Lofty language and idealistic goals won’t stop global warming.
![US Secretary of State John Kerry appears on television screens during the final conference at the COP21 [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/9c8f79e7b0c447d291fc60417ecf658b_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Lofty language and idealistic goals won’t stop global warming.
![US Secretary of State John Kerry appears on television screens during the final conference at the COP21 [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/9c8f79e7b0c447d291fc60417ecf658b_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Delegates left the Lima conference on climate change dangerously uncommitted.
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The IPCC strongly acknowledges that carbon emissions are rising at an alarming rate.
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Environmentalists and the general public must change tactics and begin focusing on the big corporate
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Even after the recent financial recession, banks continue to be involved in risky schemes.

Canadian austerity measures are hurting society’s most vulnerable and the government is being callous towards the needy.

The media too often gives a voice to global warming ‘sceptics’, harming the fight against dangerous climate change.
