UN Climate Conference Fails to
Humanize Natural or Social Environment
Program of Climate Crisis Profiteering and Pay-the-Rich Schemes
Montreal action, November 6, 2021, one of some
300 actions held for Global Day of Action for
Climate Justice.
The UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties
(COP26) held in Glasgow from October 31 to
November 13 adopted the slogan "uniting the world
to tackle climate change." The comments and
commitments of various leaders about what they are
willing to do set the orientation for the rest of
the proceedings where negotiators worked out
agreements and decisions announced at the end of
the Summit.
The Opening Ceremonies on November 1 were
revealing as regards the agenda of the rich and
powerful countries which dominate the climate
change narrative. Talk centred on the urgency of
the situation and the need for every participating
and non-participating country to reduce carbon
emissions, increase carbon capture and develop
renewable sources of energy to prevent the world's
temperature increase exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius
by 2030. There was also a lot of talk about the
"developed countries" fulfilling their commitment
to fund the "developing countries."
It is well known that the standard of living and
excesses of the so-called developed countries are
acquired on the basis of their super-exploitation
of the countries called under-developed. The
official narrative covers up the reality of the
relations which exist between humans and humans
and humans and nature. All of it is to perpetrate
the historical fraud that the gods of plague will
sort out the problems facing humanity. The claims
of humankind were expressed at the Glasgow Summit
by the peoples themselves in their mass
demonstrations and protests which took place every
day during COP26.
According to media reports, the main message of
COP26 was not in what various "leaders" "are
willing to do," but in "how it is to be done." It
quickly became apparent, however, that whatever
measures are taken in the name of addressing the
climate crisis, they will not entail the
mobilization of the human and natural resources of
each country in a manner that puts the needs of
the peoples in first place, beginning with their
need to take the decisions which affect their
lives. Governments representing the interests of
the oligopolies were in their service to make
super profits from "greening the economy." That
was the bottom line. They put forward a clear
framework: "the private sector" must unite to do
the job that they have declared the "public
sector" cannot do. It served to cloud the fact
that the public sector has been taken over by the
private sector in a world marked by the
politicization of private interests.
COP26 will stand as a big internationally
coordinated fraud to push schemes to pay the rich,
both the corporations positioned to seize the day
and the financiers who will reap the interest
payments on funding the new "green economy" while
exercising control over who will or will not be
allowed entry into the projects they finance.
The opening ceremonies of COP26 revealed that the
slogan "Uniting the world to tackle climate
change" is rooted in excluding the peoples who
will pay the price from not having a say on the
matter. They will pay in various forms -- interest
on financing, whether it is funneled through
governments or through supranational bodies, and
increased costs for goods and services plus the
results of the damage being done to the
environment. The peoples are nonetheless refusing
to be reduced to spectators. They oppose the
shameless patronizing and condescending references
and homages to the courage and determination of
the youth in demanding climate crisis action. What
the youth are demanding is their right to decide,
their right to have a say and a bright future
built by the peoples of the world in their favour.
The performance of Canada's Prime Minister was a
prime example of someone incapable of feeling
shame. He declared to the world's youth -- "your
leaders are listening." This served to reinforce
the unacceptable state of affairs where there are
those who govern and those who are governed and
must submit to whatever is done in their name.
According to Trudeau, those who do not accept this
dictatorship are extremist voices which pose the
main danger to the security of the world at this
time.
COP26 was a concentrated expression of the
ongoing politicization of private interests and
destruction of national sovereign governance. On
November 1, Trudeau announced that Canada will cap
oil and gas emissions. He did so without the
Canadian Parliament having deliberated on the
matter, let alone approving it and nor have the
legislatures of Quebec, the provinces and
territories. It is sufficient, we are told, that
capping oil and gas emissions was mentioned in the
2021 Liberal election platform. According to the
logic of the rulers, foreign policy is a
prerogative power in the hands of the executive
level of government and, since these decisions are
taken in international conferences, this permits
the government to impose them without discussion.
Clearly, the peoples must discuss among their
peers and establish their own, independent
political positions -- positions which unite the
people to make way for democratic renewal.
Who Decides? We Decide!
Whose Resources? Our Resources!
Whose Future? Our Future!
Who Are the Builders? We Are the Builders!
All Out to Humanize the Social and Natural
Environment
by Defending the Rights of All!
This article was published in
Volume 51 Number 12 - December 12, 2021
Article Link:
https://cpcml.ca/Tmlm2021/Articles/M510128.HTM
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