Guest essay by Eric Worrall
In the well established tradition of climate conferences, conference organisers claim COP26 will be yet another last chance to save the world.
Climate change: UK has ‘one shot’ at success at Glasgow COP26
If the Glasgow climate conference fails to deliver, it could mark the end of the global approach to tackling the problem.
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COP26 marks a critical moment for the UN in the long running effort to find a global solution to climate change.
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In December, there was widespread dismay after countries failed to agree on more ambitious steps at the Madrid conference of the parties known as COP25.
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Underpinning the lack of progress in Madrid was the huge gap between big emitters such as Brazil, Australia, India, China and US and an alliance of countries wanting to go much faster including the European Union, small island states and vulnerable nations.
Former UK minister Claire O’Neill has been tasked with presiding over COP26 and delivering an agreement acceptable to all.
Widely seen as knowledgeable and authoritative, Ms O’Neill says that Glasgow is the best, and perhaps last chance to make progress under the long drawn out UN process.
“I think we have one shot,” she said, speaking to the BBC at the end of the Madrid conference in December.
“I think if we don’t have a successful outcome next year people will legitimately look at us and say ‘what are you doing, is there a better way?'”
“I think we have this amazing opportunity to get the world together to talk about ambition but crucially to deliver it, and I guess I am really determined to do that.”
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51229604
Don’t greens ever get fed up with offering last chances? I mean, surely it is time to move on to “it is now too late”, so we no longer have to endure all the tiresome repetitive hype.
If the Glasgow climate conference fails to deliver
If? The SNP are famous for their failures, so the right people are in place.
Have you ever noticed the similraity between Nicola Sturgeon and “Wee Jimmy Krankie”? It’s unkannie…
What utter s#=t.
COP26 marks a critical moment for the UN in the long running effort to find a global solution to climate change. 😐
They will ask for billions, Greta will arrive by yacht, or be dropped of at a secret location in a helicopter, and they will speak the same old rubbish, eat fine foods, drink wine and champagne, then FLY to the next country they want to rob 😐
Don’t think that Glasgow goes in for fine food, fine wine and champagne – in fact those IPCC delegates will be slumming it a bit; but you can bet that motor mouth Nicola Sturgeon will use it as a platform for that other hardy perennial – Scottish Independence
“COP26 will be yet another last chance to save the world”
It will be yet another chance to save the UN bureaucracy although it’s way past time to get rid of it.
If COP proves a failure and spontaneous combustion becomes a near certainty; and given that Flash Gordan was purely a mythical character – we can all stop worrying about it and Greta can go back to learning her ABCs with what little time there is left.
of all the peoples that could REALLY make the COPcrowd feel very UNwelcome n desirous to go home Id say the Scots would be pretty close to the list toppers.
a few very blunt Scotsmen used to public speaking etc
pitty Jimmy Connelys not up to it anymore
This was ridiculed at WUWT 5 years ago, but they’re still at it.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/11/02/the-hilarious-legacy-of-last-chances-for-climate-exposed/
COP26 is where they book the tickets for COP27 .
If only I had a dollar for every time a Climate Scientologist thought this or that gathering of those scaredy cat pantywaists was our last chance to save the planet. Why, I’d be rich enough to buy a Lear Jet to take to a COP meeting. I could stay at a luxury 1st class hotel. Not that that’s what I’d do with my windfall, mind you. Just sayin that I could AFFORD toa. Hell, I might even buy a football team. Money… it’s a gas… share it fairly but keep your hands off of my stack.
Every time I hear “final chance” it reminds me of Henny Youngman’s famous line:
“My doctor told me I had six months to live. I couldn’t pay the bill so he gave me another six months.”
From the article: “Underpinning the lack of progress in Madrid was the huge gap between big emitters such as Brazil, Australia, India, China and US and an alliance of countries wanting to go much faster including the European Union, small island states and vulnerable nations.”
