PublicationJournal Article Pulling Out of Paris: Why the United States’ Withdrawal Will Not Much Matter

Published:
July 5, 2017
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Journal Article
Abstract:

The Arti­cle reviews the United States’ recent deci­sion to with­draw from the Paris Accord and recounts some of the most promi­nent pol­icy dis­cus­sions sur­round­ing this deci­sion. The Arti­cle goes on to explain, that these pol­icy dis­cus­sions reject sci­ence in favor of short-​​term polit­i­cal gains.

The Arti­cle reviews new sci­en­tific reports which indi­cates that sea level rise may be far worse than expected, due in large part to the fact that pre­vi­ous com­puter mod­els never looked beyond the year 2100. As this Arti­cle high­lights, our pol­icy dis­cus­sions have become so heav­ily focused on the near future that we have cre­ated a dis­torted per­cep­tion of time that doesn’t mesh with real­ity. This Arti­cle urges policy-​​makers to take real action on cli­mate now, before it is too late.

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