COP30: Climate protest in Brazil's city of Belem aims to hold governments' feet to the fire

Global Battle Royale at COP30 between Fossil Fuel Producers and Green Energy Advocates

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Fiona Harvey at The Guardian reports from the COP30 climate conference that a bloc comprising such countries as India, China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt and Bolivia (under its new right wing President Rodrigo Paz), calling themselves “like-minded developing countries,” are attempting to deep-six the pledge made at COP28 in Dubai to “transition away from fossil fuels.” They do not want any joint statement made at Bel…

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Image Credit: Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom/ABr on wikimedia commons. This November marks the first Conference of the Parties (COP) meeting since we learned the planet has likely already warmed beyond the 1.5-degree-Celsius post-industrial global heating threshold. That number represented a pledge made by the Paris Climate Agreement a decade ago, a benchmark to curb greenhouse gases in the hope of slowing the rise of the Earth’s temperature. COP, a g…

COP30: Fossil fuel profits vs. Indigenous people

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) opened in Belém, Brazil, on Nov. 10 to a storm of controversy and little hope that this annual gathering will be any different from those in past years. Over 50,000 delegates from 193 countries and the European Union registered to participate in w

China Is Now the World’s Climate Champion

Paul Hockenos The news out of COP30 does not engender much hope, but China’s embrace of renewable energy shows that climate protection makes smart economic sense. The post China Is Now the World’s Climate Champion appeared first on The Nation.

Climate Change on Trial

COP30, promoted as The COP of Truth, is now underway in Belem, Brazil. So many delegates are attending that cruise ships have been chartered to accommodate them. What would the UN be if it had not transformed itself into a global “climate protector”? Fighting an invisible enemy clearly has been a more lucrative gig for…

Climate rallies in Dublin and Belfast demand end to fossil fuels

Thousands gathered across Ireland to demand the United Nations Climate Change Conference, better known as COP30 (currently taking place in Belém, Brazil) takes decisive action. The Dublin rally was the main event, billed as the National Climate Demonstration, and organised by the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition (SCCC). Attendees included the Green Party, with party leader and Dublin West TD Roderic O’Gorman leading their bloc. After referencing the…