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"The job of the wise is to foresee the catastrophe. The job of the brave is to face the coming catastrophe".
     
Pittakos
 (651-570 BC) is attributed to the 7 wise men of antiquity

Grischa Eichfuss​

Philosopher & environmental activist​
 

  • tolerance

  • human rights

  • charity

  • understanding

Regional climate agreements

liability

The Paris Agreement is not binding under international law - regional agreements oblige all partners to comply.

flexibility

Smaller contracts are more effective because they can be individually adapted to the special needs of the contractual partner.

love of home

When it comes to protecting their homeland, countries are much more motivated. They see success right on their doorstep

CDR measures

CDR measures suck CO2 out of the air. I call for the immediate widespread use of this technology.

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Carbon Direct Recapture (CDR)

In the Paris climate agreement, CDR measures are to be used from 2030 at the earliest in order to reduce emissionsn to support. They should not develop their full effect until the middle of the century. I see it differently. CDR measures must now be applied intensively in order to still achieve the existential interim goal of 2030. Emissions will not have even remotely reduced by 45% by 2030. Because this onePlan obviously failedt, CDR must be used massively worldwide from 2023

According to the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), global warming can only be limited to well below 2 °C if global CO2 emissions “peak around 2020. If that doesn't work, and it can be assumed that it will, only so-called negative emissions will help. This means the subsequent removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through measures such as reforestation, carbon capture and storage or ocean fertilization.”[1]

 

[1]Quoted from: Hamburger Bildungsserver, 1.5 or 2 °C target retrieval 2021

Multilateral environmental and climate agreements

I recommend that China, the USA, the EU, India, Japan and Russia sit down at one table and conclude a multilateral climate and environmental agreement independent of Paris. As already mentioned, these nations cause almost 70% of global CO2 emissions. They represent half of the world's population, produce 62.5% of global gross domestic product (World Bank,2020) and consume over 62% of all global fossil fuels

In addition, regional climate agreements are to be concluded worldwide. These contracts have the advantage over Paris 2015 that they are binding, work faster and more effectively.

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CDR measures & regional climate agreements

CDR produces negative emissions by removing greenhouse gases from the air

6 FORMS OF CARBON DIRECT REMOVAL

  1. Power plants that separate CO2 from the air and the carbon dioxide in longconvert living products (Carbon Capture and Utilizaton - CCU) or store underground (Direct Air Capture with Carbon Capture & Storage - DACCS)
     

  2. Generating bioenergy by burning plants and capturing & storing the resulting CO2 (Bioenergy Carbon Capture & Storage)
     

  3. Biochar / Pyrolysis of Biomass (Pyrogenic  Carbon Capture & Storage))
     

  4. Enhanced Weathering is a process aimed at accelerating natural weathering by dispersing finely ground silicate rock such as basalt onto surfaces, accelerating chemical reactions between rock, water, and air. It also removes carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from the atmosphere and permanently stores it in fixed carbonate minerals or the alkalinity of the ocean. The latter also slows down ocean acidification.
     

  5. Afforestation and Reforestation
     

  6. Increasing the soil carbon content (soil carbon sequestration)

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The 7 main causes of CO2 emissions cause 70% of global carbon dioxide emissions

USA, CHINA JAPAN, EU & INDIA CLIMATE AGREEMENTS 

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   Reasons:
 

  1. These nations cause almost 70% of the world's CO2 emissions. They represent half of the world's population, produce  62.5%      _cc781905-136bad5cf58d_ (World Bank, _5cc3 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ verbrauchen  über 62% gesamten globalen fossilen      _cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_     fuels.[1]
     

  2. These states should  immediately take intensive CDR measures and cooperate in parallel on CO2 reduction in all  areas in order to 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ in einer konzertierten Aktion den    Kohlenstoffausstoß in ihren    _cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_       Gebieten  um 60 bis 65 % zu_cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_         _cc781905-5cde-3194- bb3b-136bad5cf58d_reduce. Zwischen 2035 und 2038    könnten alle sechs Länder   emissionsfrei sein.
     

  3. Aufgrund des  enormen technologischen  Potentials,  des gewaltigen  Bruttoinlandsprodukt und der politischen Macht dieser Länder wäre_cc781905- 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ conversion possible.     
     

  4. Durch finanzielle, technologische,  logistische Zusammenarbeit dieser  Länder jenseits politischer  oderoder  weltanschaulicher Differenzen_cc781905-5cde- 3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_   this might succeed. We see the greatest opportunity in this .

 

[1]EDGAR, 2020

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The Paris climate agreement is ineffective. A global network of 

Regional agreement is more successful

ADVANTAGES AND BENEFITS OF REGIONAL CLIMATE AGREEMENTS

  1. Multi- or bilateral contracts oblige all contracting parties to adhere to a climate agreement, because a breach of contract would have immediate negative political consequences for the country concerned. Since the contractual partners often also cooperate in many other areas due to their geographic proximity, no state can afford such a breach of trust.
     

  2. Small contracts with few parties can be specially adapted to the needs of the participants, the economic and geographical situation. This makes regional agreements efficient and successful.
     

  3. Small regional agreements can react more flexibly and quickly to climatic changes or technological advances in climate and nature conservation
     

  4. Since the direct protection of their homeland is at stake, the contracting states will act with much more motivation than with the Paris climate agreement. With the latter, they only see the success years later and do not know exactly what part they played in it. We have referred to that elsewhereProblems of the abstract nature of climate change pointed out.
     

  5. People and states feel emotionally committed to their country but not to the world. This is too big and abstract to build an emotional relationship. The idea that people and countries should feel like citizens of the world is the misguided wishful thinking of globalism, which totally misses reality. Countries and people are emotionally bound to their culture and values. Therefore, successful climate protection is only regionally successful in the same or similar cultures.

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