Paris Conference: Either we change the climate or the world is at risk. Will it be another flop?

PARIS CLIMATE CONFERENCE –

Here we are. The Paris Conference, which opens on November 30th and ends on January 15th, has now arrived with 190 countries sitting around the table in an attempt to provide a concrete response., and not the usual ritual appeals, to global warming, which has now become a priority in the polluted worldWithout corrective action, let us remember, we risk increasing temperatures by 5 degrees by 2050., while Paris is expected to issue a commitment to limit this increase to no more than 2 degrees. Meanwhile, and we have learned this firsthand, 2015 will be remembered as the hottest year in Earth's history.

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PARIS CLIMATE CONFERENCE: THE OBJECTIVES TO BE ACHIEVED –

Going into the merits of the dossiers on the table in Paris, Reducing carbon dioxide emissions leaves countries very dividedEurope is ahead and can consider the goal of reducing greenhouse gases by 40 percent compared to 1990 to be within reach. But at what price? The contradiction lies in the fact that Europe has spent a lot, in terms of public incentives, to make room for renewable sources (sometimes driven by speculation by financial funds) but many countries to balance the high cost of this source they are pushing for the consumption of coal, which is highly pollutingA significant schizophrenia. America's position is equally contradictory. Barack Obama presented himself and was elected as a green president, but he will conclude his two terms with very little success, aside from a veto of the mega-pipeline in Canada, strongly supported by the oil industry. Furthermore, the White House is entering a cycle of paralysis, until the inauguration of the new president in January 2017. If he is a Republican, he certainly will not push for an environmental policy more favorable to emissions cuts. La China it is always ambiguous in its environmental policyIn words, it announces massive green investments, as it did during the presentation of the new five-year plan, but in practice it refuses to make binding commitments. It demands a free hand, and meanwhile, it is the world's leading polluter. India, finally, is doing even worse and will not be attending the Paris summit.

PARIS CLIMATE CONFERENCE: FINANCING –

The second sore point of the Conference concerns the funding, approximately $800 billion a year to help developing countries take the necessary action to reduce emissions. Here we are at a crossroads: or the richest countries decide to open their wallets, which is not easy considering the still very fragile global economic situation, or global warming will continue at an unsustainable rate due to the absence of one of the most polluted parts of the world from the table.

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES –

What to say? We must maintain the optimism of the will and hope that something clear and strong will emerge from the Paris summit.The general circumstances are promising: the warnings, without slipping into catastrophic rhetoric that is bad for true environmentalism, should lead to action. We know all about the risks the world faces without addressing global warming and reducing emissions. We have some favorable circumstances, such as the low price of oil and the limited profitability of producing it at the moment. But the spectre of the failure of the previous summit Copenhagen It's just around the corner and we have no certainty that there won't be a repeat fiasco in Paris.Let's just hope that the delegates from 190 countries at these summits stop wasting their states' money on rooms in five-star hotels and restaurant bills for lunches and dinners based on champagne and caviar.

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