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    THE CLIMATE CHOICE

    Apr 08, 2020 4 minutes
    “That is why the main message in the book is: we have to choose. Both futures are possible now. It’s a matter of choice”

    WHAT WAS THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT?

    TOM: The Paris Agreement was a real breakthrough. For a long time there had been this breakdown in negotiations around the issue of fairness. Developing countries would say to developed countries, “You caused this problem, and what’s more, you said you’d sort it out in the early 1990s. So, go away and make real progress, and then we’ll talk about a global agreement.”

    CHRISTIANA: And it is factually true.

    It’s a logically consistent argument. And

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