Climate Action Pretense at COP26
Joe Biden’s presence at COP26 was a photo opportunity giving the impression that he is fighting the climate crisis. But the U.S. and other governments continue carbon production while pretending [...]
2.4 Degrees Is a Disaster – But COP Won’t Stop It
World leaders know the consequences of 2.4 degrees global warming – but as COP26 draws to a close, it’s clearer than ever they won’t take the radical action needed to avoid disaster. [...]
COP26: Why Compromise Our Lives?
The UN climate treaty has forged an intimate partnership with the very corporations that have created the climate crisis, writes Vijay Prashad. By Vijay Prashad Published on the Tricontinental, [...]
China’s central bank rolls out new lending tool for carbon reduction
Published on CGTN, Nov 9, 2021 ____________________________________ The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the country’s central bank, said on Monday that it has rolled out a supporting [...]
Interview: Shifting blame onto China means West not taking own responsibilities seriously, says scholar
China has made remarkable progress on climate issues and will continue to do so, so the West’s shifting blame onto China just means they are not taking their own responsibilities seriously, [...]
‘A Crime Against Humanity’: The ‘Greenwash Festival’ Of COP26
(…) if you scour news reports from COP26 they yield a familiar litany of political rhetoric and weasel words: vows, pledges, promises, commitments, sign up, phase out, green investment, [...]
Carlos Martinez: US attempts to blame China for the climate crisis are hypocritical and ridiculous
Friends of Socialist China co-editor Carlos Martinez was interviewed by Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman on the Sputnik Radio show By Any Means Necessary on 02 November 2021. They discuss the [...]
‘Deeply unfair’ to blame climate crisis on India and China, campaigners say
“We in the rich world have built our economies by fuelling the climate crisis, reaping the benefits of carbon emissions while destroying the planet. This is fundamentally our problem to address, [...]
Reduction in carbon emissions must be carried out as quickly as possible – and above all by advanced economies
An earlier article, “COP26: Why Advanced Countries Must Proportionately Make By Far the Biggest Cuts in Carbon Emissions – Factual Briefing,” analysed the data produced by the Intergovernmental [...]
COP26: why advanced countries must proportionately make by far the biggest cuts in carbon emissions – factual briefing
The COP26 conference on climate change is discussing an issue which will profoundly affect every person on our planet. Climate change, together with nuclear war, is one of the two issues which [...]
