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"As the sun set on the Amazon, the promise of a “people’s Cop” faded with it.
The latest UN climate summit – known as Cop30, hosted in the Brazilian city of
Belém – came with the usual geopolitics and the added excitement of a flood and
a fire.
The summit saw Indigenous protests on an unprecedented scale, but the final
negotiations were once again dominated by fossil fuel interests and delaying
tactics. After ten years of climate (in)action since the Paris agreement,
Brazil promised Cop30 would be an “implementation Cop”. But the summit failed
to deliver, even as the world recorded a devastating 1.6˚C of global warming
last year.
Here are our five key observations:
1. Indigenous groups were present – but not involved
2. The power of protests
3. US absence creates a vacuum – and an opportunity
4. ‘Implementation’ through side deals – not the main stage
5. The
Global Mutirão text: a missed opportunity"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
