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"Australia’s deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has mocked the British chair
of the UN climate summit for becoming emotional about the watering down of
language on coal, and for attempting to “shut down industries in other people’s
countries”.
With the Australian government under pressure for first agreeing to a
communique that flagged reviewing the current 2030 target before the Cop27 in
Egypt – only to rule that same prospect out a few hours later – Barnaby Joyce
on Monday went on the political offensive.
Joyce, the leader of the junior party in Australia’s Coalition government,
ridiculed Alok Sharma, the UK cabinet minister who chaired Cop26 in Glasgow,
for telling vulnerable nations on Saturday he was “deeply sorry” for the way
the process had unfolded.
One of the biggest disagreements in the final hours of Cop26 was over the
wording of an intention to abandon coal, which was watered down from a
“phase-out” to a “phase-down” at the urging of India and China.
Joyce told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Monday the Australian
government had done a “great job” to protect coalminers’ jobs before proceeding
to mock Sharma."
Via Glyn Moody, who wrote "my appreciation of sharma has just increased
substantially if this joker is mocking him for trying to address #climatecrisis
#COP26"
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
