silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 9 months agoCop29 will be led by Azerbaijan’s ecology minister who is oil industry veteranwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down10
arrow-up190arrow-down1external-linkCop29 will be led by Azerbaijan’s ecology minister who is oil industry veteranwww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareblunderworldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-29 months agoThey’re hosting a climate change conference in Azerbaijan? A country that’s mainly known for its oil production? Are the UN even trying to pretend they’re acting in our best interest at this point?
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·9 months agoThere are regional rotation rules, and Russia vetoed every other possible location in the region
minus-squareblunderworldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-29 months agoSo Russia alone can influence the outcome to the point of making the entire conference a laughing stock. Seems like a pretty big fuck up to me.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·9 months agoThe whole UN is like that; it functions as a forum to talk, not an effective place to set policy.
minus-squaremeat_popsicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoSo, pointless in this effort then. Cool.
They’re hosting a climate change conference in Azerbaijan? A country that’s mainly known for its oil production?
Are the UN even trying to pretend they’re acting in our best interest at this point?
There are regional rotation rules, and Russia vetoed every other possible location in the region
So Russia alone can influence the outcome to the point of making the entire conference a laughing stock. Seems like a pretty big fuck up to me.
The whole UN is like that; it functions as a forum to talk, not an effective place to set policy.
So, pointless in this effort then. Cool.