Monthly Archives: December 2020

Climate Targets (December 13, 2020)

Good Sunday Morning!

Yesterday was the five year anniversary of the historic conclusion of the climate negotiations in Paris.  I remember it as if it were yesterday. Claire Martin, Jaymini Bhika and I had pulled three all nighters in a row as the negotiations wore on. But then again I remember the signing of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Rio in 1992 as if it were yesterday.  I am cursed with a good memory.  I say “cursed” because, at least in the case of the climate crisis, remembering is torture.  All those opportunities. All those promises. All those failures and betrayals. Continue reading Climate Targets (December 13, 2020)