Last weekend the Climate Change Summit in Cancun,Mexico came to a close being heralded as “historic” by the head of the UN climate change secretariat. So, what did this monumental accord agree to? According to this Al Jazeera article on-line, the plan for climate change is to figure out a plan. Yes that's right, 200 countries sat down and agreed that they would try to agree to an actual goal of how to reduce the emissions of green house gases by 2050. They also agreed to create a $100 billion fund for developing countries to tap into so they can obtain technologies to lessen their emissions or to subsidize the negative effects they are feeling from climate change. However, they are not sure where the funding will come from but realize that it is very vital. If you are unfamiliar with the damaging effects that climate change is currently causing around the world, take a peak at this video. I think we owe it to the people suffering from food insecurity due to the devastating effects of climate change to do more than agree to help them. Maybe we should think about how we can actually help them and stop putting off tough decisions.

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