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06-05-2017, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by dsettl
400 Billion from US tax payers 0.2 degree by 2200 China and India are burning coal and can set there own limits Yes POTUS
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Originally Posted by spexdr
Let me preface this by saying I believe president Trump is a man lacking in moral character. There is much I don't like about him. But let's deal with the president we've got. I just read the Paris climate accords and Trump is right that they are vague and offer suggestions with no clear metrics as guides to keeping global rise below 2 degrees. Developed countries are to contribute whatever public money they feel is right for them as well as give to less developed countries. And we all have seen what happens when these poorly run countries get free money! Corruption, thievery, fraud, waste , etc. It is terribly written and unenforceable. Good on him for saying no! If the Gates' and Zuckerbergs of the world want to contribute to the cause it's in there too, that they will accept outside contributions. It doesn't need to be the government doing it, the business can voluntarily limit greenhouse gasses. Thanks Donald!
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It helps when actual facts are used. 
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...mate-fund.html
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Industrialized countries have voluntarily pledged $10.3 billion since 2013 to help poorer nations reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address the effects of climate change. The United States has pledged by far the most — $3 billion, twice that of the second-largest pledger, Japan. But on a per-capita basis, many other countries have offered more than the United States. Swedes, for example, will contribute nearly $60 each.
Among the latest projects: development of irrigation and groundwater replenishment systems in northeastern India, where climate change has made monsoon rains less reliable; a hydropower plant in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific to eliminate diesel generators; and restoration and protection of Ugandan wetlands that are used by subsistence farmers.
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