Nate Ware
When I played my role in the policy exercise, I felt that it would be difficult for all of the nations to come together to create a solution. Throughout the rounds we started out by trying to convince the other groups to do what we want, but as it evolved we began to make compromises and bargain to get what we want. My group did not change our ideas much, but we did change our peak year and reduction year to be sooner. We did this in order to prompt the US and China to raise their rate of reduction. I think the emissions can be reduced but it would be very difficult both to negotiate as well as just attempt in general. The major costs would be the creation of green technologies and barriers include the corrupt governments of the developing nations so the developed countries are less willing to donate. It would also take many years set up the programs to reduce the emissions. The proposals rely on countries stopping their emissions output which is much more difficult in reality than in theory. By offering incentives for greener living practices and making the citizens more aware of how soon the effects can be seen we can catalyze change in the US.