Signed, Sealed, Undelivered

Everybody loves a good treaty.

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 22: Actor and climate activist Leonardo DiCaprio speaks at the United Nations Signing Ceremony for the Paris Agreement climate change accord that came out of negotiations at the COP21 climate summit last December in Paris on April 22, 2016 in New York City. At least 155 countries are expected to sign the agreement which has the goal of limiting warming to "well below" 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. The ceremony symbolically takes place on Earth Day. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Since the establishment of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), world leaders have gathered repeatedly to sweat out the big questions in climate-controlled conference rooms. Unfortunately, these diplomatic efforts have consistently been hindered by the outsized power of the largest emitters to shirk emissions reduction obligations. But at their best, these climate […]

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