I think the bureaucrats at the EU are about the only ones seriously pushng this planetary CO2 control. The other big CO2 producers are not interested, and the small CO2 producers are only in it for any potential money they can get. And no doubt, there are a few zealots in every country. But there are inconsequential.
Losing Steam. When Germany goes broke trying to implement their exit from the use of CO2, then even the EU will give it up.
Even if you believe “The Science” as currently set forth by the alarmists, it is telling us that we are not in a danger zone when it comes to CO2. Just about every new estimate of CO2’s impact is lower than the last one. That’s why the IPCC lowered the “tipping point” from 2C down to 1.5C because the estimates are going lower, so they have to lower their official tipping point in order to keep up the fear level.
Eventually, even the dumbest people will understand that CO2 is a benign gas when it comes to human health, and that fossil fuels are essential to the future. We are getting closer to that point. That’s why these meetings are not making any headway.
Yes, “there is a better way “, Clare. Stop shoving this nonsense down our collective throats, acknowledge the inevitability of natural climate variability and work on common sense environmental practices and mitigation measures as they become necessary. You cannot “fight” climate change in the same way that you cannot “fight” solar activity.
The “fight” is to protect the gravy train. The same people are also queuing up to protect their investments in HS2 and Huawei.
If they only have “one shot” left, better make it single malt.
Will there also be a few “Glasgow Kisses” on offer?
“A headbutt. Within Glasgow itself the term ‘Gorbals kiss’ is often used, referring to the most dangerous area of Glasgow. It is hypothesised that within Gorbals it is known as a Crown Street kiss; and on Crown Street it is called a Number 73 kiss; and at Number 73 it is known as Steve’s kiss. Steve, however, calls it whatever the fxxx he wants to.”
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Glasgow%20kiss
I have heard it called an Aberdeen Handshake.
Ms O’Neill’s favorite phrase seems to be “I think” … she keeps repeating it.
Don’t greens ever get fed up with offering last chances?
Those Glaswegians are likely to be fed up, with all that decreases, their health benefits, like food electricity, and the annual haggis throwing contest.
Ever heard of Green puree , so let’s look forward to the Jocks -v -those green pussies.
They need to brew a special Scotch for the event. 97% proof!
I live on ‘the other side’ of Scotland, and am seriously depressed that this jamboree is coming to Glasgow.
Our political problems here are more complex than in the wider UK.
The SNP who still bang on about Scottish independence despite losing the relevant referendum, owe a debt to the Greens for political support in the Scottish Parliament.
So far we have lost our coal-fired power stations, and now face the closure of the two nuclear power stations as well . Soon we’ll be down to one gas plant and wind power.
COP26 will be in December, so the wailing and frothing over Brexit will be at its peak, and the SNP will be wanting to paint themselves as pro-EU planet saviours to their electoral base in the west of Scotland.
I fear that it will be a truly horrible time.
We recently had the XR fools here protesting outside a local investment manager’s office.
I spoke to a young chap, and had a civil discussion, but it was clear that he was utterly convinced about a
climate emergency’.
Nothing I said could dissuade him.
There are tens of thousands of such people coming here. The idea makes me shudder.
If there’s any climate-realist group planning to run something educational in Glasgow at the time, I’d be happy to volunteer.
[QUOTE FROM ARTICLE] Former UK minister Claire O’Neill has been tasked with presiding over COP26 and delivering an agreement acceptable to all.
Widely seen as knowledgeable and authoritative, Ms O’Neill says that Glasgow is the best, and perhaps last chance to make progress under the long drawn out UN process.
“I think we have one shot,” she said, speaking to the BBC at the end of the Madrid conference in December.
“I think if we don’t have a successful outcome next year people will legitimately look at us and say ‘what are you doing, is there a better way?’” [END QUOTE]
Yes, there is a better way. Stop holding global-warming meetings, and use the money to build sea walls around low-lying cities, if they are in danger. You might need some fossil fuels to run the earth-moving equipment.
