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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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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Mexico,UK and Australia have extensive fossil fuel resources/production. Though Australia is a global leader in solar policy that has permitted 0 electricity rates for a couple of hours per day. Mexico is extremely vulnerable to US oligarchist pressure, and UK is under direct US rulership. China should be part of the conference because it is the most economically capable of both delivering aid, and alternative energy production.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 0 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

China burns more coal than anyone else put together.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

There one of the minority of nations that are reducing emissions despite massive energy consumption growth

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

China manufactures more shit for us to consume than everyone else put together too, I'm pretty sure.

They're not exactly burning a bunch of coal in a vacuum.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

They're a full eighth of our entire species population and a massive manufacturing hub.

No.

Shit.