silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agoCop29 will be led by Azerbaijan’s ecology minister who is oil industry veteranwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down10
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-linkCop29 will be led by Azerbaijan’s ecology minister who is oil industry veteranwww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareblunderworld@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-21 year agoThey’re hosting a climate change conference in Azerbaijan? A country that’s mainly known for its oil production? Are the UN even trying to pretend they’re acting in our best interest at this point?
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoThere are regional rotation rules, and Russia vetoed every other possible location in the region
minus-squareblunderworld@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 year 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-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoThe whole UN is like that; it functions as a forum to talk, not an effective place to set policy.
They’re hosting a climate change conference in Azerbaijan? A country that’s mainly known for its oil production?
Are the UN even trying to pretend they’re acting in our best interest at this point?
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.