October 31, 2017

The World Metereological Organization (WMO) has issued a report. Essentially it says that CO2 average levels in 2016 reached 403.3 parts per million, and methane emissions have spiked. All told, if present trends continue, the optimistic targets reached at COP21 simply will not be met. The technology to do so exists. What we don’t have is a global political consensus to make the targets mandatory with enforceable sanctions. We’ll pay anyway for the consequences of natural disasters -higher insurance premiums and taxes for emergency responses, etc.