<description>&lt;p&gt;The signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015 was a breakthrough in the fight against the climate crisis.&amp;nbsp;Almost every country in the world signed on to the treaty and agreed to keep or reduce emissions to under 2 degrees Celsius, or better yet, 1.5 degrees Celsius.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;When environmental activist Tzeporah Berman read the agreement – a bit nerdy but someone had to do it – she found no mention of oil, gas and coal.&amp;nbsp;Odd, because oil, gas and oil are responsible for more than 86 per cent of carbon emissions.&amp;nbsp;Berman decided the Paris Agreement needed help, so she set out to create the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.&amp;nbsp;Not a heavy lift at all.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015 was a breakthrough in the fight against the climate crisis.&nbsp;Almost every country in the world signed on to the treaty and agreed to keep or reduce emissions to under 2 degrees Celsius, or better yet, 1.5 degrees Celsius. When environmental activist Tzeporah Berman read the agreement – a bit nerdy but someone had to do it – she found no mention of oil, gas and coal.&nbsp;Odd, because oil, gas and oil are responsible for more than 86 per cent of carbon emissions.&nbsp;Berman decided the Paris Agreement needed help, so she set out to create the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.&nbsp;Not a heavy lift at all.&nbsp;&nbsp;<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Takeover

The Treaty

The Treaty

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