This is absolutely not true. There is a huge difference between a 3 degree world and a 4 degree world. Yes, 2 degrees seems out of reach already, but the Paris agreement is considered a genuine breakthrough amongst many many people who fight for preventing climate change.
It's disingenuous to claim that there are only token gestures. Chinas commitment is real, Europes commitment is real, India is more questionable, but the Obama administrations actions through the EPA were also real.
Trumps win will cost us. It means many many more gigatonnes of CO2 in the air, that means a hotter planet, and that means more dead poor people. To the best of sciences ability to tell, THAT is reality.
It's disingenuous to claim that there are only token gestures. Chinas commitment is real, Europes commitment is real, India is more questionable, but the Obama administrations actions through the EPA were also real.
Trumps win will cost us. It means many many more gigatonnes of CO2 in the air, that means a hotter planet, and that means more dead poor people. To the best of sciences ability to tell, THAT is reality.