The BBC has highlighted an important aspect of international treaties favoring China because of its “developing nation” status in the world. As rediculous as it sounds, China continues to use the very chemical that causes the depletion of the ozone layer of our earth. There is big hole in our protection from the sun caused partly by this chemical. I don’t understand the science, nor do I need to, to see the points of the story.
I still remember the Paris Climate Accords as a strange agreement that has the intent of providing some structure to the world’s effort to reduce chemicals and other things affecting out existence on the planet:
“The Paris Agreement builds upon the Convention and for the first time brings all nations into a common cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects, with enhanced support to assist developing countries to do so. As such, it charts a new course in the global climate effort.” See Paris Agreement
Like most agreements the Chinese sign, this one was ignored from the beginning. But, the agreement was structured to give them an advantage in continuing to pollute while others, like the US, were supposed to cut their emissions to make the world a safer place. This was the Obama Administration and the EU binding with the UN to make the world a better place. Well, at least China was going to be a better place. Someday, the Chinese were supposed to be able to cut back their pollutants and become a proper member of the world order. It was nonsense from the start, and even the climate control scientists knew it. Now they have proof.
That big hole in the protection is visible from space. It is so big it cannot be hidden like the violations by China have been. China pumps out CFC-11, a banned substance since 2010, like it was clean water. They signed the accords and ignored them because this chemical was used in blown insulation. If it gave them an advantage, they were not going to reduce its use. Someday, maybe.
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