Expanding the Legacy
Tag: Climate
4 Posts
UN Climate Fails: Still Expecting a Different Outcome
Turkeys do not usually vote for Christmas. Still, some people seem genuinely surprised and dismayed by the species’ instinct for self-preservation. Azerbaijan derives more than ninety percent of its export earnings from the sale of oil and natural gas. Each day, the country pumps about 750,000 barrels of oil and dumps 650,000 of them on the global market, bringing in close to $20 billion annually. In November, Azerbaijan is to host COP29, the annual gathering of some forty thousand jet-setting government officials, NGO delegates, and assorted camp followers such as staff, guests, reporters, and ‘parties overflow’, i.e. the merely curious who are allowed to nose around the conference premises as long as they do not partake in the proceedings.
Dangerous Stirrings in a Silent Majority
Scenes of wild water bursting the doors of a shop somewhere in Austria. The message/tweet posted on X: “expect more of this, watch climate change in action.” Social media is awash with alarmists, attributing all the world’s weather phenomena to global warming, often accompanied by a rallying cry for immediate remedial action. Don’t eat meat; don’t use fossil fuel; shun airplanes; shower less; install solar panels; turn down the heating or cooling - an apparently endless stream of commandments assail the average citizen.
Mum on Ukraine & Short on Climate
To text or not to text? That was the question. It took diplomats five days of frantic talks to find an answer. In the end, a compromise statement – of 83 paragraphs – was duly produced and unanimously approved by the G20 leaders assembled in New Delhi for their annual...
António Guterres Sounding the Alarm
‘You Are Failing Us’. From Abidjan to Zürich, and Zanzibar to Adelaide, and estimated 7.6 million concerned people took to the street to deliver that unambiguous statement to world leaders gathered in New York City for the UN Climate Action Summit. Between September 20 and 27, well over 6,000 ‘strike actions’ unfolded in 185 countries involving 820 organisations.
