DoomsdaysCW<p>A ‘Cop of peace’? How can <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a>-trashing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Azerbaijan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Azerbaijan</span></a> possibly host that?</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> is just as much about protecting human rights as it is about protecting the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a>. You cannot claim to care about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateJustice</span></a> if you ignore the sufferings of oppressed and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/colonised" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonised</span></a> people today. We cannot pick and choose whose human rights to care for, and who to leave behind. Climate justice means justice, safety and freedom for everyone."</p><p>by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GretaThunberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GretaThunberg</span></a>, November 11, 2024</p><p>"Cop meetings have proven to be <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greenwashing</span></a> conferences that legitimise countries’ failures to ensure a livable world and future and have also allowed authoritarian regimes like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Azerbaijan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Azerbaijan</span></a> and the two previous hosts – the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnitedArabEmirates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedArabEmirates</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Egypt</span></a> – to continue violating human rights.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocides</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecocides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecocides</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/famines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>famines</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wars</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a>, rising inequalities and an escalating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCollapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCollapse</span></a> are all interconnected crises that reinforce each other and lead to unimaginable suffering. While <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanitarian</span></a> crises are unfolding in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yemen</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Afghanistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Afghanistan</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sudan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sudan</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congo</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kurdistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kurdistan</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lebanon</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Balochistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Balochistan</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NagornoKarabakh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NagornoKarabakh</span></a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Artsakh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Artsakh</span></a>, and many, many other places, humanity is also breaching the 1.5C <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenhouseGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenhouseGas</span></a> emissions limit, with no signs of real reductions in sight. </p><p>"Instead, the opposite is taking place – last year, global emissions reached an all-time high. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Heat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heat</span></a> records have been shattered, and this year is 'virtually certain' to be the hottest year ever recorded, with unprecedented <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a> events pushing the planet further into uncharted territory. The destabilisation of the biosphere and the natural <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> we depend on to survive is leading to untold human suffering and further accelerating the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassExtinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassExtinction</span></a> of flora and fauna."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/11/greta-thunberg-cop29-authoritarian-human-rights-azerbaijan-greenwashing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2024/nov/11/greta-thunberg-cop29-authoritarian-human-rights-azerbaijan-greenwashing</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/wip/M0xcU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/wip/M0xcU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/COP29" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COP29</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsAreNeverWrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRightsAreNeverWrong</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PetroState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PetroState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MotherEarth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LivingBiosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LivingBiosphere</span></a></p>