Climate-vulnerable nations’ hopes that the world was on the cusp of an agreement to rapidly phase out the use of fossil fuels at the COP28 climate summit were shattered when a new draft text emerged from negotiations drastically watering down such language.
Australian Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen, speaking on behalf of the Umbrella Group of nations, which includes the United States, the United Kingdom, Norway and Canada, told the COP that the group could not sign the agreement as it stood.
A disease doesn’t know or care that it’s a disease. If the host is being harmed it’s going to naturally fight back. Sorry, E. Coli, you’re just not welcome whether or not you’ve grown accustomed to the host.
Bunch of BS theater. Look at em acting like theyre doing anything. No country needs the rest of the world to give them permission to address the climate crisis themselves. Get to building renewable energy and taking down fossil fuel companies.
Maybe next time don’t host it in an oil country.
Oops, next time it’s already planned to be hosted in an oil country?
WHAT? Where is the next one planned to take place?
Azerbaijan because Russia vetoed anything else just because they can
I thought Russia vetoed that too?
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Am I reading this right? The two biggest polluters (US & China) came into this with an agreement to a certain approach, yet the final was watered down to nothing?
If anyone thinks any sort of climate talks involving reduction In oil output anywhere would be successful, I’ve got bad news for you. I’ve resigned to the idea that the human species will go back to a medieval type society if not extinct.
I suspect no significant change will occur until wealthy people from wealthy countries are forced to abandon homes in coastal areas, or some similar worldwide phenomenon occurs.
It all comes down to food. Once we have a collapse of global food supply there will be revolts.
It’ll be far too late to save global society by then.
What good has society provided to the natural world? We have an extinction event named after us. We deserve our fates, and the earth and the rest of the galaxy will be better off without the plague that is humans.
