Futurology

Gave up on alphabetical order right at the end lol

And of course Sweden isn't on there. Fucking joke of a government we have right now.

Where's Germany? The damn Green party better step up!

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.

You've listed 24 countries but none of them are the UK which is in the title (as Britain). Something's off or someone else joined.

The mining oligarchs (Rinehart, Palmer and such) bet big on the conservatives winning power and undoing the energy transition Trump-fashion at the last election, and lost spectacularly. The conservatives are out of power, and it appears to be for a long time, so the chickens are coming home to roost. The government is by no means a radical one (regardless of what some of the more unhinged propaganda from the fossil-funded right says), though as the markets themselves are leaning towards renewables on economic grounds alone, they’re trying to balance this transition with keeping the economy stable. Hence officially promoting the transition and funding decarbonisation of energy whilst still approving coal mines.

remember when scott morrison brought in some coal and told everyone not to fear it? Ah, good times /s

edit: to parliament, i meant

Maybe, and? Do you believe it can change and/or has the right to change?

The conference's page does not try to pretend that it's all shiny and perfect right now. Quoting:

Hosting this summit in a major coal port, in the world’s fifth-largest coal producer, sends a powerful message: fossil-fuel-dependent nations want to end their dependence on oil, gas, and coal extraction, but doing so fairly requires unprecedented international cooperation so that no one is left behind.

To what are you replying to really? Does it say anywhere in the original article that the new conference is about the reduction of coal use but not mining? I haven't found any indications of that; instead, I see mentions that they want to reduce overall "coal dependency" and "coal extraction":

transitioning away from fossil fuel extraction
oil, gas, and coal extraction
global effort to phase out coal

https://fossilfueltreaty.org/first-international-conference

I think such a trivial thought has come to the organizers of this conference and it's well addressed.

That was supposed to be in regards to Australia? We don't use coal, but boy do we mine it.

We've thought that many times. But any time we reach the perceived limits, riskier or harder to get to sources just become economically viable to exploit.

meh. could have said the same thing before fracking.