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Showing posts with label Paris Convention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paris Convention. Show all posts

Friday, June 17, 2022

Point of Order: Climate change, farming and (a timely reminder for decision-makers) the Paris Convention’s nod to the need for food



An earlier post on Point of Order about farming and climate change attracted some interesting comments. The post itself contended that in view of the world facing a global food shortage the government should be doing everything in its power to lift food production — and not imposing taxes on methane emissions (in other words taxing the burps on animals}.

In the wake of posting our thoughts, Point of Order was reminded that the Paris Convention on Climate Change in 2015 finished with an agreement where Article 2 read with these key lines: