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"In retrospect, last year’s climate talks in Glasgow look like a dream.
International cooperation on methane emissions and deforestation.
Acknowledgement of the urgency of the task. The world beginning to rise to the
challenge, as it did to the pandemic.
A lot has changed in a year. This week’s COP27 climate conference in Egypt
comes amid war and disaster. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine saw fossil fuel
prices spike and old coal plants temporarily reopen, while renewed tensions
between the United States and China have cast a shadow over climate cooperation
between the world’s top two carbon emitters.
You might think nations could put their tensions aside when it comes to climate
change, which puts all of us – and our children – at risk. But so far, the
signs are not great. At Glasgow, all 193 nations involved agreed to increase
the ambition of their climate pledges. But on the eve of COP27, just over two
dozen had actually done so.
While territorial tensions risk taking our focus away from the existential
threat of climate change, there are positive signs such as a new rush to green
energy on security grounds."
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
