In the context of explaining my transition into ecological research, I am regularly facing questions / comments from both scientists and non-scientists, as to whether engaging in scientific research aiming at understanding the ecological or climate crises we are facing is (still) an effective and timely thing to do to address these crises. This post attempts to […]
@Francois It seems to me that the research questions that would be the most effective against the #ClimateEmergency would be empirical models of the decision-making of corporations, governments, banks, international institutions especially at concrete events such as #COP29, and modelling of how the decisions could in reality be rational, transparent, evidence-based, participatory. Not just hypothetical "if we had a revolution" models.
People like @OliverEscobar do research in that direction.
He sounds nice. I can sense another consensus coming up #COP29#ExtinctionProfiteers#LateStageHumanity
Azerbaijan president: COP29 won’t stop us investing in ‘god-given’ gas
President Ilham Aliyev used a Berlin climate speech to push for major foreign investments to boost its natural gas exports to Europe.
Dear #COP29, it’s time to put women-led climate solutions on the agenda
"In order for companies to execute sustainable #climate strategies #women need to be equally represented and funded – from corporate leadership roles to frontline community projects. It’s basic math. It’s the right thing to do. And it’s one of the most glaring and problematic oversights of our time.
We're calling on the #COP29 President to remove the host's state oil boss from the organising committee of this year's UN climate conference, COP29. - https://act.350.org/sign/open-letter-cop29/ look what happened last time we did that: nothing of value came out of it...
Open Letter to UN Climate conference #COP29 President arguing that Azerbaijan’s state oil company should not have a seat on the climate conference organizing committee!
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Stop Big Oil Influence & Protect Human Rights at Azerbaijan Climate Summit, Over 150 Organizations Demand
COP28 President Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber used to work for the host state's oil company, but said ahead of the meeting they were turning in a green direction... then delivered a lame & indecisive COP:
COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev used to work for the host state's oil company, but said ahead of the meeting they were turning in a green direction...
If you wanted a good argument for why #FossilFuels firms cannot be at the centre of our response to #climatechange, then this might be it:
“There is overwhelming evidence the oil & gas industry has been misleading the public & regulators around the climate risks of their product for 70 years. Trusting them to be part of the solutions is foolhardy...”!
No wonder they are now seeking to disrupt the COP meetings....
L’#Azerbaïdjan ne nomme aucune femme au comité climatique de la Cop29, composé de 28 membres.
La décision a été qualifiée de « régressive » par le groupe " She Changes Climate", qui a déclaré que « le changement climatique affecte le monde entier, et non la moitié ». En revanche, 63 % des membres du comité d’organisation du sommet climatique Cop28, qui s’est tenu le mois dernier aux Émirats arabes unis, étaient des femmes.
Wir blicken auf den Gastgeber des kommenden #COP - Viele waren ohnehin schon besorgt wegen der Eigeninteressen von #Aserbaidschan als Erdölförderland. Nun gibt es einen weiteren Skandal: Keine einzige Frau ist im Vorbereitungskommitte der Konferenz vertreten. Dort gibt es derzeit nur Minister und Beamte. Würg
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After the #fossilfuels friendly #COP28 was engineered to be short on firm commitments & long on pious #oil industry-friendly 'aspirations'... the news that #COP29 in #Baku will be chaired by (another) oil industry veteran, should finally put paid to the idea that we can expect a radical & accelerated #greentransition through this process.
Time ran out a while back to follow the oil industry's gradualism - our political generation is just fiddling while the planet burns!
#COP: #Baku will Ex-Vertreter von staatlichem Ölkonzern für Vorsitz
Zum zweiten Mal in Folge findet heuer eine UNO-#Klimakonferenz unter dem Vorsitz eines Vertreters der #Ölindustrie statt. #Aserbaidschan nominierte seinen Umweltminister und ehemals ranghohen Mitarbeiter des staatlichen Energiekonzerns #Socar, Muchtar Babajew, zum Präsidenten der im November in Baku stattfindenden #COP29, wie ein Ministeriumsvertreter heute mitteilte.