CLIMATE CHANGE AND INADEQUATE SOLUTIONS
The main aim of the Global Convention on Climate Change is to cut greenhouse gas (GG) emissions to mitigate the effects of climate change (CC). Between October 19 and 23, 2015, in Bonn, Germany, the technical committee of the 193 member states of the United Nations met to conclude agreements on mitigating CC and produced a document riddled with inconsistencies, which form the basis for discussions at COP 21, which is taking place in Paris, where Heads of state have to make commitments to reduce GGs and thus the rise in Earth's temperature to under 2 C by 2030. In view of this problem, Laurence Tubiana, the French Ambassador said, "In Paris we'll have to negotiate everything at the same time." Large corporations impose their interests on governments and governments impose their authority on the people, stating that "Any agreement to cut GGs must be voluntary"; developing countries, however, are calling for binding agreements, and for GGs to be reduced i...