BaseballBoomhauer
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Pay for India's clean up and transfer to cleaner fuels. That was their volunteered contribution to Paris: "give us money and we'll clean up." US was on the hook for $200 billion. Hence, Trump and wailing response. The money left the room. Countries left to pay their own way (or Europe will finance?). China's volunteered contribution at Paris was to delay ten or more years. The biggest polluters are delaying and looking for handouts. The fate of the world is at stake. China and India alone can cause the world's demise. Does their behavior indicate this is real or a ruse? Why aren't they taking this more seriously? Who here will start and contribute to a gofundme account for India?
I don't know what $200 billion you're talking about that the US is "on the hook" for. Developed countries agreed to provide $100 billion per year, public and private, by 2020. OECD estimates that about $67 billion was provided in 2014, including things like high-interest loans.
You are only partially right on India's Paris contribution. They pledged a number of targets unconditionally. They stated that they could increase the ambition of those targets with appropriate international finance and technology transfer. You can view that document here.
You are 100% wrong on China's contribution. You're just spouting talking points. If a country as big as China and whose energy demand is growing like China's says they will reach peak emissions by 2030, it means they need to begin transitioning their infrastructure immediately. It's not like on December 31, 2029 they're going to start acting. They have already canceled over 100 coal-fired power plants. They are committing to deploy as much renewable energy by 2030 as the entire US electricity grid. They have budgeted $360 billion to spend on renewable energy by 2020.
Get your facts straight before you come on here spouting smart-ass bullshit