Climate negotiations are notoriously messy - they promise too little and then fail to live up to their promises. But the last two climate talks - COP28 in the UAE & COP29 in Azerbaijan - were even worse than usual. They were mired in controversy - from underhand fossil fuel deals to the countries' histories of profound human rights violations. And now experts and activists, from the United Nations to Greta Thunberg, are calling out the climate talks. So is it time to scrap the negotiations? Or can we turn the talks into action?
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==MORE INFO==
Greta Tunberg on COP https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/11/greta-thunberg-cop29-authoritarian-human-rights-azerbaijan-greenwashing
https://www.transitmag.no/2024/11/05/thunberg-in-tbilisi-climate-activism-and-human-rights-are-united/
Letter on COP’s need to reform https://www.clubofrome.org/cop-reform-2024/
Discussion of letter https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2lknel1xpo
Fossil fuel deals at COP28 https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/06/05/depressing-and-dystopian-uae-used-cop28-to-boost-fossil-fuel-deals-fivefold-investigation- and COP29 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmzvdn9e18o
COP28 Renewables goal https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/10/11/despite-solar-surge-world-off-track-for-cop28-renewable-energy-target/
COP28 Climate fund, funding gas https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/07/24/uaes-alterra-invests-in-fund-backing-fossil-gas-despite-climate-solutions-pledge/
COP29 avoids fossil fuel mention https://www.wri.org/insights/cop29-outcomes-next-steps
Summary of everything at COP29 https://www.carbonbrief.org/cop29-key-outcomes-agreed-at-the-un-climate-talks-in-baku/
Climate debts https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20231212-how-lending-based-climate-finance-is-pushing-poor-countries-deeper-into-debt
2024 record emissions https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-global-co2-emissions-will-reach-new-high-in-2024-despite-slower-growth/
==THANKS==
Helene footage from Johnson City Aerial Photography LLC
COP clips from Narendra Modi, COP28 UAE
COP protest clips from ReelNews
CO2 emissions visual from NASA Goddard