I know a lot of ppl at #COP28. But the thing is, the majority of them aren’t scientists or legislators. They’re also not working on #ClimateChange issues personally.
I can’t help but wonder if the UN #climate summits have become more of an annual festival than a productive dialogue.
According to The Washington Post, there are a record 84,000 attendees in Dubai this year due to “a large influx of business executives & lobbyists.”
Condalmo.
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •It seems to be more and more a #Greenwashing annual fair for rich kids toys, too, regarding there had been a panel named "responsible yachting"🤡
No, the #cop28 is obviously not the place, where the real problems of the ones with less money and most affected from #ClimateEmergency are taken serious.
#EatTheRich
Bill Tschumy
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •I think most international conferences develop the same problems, then it becomes a argument between ‘this is a sign of wider engagement and is good’ vs ‘this is the process being derailed by hangers-on and is bad’
Thinking of past UN conferences on poverty attended by thousands at very nice hotels …
Paul Turnbull :CApride:
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •"Majority......aren’t scientists"
That's ridiculous, considering.
However, the main focus of #COP28 is #money
And those with the money often lie about the science, if the #science doesn't align with their monetary agendas. And or only focus on a narrow bandwidth of scientific knowledge (confirmation bias)
Only the people who generally are honest are aware of just how many adults lie. They also lie to cover up their lies by calling honest people liars
That's why I value #science
_noelamac_
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