Shut. The. Fuck. Up. COP30 President: US Will Be "Central" To Solving Climate Collapse (Reality Notwithstanding)
The US will be “central” to solving the climate crisis despite Donald Trump’s withdrawal of government support and cash, the president of the next UN climate summit has said. André Corrêa do Lago, president-designate of the Cop30 summit for the host country, Brazil, hinted that businesses and other organisations in the US could play a constructive role without the White House.
“We have no idea of ignoring the US,” he told journalists on a call on Friday. “The US is a key country in this exercise. There is the US government, which will limit its participation [but] the US is a country with such amazing technology, amazing innovation – this is the US that can contribute. The US is a central country for these discussions and solutions.” Brazil has also vowed to hold an “ethical stocktake” aimed at examining climate justice issues, for poor and vulnerable people, and to give Indigenous people a key role at the talks.
Corrêa do Lago wrote to all UN countries on Monday, setting out Brazil’s expectations that all governments will draw up national plans for steep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions before the conference starts in Belém, a rainforest city at the mouth of the Amazon, in November.
Ed. - Huh. This sounds . . . vaguely familiar.
EDIT
Many investors and businesses were expressing an interest in Cop30, she added. “We need to ensure [country’s emission-cutting] plans are investable and implementable,” she said. “We have had some very, very positive engagement with investors so far. They know the transition [to a low-carbon economy] is inevitable, and are looking for places where investments can be made.”
Ed. - Oh, thank God!!!
EDIT
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/10/us-central-climate-fight-without-trump-cop30-president-andre-correa-do-lago
= new reply since forum marked as read
