> the president of the United Nations climate conference, who is an oil executive in the United Arab Emirates
How does such an obvious case of the fox guarding the hen house come to be?
What a farce...
How does such an obvious case of the fox guarding the hen house come to be?
What a farce...
Happy to be a living hen.
What do we get next, China chairs the anti-slavery council? USA the social health council? Make Russia the head of the peace keepers?
90% of what the UN does is a farce.
But no, it's not a utopian organization, it's just the best we can do atm.
It is disappointing to see dismissive comments about the Conference of Parties.. do you really think that those representatives are aiming to be futile? or puppets? no
Yes. Hard yes. You're asking us to assume that an industry that has given us countless reasons to not trust it should be trusted, now, to act in our best interest.
Like tobacco companies getting involved in cancer research. If they ‘solve’ lung cancer in a way that doesn’t necessitate stopping smoking, the tobacco exec will make out like a bandit.
Similarly, if the oil exec figures out how to ‘solve’ the negative effects of climate change without affecting oil output… drill baby drill!
Just like lung cancer isn’t solved, but Philip Morris etc still throw money at the research.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/climate/cop28-aljaber-fos...