But Ms. O’Neill and her fellow attendees would miss out on all that great Scotch whiskey.
It appears we have “crossed the line” so many times that we must be doomed by now. LMAO. This constant doom porn is so cartoonish that I can’t help but think of Bugs and Sam
Give them the Glasgow Kiss:
A headbutt. Within Glasgow itself the term ‘Gorbals kiss’ is often used, referring to the most dangerous area of Glasgow. It is hypothesised that within Gorbals it is known as a Crown Street kiss; and on Crown Street it is called a Number 73 kiss; and at Number 73 it is known as Steve’s kiss. Steve, however, calls it whatever the f*** he wants to.
Love ain’t like the movies
it blisters and bruises
and knocks you about with its fists
It Leaves you a wreckage
all postaged and packaged
and sealed with a Glasgow kiss
— Sealed With A Glasgow Kiss, Carter USM.
#glasgow#kiss#headbutt#head#butt#gorbals kiss#gorbals#scottish kiss
by J. Z. Knuckles June 24, 2006 https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Glasgow%20kiss
All they need to do for success is elect Greta as President right? She’ll tell them what to do.
30,000 delegates? Where are they all coming from? It’s an expensive business funding conference delegates. Since a huge proportion of the delegates come from Africa, I assume that they are not paying their own way. So….I assume that the UN are ramping up the African delegations just to get the numbers up to 30,000. And we are paying for it. How much do they get in expenses each day ($300? more?). I’d like to hear from some of these African delegates. How they are chosen. Where they stay while at the conferences. What it’s like each day, attending conference events.
Any chance of getting hold of info of this type?
Another UK General who commands their troops to “do better”, “suck it up” and “reduce CO₂”; followed by the commands “up and over” and “charge!”.
That is, global participants who refused to participate and kill their economies in COP25 will suddenly collapse their objections and will kill their economies?
Nah! Won’t happen.
Ms. Perry O’Neil brahs demands may cause many doors to shut in her face.
Transposed letters; Should be:
“Ms. Perry O’Neil brash”
Who pays for the EU’s €1tn green deal?
Tackling climate crisis is laudable, but the plan pushes the European Central Bank into a legal grey area
But much of that €1tn for the commission’s proposed green deal would be generated through financial-leverage effects. In 2020, the EU will formally allocate for such purposes only around €40bn, most of which is already included in the budget from previous years; arguably, only €7.5bn of additional funding under the plan would actually be new.
As with the previous commission’s 2015 Juncker plan, the trick, once again, will be to muster the lion’s share of the quoted sum through a shadow budget administered by the European Investment Bank (EIB). The commission, after all, is not allowed to incur debt; but the EU’s intergovernmental rescue and investment funds are
In essence, the EU is doing what the major banks did before the 2008 financial crisis, when they circumvented regulation by shifting part of their business to off-balance-sheet conduits and special-purpose vehicles. In the case of the EU, the guarantees offered by the commission and individual EU member states are sufficient for a high credit rating, and thus for the issuance of European debenture bonds. The funds generated will be used for public and private purposes, and sometimes even for public-private partnerships. But should the guarantees be called in one day, eurozone taxpayers will be the ones to foot the bill.
These planned shadow budgets are problematic, not only because they would allow the commission to circumvent a prohibition against borrowing, but also because they implicate the European Central Bank
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jan/23/who-pays-for-the-eus-1tn-green-deal
Timmermans kicks off debate over landmark EU ‘Climate Law’
The main objective of the new law will be to “discipline everyone, especially on the political side, to deliver on this promise” of climate neutrality by 2050, Timmermans said
The European Commission launched a public debate about the EU’s upcoming Climate Law on Tuesday (28 January), with a view to enshrining the bloc’s 2050 “climate neutrality” target into binding legislation before the UN climate conference in Glasgow later this year.
https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/timmermans-kicks-off-debate-over-landmark-eu-climate-law/