<story><title>Paris climate deal: US and China announce ratification</title><url>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37265541</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>chillacy</author><text>We&amp;#x27;ll see how this turns out, since it seems this agreement&lt;p&gt;1. allows each country to set its own reduction goals&lt;p&gt;2. has no consequences if a country fails to meet its goals&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Paris_Agreement#Nationally_determined_contributions_and_their_limits&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Paris_Agreement#Nationally_det...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Paris climate deal: US and China announce ratification</title><url>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37265541</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>robryan</author><text>It is interesting how everyone can pass the blame for emissions. In Australia there is an argument from some that even though we are the highest polluter by capita our net emissions are low enough that it doesn&amp;#x27;t really matter what we do.&lt;p&gt;A country like India or China could then turn that around a say if other countries that have a very high standard of life won&amp;#x27;t do anything then why should we.</text></comment>