outrageous. a horrific betrayal.
Amazon #rainforest felled to build road for climate summit
#Ecocide #deforestation #ClimateCrisis #ClimateSummit #COP30 #RoadBuilding #HabitatDestruction https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vy191rgn1o
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Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit
"A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém.
It aims to ease traffic to the city, which will host more than 50,000 people - including world leaders - at the conference in November.
The state government touts the highway's "sustainable" credentials, but some locals and conservationists are outraged at the environmental impact.
The Amazon plays a vital role in absorbing carbon for the world and providing biodiversity, and many say this deforestation contradicts the very purpose of a climate summit."
www.bbc.comAmazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summitThe infrastructure required to host COP30 in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.
#climate #climatecrisis #climatechange #environment #environmental #amazon #road #construction #building #global #globalwarming #crisis #cop30 #brazil #brazilian #belém #belem #southamerica #climatesummit
Yep, this is a real headline, and the idiocy of human logic never ceases to amaze me. People can justify anything if they want to…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vy191rgn1o
BBC NewsAmazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summitThe infrastructure required to host climate talks in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.
"COP Climate Talks Could Benefit From More Feminist Values, Less Focus on Tech Solutions, Experts Say"
#COP29 #ClimateSummit #Climate #ClimateChange
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03122024/cop-climate-talks-gender-equity/
Inside Climate News · COP Climate Talks Could Benefit From More Feminist Values, Less Focus on Tech Solutions, Experts Say - Inside Climate NewsAddressing gender equity under existing United Nations initiatives could be one of the best ways to improve outcomes of the annual global climate talks.
"After a disappointing COP29, here’s how to design global climate talks that might actually work"
#ClimateSummit #ClimateChange #Azerbaijan #COP29
https://theconversation.com/after-a-disappointing-cop29-heres-how-to-design-global-climate-talks-that-might-actually-work-244645
The ConversationAfter a disappointing COP29, here’s how to design global climate talks that might actually workThe annual COP talks on climate are flawed, without a doubt. But they are also necessary. Here’s what changes a veteran of 25 COP talks wants to see
"Cop29: five critical issues still left hanging after an underwhelming UN climate summit in Azerbaijan"
The ConversationCop29: five critical issues still left hanging after an underwhelming UN climate summit in AzerbaijanMissing money, Saudi wrecking, methane pledges and more.
Greta Thunberg protests against Azerbaijan hosting global climate summit
#gretathunberg #climatechange #climatesummit #unitednations #activism #activist #COP29 #COP29Baku #cop29azerbaijan
"At least 5,000 attendees of the United Nations’ massive COP29 event, set to take place in the country’s capital of Baku later this month, will do just that. They’ll stay in ultra-luxurious rooms at the Sea Breeze Resort on the Caspian Sea, with access to a seven-kilometer-long beach, over 50 bars and restaurants, and 60 swimming pools.
The topic of the day being climate, there will also be time for symbolism: According to a state news outlet, “heads of Azerbaijani and international companies, politicians, and cultural figures” will plant trees in the resort’s new landscape park.
But what these visitors may not know is that the entire 500-hectare Sea Breeze complex belongs to Emin Agalarov, the former son-in-law of Azerbaijan’s authoritarian president, Ilham Aliyev. Government procurement records show that he received a $5.2-million government contract to host COP29 guests, without any competitive tender process. (The contract was first reported by independent Azerbaijani news outlet Abzas Media.)
This is emblematic of COP29, the twenty-ninth annual U.N. conference on tackling climate change, and the first to be held in a former Soviet republic. In fact, reporters found, nearly every local company named as one of the conference’s “official partners” is owned by the country's ruling family or someone with reported business ties to them.
These COP29 partners, which include a conglomerate owned by the president’s daughters, will benefit from exposure to an international audience, access to a special exhibition zone, and sponsorship opportunities."
OCCRP‘Official Partners’ of Azerbaijan’s COP29 Climate Summit Linked To Ruling Aliyev Family and Their Inner CircleWhether it’s Silk Way West Airlines, the PASHA Holding conglomerate, or fabric company GILTEX — everywhere this year’s international visitors in Baku look, they’ll see companies that have been linked to the family of Azerbaijan’s authoritarian president, Ilham Aliyev.
Al Gore sums #Cop28 up nicely -
“This obsequious draft reads as if #Opec dictated it word for word,” he tweeted. “It is deeply offensive to all who have taken this process seriously.”" #Cop #CopOut #ClimateSummit #ClimateCrisis #Klima #Climate #Klimakrise
"Cop28 organisers granted attendance to at least 475 lobbyists working on carbon capture and storage (CCS), unproven technologies that climate scientists say will not curtail global heating, the Guardian can reveal."
The Guardian · At least 475 carbon-capture lobbyists attending Cop28
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Renewed #Israel-#Gaza war crowds out climate at #COP28 – POLITICO
https://www.politico.eu/article/israel-hamas-war-diplomacy-united-nations-climate-summmit-cop28-dubai/
‘Absolute scandal’: #UAE state #oil firm able to read #Cop28 #ClimateSummit #emails | Cop28 | The Guardian
Why am I no surprised?
The Guardian‘Absolute scandal’: UAE state oil firm able to read Cop28 climate summit emails
In reality, no government, from #Russia, to #Ukraine, to the #UnitedStates, has a plan of “real action” to deal with #climatechange.
#COP27 #climatesummit overshadowed by US-NATO war against Russia in Ukraine - World Socialist Web Site
World Socialist Web SiteCOP27 climate summit overshadowed by US-NATO war against Russia in UkraineSince the war began, the Biden administration has pledged to deliver tens of billions of cubic meters of natural gas to Europe, exposing the environmentalist pretensions of his administration and the American government as a whole.
Several key issues on the table at #COP27 #climatesummit #climatechange https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-who-wants-what-at-the-cop27-climate-change-summit/
Carbon BriefInteractive: Who wants what at the COP27 climate change summit - Carbon BriefTo keep track of what everyone wants to get out of COP27, Carbon Brief has conducted its annual assessment of priority issues for various parties attending the summit.