| COP25 - an inauspicious start? 13:04 - Dec 2 with 326 views | WeWereZombies |
Top news item on the BBC, Al Jazerra and for El Pais:
https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/12/02/inenglish/1575275387_095475.html
But underneath the headlines it seems an uneven playing field -
'takes place at a time when there is a noticeable lack of international leadership in the fight against climate change. US President Donald Trump has taken the first steps to pull his country out of the Paris Agreement, China is not showing interest in making further cuts to its greenhouse gas emissions, Russia has yet to show the UN its own reduction program, and the EU member states haven’t agreed on the net-zero carbon dioxide emissions goal for 2050.'
'Brazil was originally going to host the COP25, but President Jair Bolsonaro withdrew the offer shortly after his election. And when Chile also announced it was canceling due to the scope of the protests against the Sebastián Piñera administration, the Netherlands offered to host the event — but only on condition that it would also hold the presidency. The Spanish government stepped up, and said it was happy to let Chile preside the conference.' |  |
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| COP25 - an inauspicious start? on 13:48 - Dec 2 with 284 views | Ryorry |
Shameful.
This is Sir David Attenborough's view. I think if he formed a political party with himself as leader and candidates in every UK constituency, he'd win by a landslide. As things are in reality though, I wish he'd at least endorse the Greens, but perhaps he feels it's better that he remains outside party politics in order to be seen as neutral worldwide -
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