{"id":291754,"date":"2023-12-18T12:27:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T11:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=291754"},"modified":"2023-12-18T12:27:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T11:27:06","slug":"the-last-chance-saloon-is-still-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=291754","title":{"rendered":"The Last Chance Saloon Is Still\u00a0Open!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once again, courtesy of Josh and\u00a0Net Zero Watch<\/a>, let\u2019s take a look at all of the \u201clast chance to save the planet\u201d warnings, which have populated every COP:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Bali, 2007<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

`Bali could be the last chance to avoid
the worst effect of global warming\u2019 \u2013 New Zealand Herald, 3 December 2007<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Poznan, 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

`The world will \u201csuicide\u201d if it cannot
strike a strong climate pact soon\u2019.
`[The summit is] the world\u2019s last
chance to stop climate change before
it passes the point of no return\u2019 \u2013 The Age, 9 December 2008<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Copenhagen, 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

`Copenhagen summit is last chance
to save the planet\u2019 –  Lord Stern.
`Copenhagen Climate Talks are last
chance\u2019 –  Gordon Brown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cancun, 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

`Jairem Ramesh, the Indian environment
minister, sees [the meeting] as
the `last chance\u2019 for climate change
talks to succeed\u2019 \u2013 Daily Telegraph, 29 November 2010<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Durban, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

`\u2026the World Council of Churches
general secretary, Reverend Dr Olav
Fykse Tveit, called the United Nations
UNFCCC COP 17 meeting a \u201clast opportunity
for the international community
to be responsible in addressing
climate change\u201d.\u2019 \u2013 Christian Aid, 30 August 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Doha, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

`Tomorrow: the earth\u2019s last chance
with climate change?\u2019 \u2013 The Examiner, 25 November 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Warsaw, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

`Is the Warsaw Climate Change Conference
a last-chance summit? \u2026
this summit could represent a turning
point in the fight against global
warming.\u2019 \u2013 Sustainable Mobility, 14 November 2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lima, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

`Last chance: Change needed for climate
negotiations in Lima 2014\u2026A
repeat performance next year would
be disastrous, not just for the progress
of these negotiations, but more importantly
for vulnerable communities
everywhere and the natural world on
which we all depend\u2026\u2018 \u2013 WWF, 23 November 2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.Paris, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

`The next climate summit in Paris
(COP21) may be the \u201clast effective opportunity\u201d
to negotiate arrangements
that keep human-induced warming
`to a limit safe for humanity, while
protecting the poor and the vulnerable
from ongoing climate change
that gravely endangers their lives\u2019. \u2013 L\u2019Osservatore Romano, 29 April 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marrakesh, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

`Governments are drinking in the
\u201clast chance saloon\u2019 \u2013 Edie.net<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bonn, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

`The Bonn Conference may be our
last chance to get it right.\u2019 \u2013 Vice, 5 May 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Katowice, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

`Katowice offers last chance to limit
warming to 1.5\u00b0C; countries must revise
national plans at the upcoming
climate conference\u2019. \u2013 Down to Earth, 1 December 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Madrid, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

`UN climate change summit opens in
Madrid amid last chance warnings\u2019. \u2013 City AM, 2 December 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Glasgow, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018COP26 Glasgow: Climate summit is
world\u2019s \u201clast chance\u201c to aver disaster\u2019. \u2013 The National, 9 August<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018\u201cThis is our last chance\u201c: Biden urged
to act as climate agenda hangs by a
thread\u2018. \u2013 The Guardian, 18 October<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sharm, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018COP27 represents one of our last
chances to avert global catastrophe.\u2018 \u2013 The Observer, 30 October 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dubai, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COP28 is humanity\u2019s last clear chance
to avoid a climate catastrophe \u2013 UN
chief. \u2013 Cleantechnica, 25th November 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Once again, courtesy of Josh and\u00a0Net Zero Watch, let\u2019s take a look at all of the \u201clast chance to save the planet\u201d warnings, which have populated every COP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":291758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Once again, courtesy of Josh and\u00a0Net Zero Watch, let\u2019s take a look at all of the \u201clast chance to save the planet\u201d warnings, which have populated every COP","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691825433,691818056,691825432,691819574,691825431,691818562],"class_list":{"0":"post-291754","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-1-5c","9":"tag-climate-change","10":"tag-last-chance","11":"tag-save-the-planet","12":"tag-strong-climate-pact","13":"tag-wwf","15":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Last-Chance-resized-1.jpg?fit=1600%2C1000&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1dTI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":413217,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=413217","url_meta":{"origin":291754,"position":0},"title":"Worst COP Ever? \u2014 The Climate Realism Show\u00a0(Guest: Chris Martz) #182","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"14\/11\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"On Episode #182 of The Climate Realism Show, we\u2019ll break down what\u2019s really happening at COP30 and what it reveals about the people who want to control every aspect of our lives to \u201csave the planet.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In \"angry indigenous protesters\"","block_context":{"text":"angry indigenous protesters","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=angry-indigenous-protesters"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0Screenshot-2025-11-14-180245.png?fit=1200%2C669&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0Screenshot-2025-11-14-180245.png?fit=1200%2C669&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0Screenshot-2025-11-14-180245.png?fit=1200%2C669&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0Screenshot-2025-11-14-180245.png?fit=1200%2C669&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0Screenshot-2025-11-14-180245.png?fit=1200%2C669&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":352179,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=352179","url_meta":{"origin":291754,"position":1},"title":"COP 29: Climate cash freak out","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"24\/11\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"$250 billion is an \u201cinsult\u201d say climate campaigners at the big UN climate conference in Azerbaijan. 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