COP21’s proposal gets unanimous approval from 195 nations; Barack Obama says it is ‘the best chance to save the one planet we’ve got’

A major international agreement has been announced in Paris:

December 12, 2015

PARIS—Delegates of more than 190 nations meeting in Paris adopted a historic accord Saturday that aims to slow the pace of global warming and for the first time asks all countries to limit their greenhouse gas emissions.

Announcement of the final agreement Saturday evening was greeted with cheers, hugs and prolonged applause at the conference hall in Paris.

The final draft of the agreement was circulated several hours before the meeting concluded, after an all-night work session in which the text was shortened from 43 to 31 pages and simplified.

The agreement aims to keep global temperature increases below two degrees Celsius, provide $100 billion in climate investment to poorer countries, review progress every five years, and peak carbon emissions as soon as possible. …

The deal culminates negotiations that have gone on for years, and is the most wide-ranging climate agreement since the Kyoto accord.

On Saturday night, a day after an original self-imposed deadline, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, in the absence of any last minute objections, lay down a gavel and declared the 31-page document had been formally and unanimously adopted.

“This is a small gavel, but it has done big things,” Fabius said.

Fabius joined and raised hands with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and others in a gesture of triumph and celebration.

The agreement was adopted after a plea by Ban in the final hours of negotiations. …

There was some reluctance from African nations, but in the end, they are getting billions of dollars in pledges to fund green energy projects.

France alone committed to spending more than $2 billion.

South African Environment Minister Edna Molewa said her country never expected a perfect agreement. “It’s a give and take situation in the negotiations. And indeed what comes out of here, we will know that some people may not be happy about this, not happy about that, and so forth,” she said. “But we are here.” http://www.voanews.com/content/final-draft-of-landmark-climate-change-deal-released-vote-expected/3100115.html

December 12, 2015

LE BOURGET, France — With the sudden bang of a gavel Saturday night, representatives of 195 countries reached a landmark climate accord that will, for the first time, commit nearly every country to lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to help stave off the most drastic effects of climate change.

Delegates who have been negotiating intensely in this Paris suburb for two weeks gathered for the final plenary session, where Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius of France asked for opposition to the deal and, hearing none, declared it approved.

With that, the delegates achieved what had been unreachable for two decades: a consensus on the need to shift from carbon-based fuels and a road map for the 195 nations to do so. …

The new deal will not, on its own, solve global warming. At best, scientists who have analyzed it say, it will cut emissions by about half of what is needed to prevent an increase in atmospheric temperatures of 2 degrees Celsius, or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

The United Nations’ leader pushed for this and succeeded. The Vatican had done work for this as well, but mainly behind the scenes in Paris (see Role of Pope Francis ‘transformative’ for COP21 climate change conference). US President Obama attended the first part of the conference and pushed for a global climate deal (see Ecumenalists push for COP21 ‘climate change’ agenda: a solution for terrorism? Barack Obama seemingly wants to stay the course).

This agreement is consistent with the Pope Francis’ Laudato Si encyclical in areas of international cooperation, climate matters, and forced wealth redistribution.

Not everyone is in favor of the agreement. There were also protests in Paris today that this agreement does not go far enough:

December 12, 2015

PARIS—

Historic, but not historic enough, is the reaction from many activists and civil society groups to the climate deal reached in Paris late Saturday. But many others preferred to focus on the breadth and significance of the agreement.

Mohamed Adow of the anti-poverty group Christian Aid said, “For the first time in history, we have the whole world, rich and poor, making a public announcement to reduce their emissions and deal with the impact of climate change.”

Thousands of climate activists on the streets of Paris Saturday were more outspoken about the climate agreement, which they said favors rich nations and does not hold accountable those responsible for polluting the Earth.

‘Crimes’ decried

About 6,500 people from different countries gathered beneath the Eiffel Tower, 10 kilometers from the conference site at Le Bourget, a northeastern district of Paris. They called for actions that contribute to global warming to be considered “crimes against humanity.”

The accord makes key commitments on limiting global warming, although developing countries said they should be given more financial support for their efforts to meet those commitments. http://www.voanews.com/content/activists-react-to-historic-climage-deal/3100388.html

The accord is basically a move towards socialism and world governance. Many want more of both.

US President Barack Obama hailed the agreement:

December 12, 2015

WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama on Saturday hailed the landmark climate accord reached in Paris as strong and historic, calling it the best chance to save the planet from the effects of global climate change.

“Today the American people can be proud because this historic agreement is a tribute to American leadership. Over the past seven years, we’ve transformed the United States into the global leader in fighting climate change,” Obama said.

He said the accord shows what is possible when the world stands as one, adding: “This agreement represents the best chance we have to save the one planet that we’ve got.” http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Obama-calls-Paris-climate-pact-best-chance-to-save-the-planet-437130

The paper approved today is consistent with the “New Universal Agenda” that the 193 members of the United Nations approved in late September of this year.

IT WILL NOT SAVE THE PLANET. IT IS NOT THE ‘BEST CHANCE’ to change the planet. IT WILL FAIL TO SAVE THE PLANET–the Great Tribulation will still come (cf. Matthew 24:21-22; watch also Can the Great Tribulation Start in 2016?). God will have to intervene to stop the world from destroying all life on it (Matthew 24:22; Revelation 11:18).

Barack Obama calls himself a Christian, but does not believe it will take Jesus in the millennial Kingdom of God to really solve the problems that are facing humanity. He has a false hope that humanity will solve problems on its own (cf. Psalm 146:3).

This Paris agreement is likely to greatly benefit Germany. Germany is a world leader in developing cleaner types of engines. Germany also appears to be in the lead to produce energy via helium fusion, and hence reduce the need for fossil fuels (see also German helium fusion stellarator may help propel Europe to dominate the world).

The Bible prophesies that an economically-powerful Europe will arise (cf. Revelation chapters 13 and 18). This accord may help pave the way for nations to become wealthy trading with the end time power connected with Mystery Babylon the Great (Revelation 17:1-5), until it falls (Revelation 18:1-3).

Many world leaders believe that it will be international human cooperation that will bring a clean environment, peace, and prosperity. They do not believe it will take the Kingdom of God to make that happen. They do not realize that what they are working on is prophesied to succeed for a time, then fail.

World leaders will fight against the millennial kingdom of God message as it is not consistent with their agendas (e.g. Daniel 11:29-35). Many will even fight against Jesus when He returns, but will misidentify Him (see Do Certain Catholic Prophecies About Antichrist Warn Against Jesus?) and will lose (Revelation 19:11-21).

But that is not how they see it.

Today, the globalists have another major victory in their move towards a one-world human-led government. Expect other globalist victories, with also some difficulties, over the next several years. But the type of human-government they are pushing for and will get will be destroyed and replaced after the return of Jesus (Revelation 11:5; 19:11-21).

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