Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Despite the overall failure to achieve their stated goals, the now concluded Bangkok climate conference actually made some progress – they all agreed to jointly attack the USA for not providing all the climate cash and free technology transfers demanded by delegates.
Meet fails to agree climate change rules
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Espinosa [UNFCCC Executive Secretary] said there was “limited progress” on the issue of contributions from developed nations to developing countries, adding that she is “hopeful” that future discussions will be productive because of the importance of the issue.
“On the core issues of forward-looking climate finance and the degree of flexibility developing countries should be given on the information and reporting requirements for national commitments under the Paris Agreement, negotiators were stalemated in Bangkok,” said a statement from Alden Meyer, director of strategy and policy for the Union of Concerned Scientists, a US-based activist group.
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But he said wealthy and developed countries “led by the United States and including countries such as Australia, Japan and even the European Union” refused to clearly show “how much money they are going to provide and how that is going to be counted”.
Activists were critical of Washington’s lobbying at the meeting, especially because President Donald Trump has announced plans to have the US withdraw from the Paris pact, which had been heavily promoted by his predecessor, Barack Obama.
“The US has announced its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement but still negotiates as if it is a party, weakening international co-operation by not contributing to finance and technology transfer to developing countries,” Meena Raman, legal adviser at Third World Network, said in an emailed statement.
Read more: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/meet-fails-to-agree-climate-change-rules
Imagine how different everything would have been if President Trump had lost the election. Climate delegates would be awash with US tax dollars, talking up all their plans to save the world with a deluge of US money, after of course they had all deducted their administration fees.
You hit the nail on the head there. Their main concern is to be able to carry on having more meetings.
The person complaining about the US still negotiating while not agreeing to pay up should be careful what they wish for: They would be complaining even louder if the US didn’t bother to turn up at all and other nations started to do likewise.
“…progress was made on most issues but nothing was finalised.”
I know what they mean. I knew I needed to cut the grass, and got the lawnmower out, and there it sits.
Still, progress!
I know that you mean. I knew I needed to cut the grass, and demanded my neighbor buy me a lawnmower. My neighbor gave me a one finger salute but still progress! 😉
What do we want?
MONEY!
When do we want it?
NOW!
How much do you want?
How much do you have?
Let them eat cake!
You’ll notice they never hold their conferences in Murmansk.
Correction: So-called “developing nations” would not be awash in U. S. taxpayer dollars in any circumstances. They may be awash in U. S. federal reserve imaginary magic money that the federal reserve magically conjured out of their magic hole in the air to then be borrowed by the U. S. Treasury so it be used as pretend money with which to “gift” the bandits in the United Nations so they could then be a part of the pretense that all was now right with the world now that everyone, developing nations included, can pretend to be rich on pretend money. Money laundering is considered a crime but there appear to be exceptions to all rules.
Progressive fingers are very very sticky.
They probably had difficulties convincing the locals since they were knitting blankets for elephants this past winter…. no, I’m not joking.
Since Barack Obama negotiated that deal with John Kerry negotiating for the US, I think the 2 should, personally, undertake to provide the funds they promised to other countries without consulting congress on the matter, as required by all treaties.
If they want free stuff, I have some beads and trinkets left over from American Meteorological Society trade shows. If they ask me really nicely I’ll hand them over, but they pay postage.
I got a few pockets worth of lint I could pass along. All-natural fibers and barely used!
Mr. Alden Meyer, from the UCS website: “Mr. Meyer received his undergraduate degree from Yale in 1975, concentrating in political science and economics. He received a master’s degree in human resource and organization development from American University in 1990.”
There’s the guy we can trust with the educational chops to give us the straight skinny on the science of climate.
Skilled in political science and human resources. Yup, that’s the basis of consensus climatology alright.
At least they finally gave that poor elephant the night off.