[✔️] Dec 10, 2023- Global Warming News Digest | COP28 cop-out, Kevin Anderson rant, Azerbaijan is next, Burning Man of Carbon Lobbyists, 2009 was 15 years ago

[Richard Pauli]

/*December 10*//*, 2023*/

/[ Business-as-usual at COP28 language exercises, but pollution reality 
remains untouched  ]/
*'Failure is not an option' - Al Jaber*
Fiona Harvey
Sultan Al Jaber, president of Cop28, made a last-ditch call for all 
countries to come together this afternoon in Dubai, to find common 
ground amid deep disagreements over the future of climate action.

Everyone would be listened to, he said, emphasising as he has done from 
the start that this must be an inclusive process. “Everyone’s experience 
and national circumstances have merit and will be taken in 
consideration. We will not ignore anyone. As I’ve said many times, we 
will not neglect any issue, we will not neglect or undermine or 
underestimate any of the views or the national circumstances of any 
region or any country. And I promise that they will all be heard,” he said.

That chimes with what we have been hearing from developing countries at 
this Cop, who have praised the presidency for listening to them...
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*Obstructing nations must cease 'subterfuge', says Mary Robinson*
Mary Robinson, chair of The Elders, has demanded that “nations 
obstructing a liveable future must abandon their subterfuge” as Cop28 
reaches its critical final days.

She called out Saudi Arabia and its allies, as well as naming the US, 
China, the EU and India, for hiding in the shadows. She urged the 
countries, and Cop28 president Sultan Al Jaber, to deliver the right 
legacy at Cop28, including an agreement to “phase out all fossil fuels”, 
seen as the critical test of success.

There was uproar at Cop28 a week ago when the Guardian revealed 
ill-tempered responses by Al Jaber to questions on a fossil fuel phase 
out from Robinson during an online event shortly before Cop28.

In comments sent first to the Guardian on Sunday, Robinson, a former UN 
envoy for climate change, said:

“Those at the negotiating table at Cop28 are steering the course of our 
shared future: their success or failure will resonate for generations. I 
fear Cop28 is falling short of what is required to stay within the 1.5C 
warming threshold. The science tells us we are in grave danger of 
bequeathing our children a completely unliveable world.

There are countries here with the capacity to ensure the outcome of this 
summit is historic for the right reasons. They need to lean in now with 
ambition and urgency. Cop28 presents an opportunity for leaders to be on 
the right side of history.

Nations obstructing a liveable future must abandon their subterfuge. The 
nations thwarting progress are those with the greatest stakes in fossil 
fuels but also the most plentiful resources to act. Saudi Arabia and 
allies are holding talks hostage. However it is not the only country 
hindering progress: the USA, China, the EU and India have been happy to 
hide in the shadows cast.

There is still time for these countries to step up with the courageous 
leadership required to tackle this existential threat. Governments must 
not leave this summit without an agreement to phase out all fossil fuels 
and this agreement must not be at the expense of other critical 
workstreams here. Cop28 will leave a legacy that those here in Dubai 
will be remembered for: I call on all [countries] and the Cop Presidency 
to make sure it is the right one.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2023/dec/10/cop28-live-focus-on-food-and-agriculture-as-climate-change-summit-continues

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/[ Distilled commentary on the failure  - small elite dominates - 
geo-engineering looms ]/
*Professor Kevin Anderson - #COP28 A Big Success... Just Not For You!*
Nick Breeze ClimateGenn
12-10-23 ClimateGenn #podcast  produced by Nick Breeze
In this climategenn episode recorded from COp28 in Dubai at the midway 
point between the 2 weeks, I speak with Professor Kevin Anderson about 
how the COP has failed humanity but actually is succeeding very well for 
the people running this colossal festival of carbon in the desert.

Link to Order my book COPOUT - How governments have failed the people on 
climate: https://amzn.to/487PMnI

We discuss unexpected voices arising here at COP28, from both the Global 
south and the Arctic Circle, calling for urgent research into 
geoengineering. They claim the negotiations to eliminate carbon 
pollution has failed and it is their human right to have all options 
available to them.

