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24 nations, incl. Australia, Britain, & The Netherlands will form a breakaway conference from the annual COP conference, without the petro-states, focused on permanently ending fossil fuel use. (futurology.today)

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The countries committed to permanently ending fossil fuel use now far outnumber those against. Their problem? Their chief organising conference, the 30-year-old COP conferences, comes with vetoes from the petro-states. This year, 1,600 fossil industry lobbyists attended, and they managed to get any mention of fossil fuels scrubbed from the final agreement.

This ridiculous state of affairs can't continue, and this is a classic move to break the deadlock. Sideline COP & the petrostates, by creating an alternative, they don't have power in.

The first ever International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels, scheduled for April 2026.

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

As a Canadian, I'd like to apologies that our cheap imitation of Texas is beholden to its American owners and this precludes our involvement. I'm sick and weary of so much concentrated stupid, and let me add my apology to the list for the embarrassment in our midst.

We're in a terrible spot right now, but we're counting on the local aborigines to pass up so.much.payola and block this new greasy pipeline, and it's 50-50.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

fuck, at this point I'm sick and wary of what they might do, not just weary of it

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

it's 50-50.

Haida Nation is not going to allow tankers on northern BC coast.

https://www.wcel.org/blog/support-oil-tanker-moratorium-act-has-history-its-side