Comments taken from the many news reports:
COP28 is the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties, an annual event that has been going on since 1995. The Conference of the Parties is the decision-making body of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, which is an international agreement that was established in 1994 by the U.N. with the intention of “preventing dangerous human interference with the climate system.”
The United Nations Climate Conference 28 began on November 30 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. More than 70,000 delegates are expected to attend from almost 200 nations.
The COP28 event will emit large amounts of carbon dioxide but is unlikely to have any measurable effect on global temperatures.
“Think about the irony. You go to the Middle East, the center of producing oil and gas, in order to have a conference about why you shouldn’t produce oil and gas.” – Newt Gingrich
The United Arab Emirates’, the country hosting COP28 climate talks aimed at cutting fossil fuel emissions is massively ramping up its own oil production, the BBC has learned.
There’s a major underlying problem with all COPs. The focus is on how government can use its power to impose policies that will bring people down instead of identifying ways government can remove its obstacles so people can lift themselves up.
Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels. UAE’s Sultan Al Jaber says phase-out of coal, oil and gas would take world ‘back into caves’. China’s climate envoy says fossil fuel phase-out is unrealistic. Both China and India are building more coal-fired electricity generating facilities.
At COP28, UN Delegates Circulate Petition To Shut Down US Natural Gas Projects (link)
COP 28 is a really big fossil fuel trade show: What was supposed to be a big deal climate treaty negotiation has morphed into an enormous trade fair. Even funnier, the focus is on fossil fuel production, which the UN treaty is supposed to curb. (link)
Time for a climate exit
By Viv Forbes
The sinister hidden agenda of COP28 in Dubai is about rationing and depopulation — they want to ration energy, reduce meat production, and eliminate wasteful driving and “useless eaters.” They want us locked into 15-minute cities with our movements tracked and restricted to walking, bicycles, and small communal electric cars. They plan to abolish the freedom of cash so they can track our consumption. They want to see us restricted to green smoothies, oat-milk coffee, minced crickets, and fake meat burgers while they jet off to a new well fed tourist destination every year. (link)
UN Climate Summit Includes Session On ‘Responsible Yachting’ (link)
At COP28, The Climate Cops Are Coming For Your Burger (link)
See also my ADI article: The Nonsense of Net Zero
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