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I don't know that I accept the premise of your question. I am not a scientist, nor am I a denier that the activities of 7 billion humans might have an impact on climate. That said, I have yet to hear an explanation as to why a warmer earth is a bad thing and, more importantly, what can actually be done to stop it. This agreement, even under the most optimistic of projection, would have a negligible effect 100 years from now. So if the costs are high and the results non existent, why do it? The truth is, if human activity is altering the climate, there is nothing we can do about it.
A non-binding agreement among nations, many of whom would take no steps whatsoever, is not making a priority of climate change.
If indeed, one believes the 95% of scientists who have studied the issue, and have concluded that the earth is warming due to the activities of man; then the agreement makes sense, in that it unites mankind in finding a collective solution.