Wednesday 9 November 2016

Donald Trump- Is this a new planetary disaster?

"We're going to cancel the Paris climate agreement- unbelievable- and stop all payments of the United States dollars to UN global warming programs."



Business man Donald Trump who believes that Climate Change is a Chinese hoax is now the new president of the United States.

What does this mean for the future?

Figure 1: Past and future projections of US carbon emissions based on US presidency
Source: http://www.luxresearchinc.com/news-and-events/press-releases/read/trump-presidency-could-mean-34-billion-tons-more-us-carbon


What does this mean for Water in Africa?
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1 comment:

  1. Richard taylor15 November 2016 at 08:38

    Perhaps it means that the 'business-as-usual' scenario (RCP 8.5) becomes more likely than the RCP 4.5 scenario!

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