COP26
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The failure of COPitalism
The future was supposed to be copitalism: a new global economic paradigm where national governments work together through the United Nations (UN) Conference of the Parties (COP) process to limit emissions and prevent runaway climate breakdown – while leaving capitalism otherwise intact. Continue reading
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COP26: India ends up as fall guy
Greta Thurnberg, the famous Swedish climate change activist, summed up that the deal reached at COP26 at Glasgow on Saturday was “very, very vague” with several loopholes. She told the media in Glasgow that the pact only “succeeded in watering down the blah, blah, blah”. Continue reading
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COP26 News Links 9-10 November 2021
10 November 2021 — The New Dark Age Iran links ‘economic terrorism’ to global warming https://www.rt.com/news/539858-iran-uk-cop26-sanctions/ The Most Basic of All Human Rights: Clean Water https://countercurrents.org/2021/11/the-most-basic-of-all-human-rights-clean-water/ Continue reading
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COP26 News Links 8-9 November 2021
9 November 2021 — The New Dark Age The Sponsors of COP26 Are Behind the Corporate Greenwashing Agenda https://www.globalresearch.ca/sponsors-cop26-behind-corporate-greenwashing-agenda/5761079 Obama makes geographical blunder at COP26 in Glasgow https://www.rt.com/news/539766-obama-confuses-scotland-with-ireland/? Continue reading
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COP26 marchers resist unlawful kettling tactics
Police Scotland have come under heavy criticism after kettling a group of young people at the main COP26 climate march in Glasgow on Saturday, bringing tens of thousands of people marching behind them to a standstill. Continue reading
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‘A Crime Against Humanity’: The ‘Greenwash Festival’ Of COP26
If you scour news reports from COP26 they yield a familiar litany of political rhetoric and weasel words: vows, pledges, promises, commitments, sign up, phase out, green investment, innovation, transition, progress, scaling up, carbon credits, bending the emissions curve, net zero, 2050, 2070. Continue reading
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COP26: Wall Street rolls out climate finance
The US climate envoy John Kerry is getting down to the real business at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Glasgow after President Joe Biden has had his photo-ops, made his idiosyncratic public remarks and flew back home. Continue reading
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For a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
Stop exploration, phase-out all production, ensure a just transition for every worker, community and country Continue reading
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Code Red: How can we prevent climate catastrophe?
13 August 2021 — Origin: Climate & Capitalism IPCC report proves our rulers have failed: it’s time for radical change by Martin Empson The release of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis) presented us with a grim coincidence. The report was published as parts… Continue reading
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Ecosocialist Alliance Statement on G7 Meeting
Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US (and the EU) have a great part of the immense wealth of the richest countries in the world in 2021. This wealth is more than sufficient to provide for the needs for food, water, health, housing and education of the global population. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 