“Where do we go from here? We need to start by agreeing that COP28, like other COPs, was a complete failure…. We’ve been doing this for 30 years now.”
“The problem is power…. extractive colonialist capitalism.” (Peter Kalmus, 2023)
Two years ago, climate scientist and uber-alarmist Peter Kalmus lashed out at the outcome of the United Nations’ annual climate conference. COP Out: Wrapping Up a Useless Climate Summit That Should Fool Nobody” is a suitable view for how little was accomplished then–and how the climate movement has spiraled backward in the face of energy and political realities.
Given the growing disparity between means and ends, and just a lot of political waste to show for it, is it time to dissolve the UN IPCC processes? Time for the climate alarmists to admit that the cure is worse for social justice, the living space, and freedom than the “problem” of global greening from carbon dioxide (CO2) enrichment?…
“… has the entire ‘Climate Change’ and Net Zero agendas now moved far away from true environmentalism? And has it forgotten the true sustainability principles of ‘People, Planet and Profit’ to become primarily focussed on one ‘P’ (profit)?” ( – Adrian Hayes, below)
The transparent failure last month of COP30 has been acknowledged by the realists and downplayed by the hangers-on and funding-needy NGOs. Despite the futile, wasteful cause, plans for COP31 have begun.
But realism has become mainstream. And hard questions are being asked. Consider this from Adrian Hayes:
Trigger warning! I’ve spoken at a COP conference two years ago (COP28) and know there’s a lot of good stuff, and developing technology, that takes place on the fringes. But as COP30 finished last week in Brazil, it yet again caused an accusation of hypocrisy.…
“The time has come to ‘drill, baby, drill’ – responsibly, strategically and to meet the energy needs of hundreds of millions of Africans who still live in darkness.” (- African Energy Chamber, below)
The recently concluded G20 Summit in Johannesburg barely mentioned climate change, just another victory for energy and climate realism in a world valuing affordability. But what was notable was the following memorandum from the African Energy Chamber (AEC) with the press release:
Ahead of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, the African Energy Chamber calls for renewed global investment in African oil and gas to drive industrialization, energy access and regional prosperity.
The 970-word memorandum, “Africa G20 Declaration: Let African Fossil Fuels Power Our Industrial Future,” follows:
As the G20 convenes in Johannesburg, the African Energy Chamber (AEC) calls for a fundamental reorientation of global energy policy – one that places African fossil fuels at the center of energy security, industrial growth and poverty alleviation.…