green revolution whilst consisting of half baked and massively undercosted ideas that tend to harm local ecologies and require importation of a huge quantity of resources from other countries with subpar build quality, and you end up with a nasty soup of people angry at being let around by the nose and punished for following what they're told.

So much of the green side of the equation is blaming the individual for the actions of businesses and governments, from Thames Water dumping pollutants into the water for decades to the Chinese Government building hundreds more coal power plants than the rest of the world has decommissioned combined. The whole scenario is a bit of a joke, so its hardly surprising people are disenfranchesed enough to back officials that want to step away from it, even if those officials want that for the wrong reasons.

[paulbates]

Personally think that the only thing that will stop energy being dug out of the ground is when the alternative is more profitable.

[erics]

It's a moot point since the worst contributors never participated.

[easypianosheets]

The avarage joe, ain't convinced.
By a bunch people flying Private Jets every week
Telling everyone how the climate should be managed.

[chompchompnomnom]

These companies can't give up on climate goals because they never had them in the first place

[datanation]

Stupidity runs rampant. Nuclear energy is a better solution for huge electrical needs.
Thanks

[JC-justchillin]

The writing was on the wall from day one. Sealed once the scam of carbon trading launched.

[Yantric_heart]

I'm not sure if I'm more terrified of climate change or of human attempts to mitigate it through geo-engineering.