Cop29 will be led by Azerbaijan’s ecology minister who is oil industry veteran
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/05/cop29-will-be-led-by-mukhtar-babayev-azerbaijan-ecology-minister-who-is-oil-industry-veteran
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Hugohase@kbin.social · 22 pts · 2y
Same shit, different year. I hate them all with a passion. Lets kill the planet for short term profits...
Telorand@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 2y
But they'll be dead by that time, so fuck the rest of us.
SteefLem@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
That is basically it, or they think they will be on mars. Which is funny because we have trouble landing a rover on mars and they think they gonna live there
PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 2y
SteefLem@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Maybe they should leave some forests that will actually help. Natures carbon capture. But yeah… money…
blunderworld@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 2y
They're hosting a climate change conference in Azerbaijan? A country that's mainly known for its oil production?
Are the UN even trying to pretend they're acting in our best interest at this point?
silence7@slrpnk.net · 13 pts · 2y
There are regional rotation rules, and Russia vetoed every other possible location in the region
blunderworld@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 2y
So Russia alone can influence the outcome to the point of making the entire conference a laughing stock. Seems like a pretty big fuck up to me.
silence7@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 2y
The whole UN is like that; it functions as a forum to talk, not an effective place to set policy.
meat_popsicle@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
So, pointless in this effort then. Cool.
Poggervania@kbin.social · 13 pts · 2y
Reminder that Saudi Arabia has a whole-ass plan to actually surge and increase oil consumption. They also reached out to people during COP28 at the UAE for oil deals with other countries.
Climate Town has a really good video about how fucked the COP is becoming, apparently.
EDIT: I am double-stupid. Edited for accurate message.
silence7@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 2y
COP28 was in the UAE, not Saudi Arabia
Poggervania@kbin.social · 8 pts · 2y
Totally got them mixed up, fixed my comment. Thanks!
MrMakabar@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 2y
And the on after that will be in Brazil, which is already trying to become an OPEC+ member.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
So these are the people trying to kill the planet. So we need a group of international representatives to do the opposite. 29Poc.
SuiXi3D@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
I’d argue that they aren’t specifically trying to make the planet uninhabitable for life as we know it, they’re just trying to make a boatload of money selling a product whose side effect is that the more of it that’s used, the faster the planet becomes Mercury 2.