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Cop 30

Never Here Keir is off again, attending another jolly, this time in Brazil where they built a 4 lane 8 mile highway, clearing a protected Amazon rain forest.Also enjoying the 12 day jamboree were 53 Heads of state and one Prince of Wales, but no representation from the USA, Russia, India, and China.Why do these world leaders who rightly care about our environment feel the need to travel all round the world visiting exotic places to talk to each other? At enormous cost and release of carbon emissions.Why can't they cut costs and time and use technology?It's called ZOOM.

Denis I. Fox ● 16d6 Comments

Looks like no agreement. However plenty of emissions from all the aircraft taking delegates there.

Nicholas Beard ● 3h

Also we are constantly told gas boilers should go, gas hobs should go, and we should purchase EV'S.

Nicholas Beard ● 13d

More gesture politics from the usual suspects.

Keith Iddon ● 14d

It does not matter that the Heads of State of India, China, USA and Russia will not be there. Our beloved Mayor Sadiq Khan will be there - hurrah, and the Mayor West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabbin (who?)

Sam Hearn ● 14d

It was not necessary to hold a summit, which required the clearing of part of the Amazon Rain Forest, particularly for a climate change summit. Just more mocking of the sheeple..

Michael Brown ● 14d

https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/04/09/negotiators-must-prepare-for-a-chaotic-cop-in-brazil?I don't think that Zoom or Teams (which I'm sure most people who are attending are already using) will quite match with the experience.  The first para of the Economist article above should be enough to bring them back down to earth.

Philippa Bond ● 16d