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\"2015-11-26<\/a>It was two years ago I went with a group of Christians by bike to Paris.\u00a0 This year the follow-up COP23 talks are being held in Bonn.\u00a0 After the failure of Copenhagen I personally didn’t set off with high hopes.\u00a0 The agreement reached at the climate talks was much stronger than any of us hoped for.\u00a0 However it left a few things out.\u00a0 The first of these how governments reach their pledged targets or any process for checking that they are meeting this pledge.\u00a0 Another thing is about deforestation and in particular the input and land rights of indigenous peoples. \u00a0 One of the biggest emitters of carbon is agriculture and forestry.\u00a0 One of the easiest ways to stop climate change is to protect forests.\u00a0 The COP is edging towards towards the input of native peoples.\u00a0 \"2015-11-27<\/a><\/p>\n

It is also important to hold countries to come forward with increased pledges since at the moment the current ones will not meet a 2\u00b0C target.\u00a0 On the good news front the renewables\/battery\/electric cars situation has changed massively for the better since 2015 climate talks.\u00a0 The price of all these is plunging and making them increasingly the logical economic choice and an unstoppable force.\u00a0 We cannot however be complacent so pray for these talks.<\/p>\n

Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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