We also discuss how the IPCC has aligned itself with the heads of COP, 
which is essentially aligning itself with prolonged fossil fuel use way 
beyond the boundaries of safe climate.

This is a very desperate time when even the urgency required to tackle 
the root cause is being ignored in favour of prolonging the fossil age.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QyxH88pSag

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/[ Who? Where? Why?  We are captured ]/
*Oil-reliant Azerbaijan chosen to host Cop29 climate talks*
9/12/2023
Azerbaijan gets two-thirds of its revenue from oil and gas, one of the 
highest percentages of any country in the world
By Joe Lo
The Eastern European group of countries has chosen Baku, Azerbaijan to 
host next year’s Cop29 climate talks, according to two sources in the 
Cop28 meeting room where the decision was made.

Because of conflict in the region, the group took much longer than usual 
to come to a decision. On Thursday, Armenia dropped its opposition to 
Azerbaijan’s bid as part of peace talks between the two.

Russia blocked any European Union member from hosting, which scuppered a 
Bulgarian bid. Serbia, Moldova and Armenia were also in contention.

E3G negotiations analyst Tom Evans described it as an “unusual and 
unexpected” choice because Azerbaijan “doesn’t have a long track record 
of diplomacy at the [UN climate arm]”.

Azerbaijan gets two-thirds of its revenue from oil and gas, one of the 
highest percentages in the world and more than the Cop28 host – the 
United Arab Emirates...
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*Authoritarian regime*
The country has been ruled for 20 years by Ilham Aliyev, who took over 
as president from his father. According to Human Rights Watch, the 
government had at least 30 political dissidents in its prisons in 2022.

The campaign group said that restrictive laws continued to impede 
nongovernmental organizations from operating independently and that 
there are restrictions on media and systemic torture of prisoners.

The government has been keen in recent years to host high-profile 
international events, bringing the Europa League football final and 
Formula One Grand Prix to its capital Baku.

In 2020, Azerbaijan and its neighbour Armenia fought a six week war 
which killed thousands over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Last year, the government of Azerbaijan hired a British public relations 
firm to publicise their accusations that the government of Armenia had 
damaged the environment of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Experts told Climate Home News at the time that these claims were 
misleading, as the forests were depleted faster after Azerbaijan took 
charge, and that they had an “element of propaganda” to them.
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2023/12/09/oil-reliant-azerbaijan-chosen-to-host-cop29-climate-talks/

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/[ yes, it is another gathering in the desert -- like Burning Man with 
lobbyists ]/
*OPEC Leader Tells Members to Block Any Climate Summit Deal to Curb 
Fossil Fuels*
In a letter, the secretary general of the oil cartel called on countries 
in the group to “reject any text or formula that targets energy.”
By Lisa Friedman
Reporting from COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Published Dec. 8, 2023
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Senator Ed Markey, the Massachusetts Democrat who is arriving at COP28 
this weekend with a bipartisan group of House and Senate members, said 
he worried about the heavy concentration of fossil fuel lobbyists at the 
summit.

The Associated Press estimated that at least 1,300 fossil fuel 
lobbyists, a record, are in attendance, while a coalition of 
environmental groups examined registration records and put the number at 
more than 2,400. “Those lobbyists are determined to lock us into a 
fossil fueled path,” Mr. Markey said.

The oil cartel set up a pavilion at the summit for the first time this 
year, in a far corner of the grounds. Its space was no larger than a 
modest studio apartment, with a handful of chairs arranged for 
small-scale speaking events.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/climate/opec-cop28-climate-oil.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/climate/opec-cop28-climate-oil.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ek0.-lvu.IOqzvsuSdnMH&smid=url-share



/[The news archive - non-fiction of 15 years ago  ]/
/*December 10, 2009 */
December 10, 2009: Dr. James Hansen's book "Storms of My Grandchildren: 
The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to 
Save Humanity" is released.

http://youtu.be/naIXuP87bGI


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