Egypt summit renounces climate action threatens pushback!!
The draft that is being worked on avoids pronouncing on the need to reduce the consumption of gas and oil. The next summit (COP28) will be held in the United Arab Emirates. (Another politic dessicion).
Aware of the disappointment that it has caused, in one of his latest statements, the president of the summit, Sameh Shoukry, put on the bandage before the wound, stating that “the draft that has been released must be understood as a proposal for the negotiation, we now have a long job ahead of us, so I don’t think we should draw hasty conclusions”.
This is a clear defeat of the whole summit, no conclusions and no results!
Leaner ambitions!
The first week of negotiations saw a parade of financial proposals such as the US proposal that poor countries should be able to sell CO2 credits when they shut down their coal-fired power plants. The proposal was immediately criticized because it could lead to rich countries buying credits instead of reducing their emissions. John Kerry defended it by saying that creative solutions are needed to free up private capital for the green transition. ($$$!)
This is just in line what I wrote in my latest article regarding this summit.
None of these financial proposals touch the pain point itself, how emissions are to be halved by 2030!
They (we) are again only thinking about the economic gaining, from huge international funds that finally, only will be activated by 20%, the rest will be used for “administrative costs”!
The negotiations during the meeting revolved around how the climate goals are to be achieved despite the economic crisis that the world is in. There is also discussion about starting a fund so that poor countries can be compensated for the damage that climate change is already causing.
But there is no agreement regarding a fund for “loss and damage”. The parties are far apart. (How strange??)
“The major industrial countries have a responsibility to ensure that the world’s developing countries do not crash countries. You have built your prosperity by exceeding the carbon budget, says Ayisha Siddiqa, from Pakistan”.
Now, let’s talk about the climate for years back.
In recent years, the deadliest Atlantic hurricane was Hurricane Mitch of 1998, with at least 11,374 deaths attributed to it, while the deadliest Atlantic hurricane was the Great Hurricane of 1780, which resulted in at least 22,000 fatalities.
The Galveston, Texas, Hurricane of Sept. 8, 1900. Deadliest U.S. storm disaster with at least 8,000 deaths (possibly 12,000); 120 mph winds; a 20-foot storm surge.
On April 10, 1815, Indonesia’s island of Sumbawa became ground zero for the worst volcanic eruption in modern times—and a chilling example of a widespread climate catastrophe. But at that time, nobody talked about climate change created by tons of ashes in the atmosphere that lowered the temperature on earth, stopping the sunshine. This resulted in large wether changes around the world, but at that time the internet and other news media dod not exist!
Let the scientists and history books present some more facts regarding the real reason to weather changes.
Thank you all for reading.
Windmush/Curt
