‘Politicians will be judged on delivery of net zero strategy,’ UN climate chief tells world leaders
In an exclusive interview with the Standard, Professor Jim Skea said that political leaders had a “particular responsibility” as the “ringmasters or ringmistresses” to lead the battle against global warming, which he warned may be happening faster than expected.
He also emphasised that they would be judged as global leaders, or not, on tacking climate change by whether “net zero pledges are backed up by credible actions”.
Faster than expected eh? Presumably this would be faster than the previous "faster than expected" and also the one before that.
Complicated, but Prof Jim clears it all up with the delightful suggestion that the whole thing is really a circus. Which we knew already and we know the difference between ringmasters, ringmistresses and clowns.
As the implications of Net Zero seep into public awareness, one credible action may be to drop the clowns and the Net Zero strongman act altogether.
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The position of professor was once commanding of respect. Now many of them are clowns.
Judged - perhaps. But judged by the electors or the Global Powers That Be? Because if it's the GPTB I don't care. Most of the GPTB don't care to go full on anti global warming themselves.
Making me spend thousands on an EV or Air Heat Source 'boiler' so that China can keep churning out emissions intensive tat is an unnecessary imposition.
‘Politicians will be judged on delivery of net zero strategy,’
That's a pretty safe prediction, in my view. I think it's quite possible that judgements expressed in English might differ from judgements expressed in Chinese.
A circus is a focus of credible actions?????
Tammly - and even the word 'expert' is going the same way. Even the word 'university'.
DJ - that's it - "do as I say not as I do" but they don't admit it.
Sam - and it may be that enough people will soon wake up and smell the sawdust. Although a vote for Starmer isn't waking up.
decnine - yes it was a particularly dim-witted analogy by Prof Jim.
Context please. You may say he was a professor but only at Imperial College, home of the Astrologer Royal.
dearieme - good point, maybe Prof Jim uses Ferguson's modelling skills for his "faster than expected" conclusion.
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