Pathway to Paris #17: What are the pathways to deep decarbonization?
A biweekly climate briefing for municipalities
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In this Issue #17
- Another remarkable speech
- Pathways to Deep Decarbonization
- The climate justice movement prepares for Paris
- Game-changing act of diplomacy between US and China
- Momentum for Change: the best ideas
- Diplomats raise hopes for deal to cut greenhouse gases
- Interesting week for Shell
- Latin America and European cities are least dependent on fossil fuels
- Pathway to Paris: POP Montreal
- Featured network: United Cities and Local Governments
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Another remarkable speech
Following shortly on the coattails of a flurry of powerful speeches touching on climate change by the Pope in the US (for example, was a remarkable commentary by the Governor of the Bank of England that sent shockwaves through the business sections of the media. Speaking at Lloyd’s, a major insurance company, Mark Carney pointed out that once climate change becomes a defining issue for financial stability, it may already be too late- he called this the Tragedy of the Horizon. He also pointed to three types of risks:
