https://archive.ph/MM3Dq
"This week, tens of thousands of diplomats, activists, and world leaders are
gathering in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for the annual United Nations climate
summit, known as COP27. They’re meeting to discuss the ongoing implementation
of the Paris Agreement, the global climate treaty that was finalized in 2015.
The key issue is likely to be the pact’s “loss and damage”
provisions—diplomatic shorthand for whether rich countries, which have emitted
the bulk of carbon pollution into the atmosphere, should reimburse poor
countries facing climate-change-intensified disasters. It’s one of the most
controversial issues at the climate talks, and negotiators have kicked it down
the road at each of the past handful of UN negotiations.
But the talks will also refocus attention on the Paris Agreement more broadly,
and the international process that it jump-started seven years ago. The treaty,
which is voluntary and nonbinding, has never been particularly revered: Many
climate activists believe it doesn’t go far enough—its text doesn’t even
mention fossil fuels, which cause climate change, by name—while
climate-change-doubting politicians have demonized it. Yet its apparent
mediocrity has hidden an important story that has played out slowly over the
past few years. The Paris Agreement process seems to be working … at least for
now."
Via
Future Crunch issue 191:
https://futurecrunch.com/
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
