Trust me, the last thing you want if things get cataclysmic is the specter of a 4:30pm sunset. Dark times (literally).

If the Paris Agreement is seen as displacing any other basis for climate reckoning or recompense, I imagine that wouldn't sit well with countries already disenchanted with the pace and tenor of the process and looking for other means of propelling action from the wealthiest nations. 3/3

Aside from the gut-wrenching callousness of it all, many countries' attempts to frame the Paris Agreement as the sole repository for climate obligations makes seems like another blow to the already-beleaguered UNFCCC negotiations. 2/3