Richard AshwellNov 15, 2024

UN climate talks 'no longer fit for purpose' say key experts

The United Nations' COP climate talks are "no longer fit for purpose" and need an urgent overhaul, key experts including a former UN secretary general and former UN #climate chief have said.

In a letter to the UN, senior figures say countries should not host the talks if they don’t support the phase out of fossil energy.

This week the Azerbaijani president told world leaders gathered in his country for #COP29 that natural gas was a “gift from God” and he shouldn’t be blamed for bringing it to market.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2lknel1xpo

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COP29: UN climate talks 'no longer fit for purpose' say experts

Call for change comes after host country Azerbaijan's president calls oil and gas a "gift of God".

Show threadGondorNov 15, 2024

@RichardAshwell Apparently it sadly never really was. 😒

edit: Graphic changed to the same but from the original source NOAA

Show thread🟥 Eveline Sulman 🇳🇱🇪🇺🇺🇦
@grootinside @RichardAshwell would it help if we didn't talk?
Nov 15, 2024 at 4:46pmWeb
Show threadGondorNov 15, 2024

@EvelineSulman @RichardAshwell It definitely would help if the talks would be followed by actions, don't you think?
But here we are. 😒

And now those talks are even hosted by the fossil(fuel)industry, not only sponsored.🤨
The COPs are only greenwashing PR in the current set up aka not binding govs to start ANY action/policies.