@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 6 months agoCop29 will be led by Azerbaijan’s ecology minister who is oil industry veteranwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down10
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minus-square@[email protected]OPMlinkfedilink13•6 months agoThere are regional rotation rules, and Russia vetoed every other possible location in the region
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-26 months agoSo Russia alone can influence the outcome to the point of making the entire conference a laughing stock. Seems like a pretty big fuck up to me.
minus-square@[email protected]OPMlinkfedilink8•6 months agoThe whole UN is like that; it functions as a forum to talk, not an effective place to set policy.
There are regional rotation rules, and Russia vetoed every other possible location in the region
So Russia alone can influence the outcome to the point of making the entire conference a laughing stock. Seems like a pretty big fuck up to me.
The whole UN is like that; it functions as a forum to talk, not an effective place to set policy.
So, pointless in this effort then. Cool.