Bread and Circuses

Isn’t this exciting? The United Nations has announced it will hold a climate summit later this year, gathering all the nations of the world to have discussions and make plans for taking on the fight against global warming!!

Except — they’ve done this before, 27 times before in fact, every single year since 1995. And nothing has changed.

But *maybe* this time it will be different. Because COP28 is being held in Dubai, and the president of this year’s conference is Sultan al-Jaber, chief executive of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), one of the world’s largest oil and gas firms.

So, do you think his company will take the lead and show the way to a carbon-free future?

No, I guess not…
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UAE oil giant ADNOC — run by the president of the COP28 climate conference — is expected to spend more than $1 billion every month this decade on fossil fuels, according to new analysis by international NGO Global Witness.

This is nearly seven times higher than its commitment to decarbonization projects over the same timeframe, the research says. It comes ahead of the COP28 climate summit, with Dubai set to host the U.N.’s annual conference from Nov. 30 through to Dec. 12.

Global Witness’ analysis found that ADNOC is planning to spend an average of $1.14 billion a month on oil and gas production alone between now and 2030 — the same year in which the U.N. says the world must cut emissions by 45% to avoid global catastrophe.

It means that ADNOC is forecast to spend nearly seven times more on fossil fuels through to 2030 than it does on “low-carbon solution” projects.

By 2050, the year in which the U.N. says the entire world economy must achieve net-zero emissions, ADNOC is projected to have invested $387 billion in oil and gas. The burning of fossil fuels is the chief driver of the climate emergency.
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FULL ARTICLE -- https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/04/cop28-adnoc-to-spend-over-1-billion-a-month-on-oil-and-gas-for-years-global-witness-says.html

#COP28 #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual

Sep 5, 2023 at 12:15pmWeb
Show threadTarhSep 5, 2023
@breadandcircuses I bet that the oil companies will lobby for Stratospheric aerosol injection as the only solution, it's a win-win solution for them, they can keep selling oil and will also sell the aerosols
Show threadtsungiSep 5, 2023
@Tarh @ sounds silly but sadly true
Show threadDave VolekSep 5, 2023

@breadandcircuses
Yep, we need a new democracy!

#tiereddemocraticgovernance

Show threadMark@RCR 🌀Sep 5, 2023
@breadandcircuses Not forgetting Coca Cola’s sponsorship last year… “Plastics campaigners call it ‘astounding’ that multinational they say is world’s top polluter has sponsored key UN climate meeting” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/04/cop27-climate-summit-sponsorship-polluter-coca-cola-condemned-as-greenwash #greenwashing #climate #COP27
Cop27 climate summit’s sponsorship by Coca-Cola condemned as ‘greenwash’

Plastics campaigners call it ‘astounding’ that multinational they say is world’s top polluter has sponsored key UN climate meeting

The Guardian
Show threadZeke 🇨🇦Sep 5, 2023
@sco7sbhoy @breadandcircuses The Cop gathering is simply a business opportunity
Show threadGiles GoatSep 5, 2023
@breadandcircuses .. and there's been times in the past where some said "the future will be better" and "technology will make everything nicer and will save us" .. now it's more like "the future will be Mad Max style" and "technology will make it dystopian a la' Blade Runner" .. this is the future that we are going to be.
Show threadRobCorneliusSep 5, 2023

@gilesgoat @breadandcircuses someone once said you get the future you believe in. Cyberpunk sci fi ruined the future for all of us. William Gibson wrote a short story called The Gernsback (sp) Continuum about it

I want my flying car!

Show threadcowvinSep 5, 2023
@breadandcircuses They should hold it in Dubai in a non air conditioned facility during the summer.
Show threadTobiWanKenobiSep 5, 2023

@breadandcircuses

For all probability, we're most likely watching the slow but steady endgame right now.
And while most of us can sadly do little to change the inevitable, unless we gather into big groups (which doesn't seem likely at the current point in time), it's kind of ridiculous how those, who have to lose the most as they hoard all the money, power, and property, are the ones fueling the demise of their own special status like there's no tomorrow. Stupidity at its peak.

Sometimes I really wake up in the morning, look at the news, and believe that I ended up in the dumbest timeline possible. 😞

Show threadPeterD 🇩🇪 🇨🇦Sep 5, 2023
@breadandcircuses The wonderful world of "rich" and "entitled" humans???!!!!
Show threadwaysideollieSep 6, 2023
@breadandcircuses how can a climate summit be taken seriously when they're all taking private jets, and stressing the ecosystem they converge upon. Actions speak louder than words. #climatechange #cop28
Show threadCynBlogger ❌👑Sep 8, 2023

@breadandcircuses

#ClimateCrisis

People are literally dying every single damn day directly related to #climate.
We’re already experiencing the Sixth Mass Extinction event, worse than it’s ever been before.
We know the causes.
We know the solutions.
GREED. DENIAL. INERTIA —-> COMBINING TO KILL EVERYTHING.