James Hansen sounds like he could also be describing… James Hansen.
Via Mediaite:
The man considered to be the father of climate change awareness has some thoughts on the global deal struck by almost 200 nations yesterday, and they’re not exactly positive.
James Hansen is a former NASA scientist who testified to Congress back in 1988 about global warming being caused by a greenhouse effect. He is considered one of the leading experts on the matter and has become a strong activist attempting to push for the world to address the issue head-on. One of the stipulations in the deal is setting a target that the global temperature increase does not exceed 2 degrees Celsius.
Well, yesterday, many, many nations came together to tackle the matter, but Hansen isn’t impressed.
He told The Guardian, “It’s a fraud really, a fake. It’s just bullshit for them to say: ‘We’ll have a 2C warming target and then try to do a little better every five years.’ It’s just worthless words. There is no action, just promises. As long as fossil fuels appear to be the cheapest fuels out there, they will be continued to be burned.”