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From Science Matters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Overview from CFR. COP29 Summit in Baku: What to Expect  <\/a><\/strong>Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Negotiators from across the globe will gather in Baku, Azerbaijan, for the twenty-ninth annual UN climate change conference on November 11. COP29 marks the midpoint of the \u201cCOP Presidencies Troika,\u201d<\/strong> a collaborative effort between the United Arab Emirates (UAE, host to COP28) and Brazil (host to COP30 in 2025) aimed at accelerating progress toward the 1.5\u00b0C goal.<\/strong> Unlike COP28 in Dubai last year, which hosted a record hundred thousand attendees, COP29 will be smaller<\/strong>, with Baku expected to host around fifty thousand participants. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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The selection of Azerbaijan as the host country has raised concerns<\/strong> about the credibility and integrity of the COP process. COP29 marks the third time a significant fossil fuel-producing country has hosted the conference, and the second time in two years. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has announced plans to increase gas production in part to satisfy European Union (EU) demands and referred to the country\u2019s oil and gas reserves as \u201ca gift from God<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s on the Agenda\u2013Three Pledges Are Proposed<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Reducing emissions and increasing green energy.<\/em> <\/strong>The presidency has put forward a series of commitments for investing in renewable energy,<\/strong> such as a Global Energy Storage and Grids Pledge, which aims to enhance energy infrastructure and storage capabilities worldwide, an ambitious Hydrogen Declaration,<\/strong> and a Declaration on Reducing Methane from Organic Waste.<\/strong> With the Green Digital Action Declaration, COP29 leadership seeks to reduce emissions in the information and communication sectors. The agenda, however, makes no direct mention<\/a> of a transition from fossil fuels.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building climate resilience. <\/em><\/strong>The COP presidency has put forth a climate initiative for farmers<\/strong> and a declaration calling for integrated approaches to combating climate threats to water basins and ecosystems.<\/strong> Additionally, Baku aims to present the Initiative on Human Development<\/strong> for Climate Resilience, which focuses on education, skills, health, and well-being, and the COP29 Multisectoral Actions Pathways (MAP) Declaration that aims to enhance urban climate resilience.<\/strong>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New climate finance targets. <\/em><\/strong>Nations are expected to replace the previous $100 billion annual<\/strong> commitment to developing countries from the 2009 Copenhagen Accord. The new target, known as the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG),<\/strong> will be under discussion at November\u2019s COP and is intended to take effect from 2025 onwards<\/strong>. A 2022 report<\/a> <\/strong>[PDF] by the Independent High-level Expert Group on Climate Finance found that developing countries need around $1 trillion per year by 2025, and $2.4 trillion by 2030 to meet their climate finance needs.  <\/strong>Among the most contentious issues<\/strong> that remain are how much money developed nations will provide, and who should provide climate finance. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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My Comments<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Since there is a big push on climate funding, maybe they could get to the bottom of this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maybe donors are put off by no one knowing who gets the money and for what it is spent.\u00a0 And while they are investigating, how about understanding Energy Return on Investment (EROI): you know, the notion that an energy project is worth doing if the energy produced is greater than energy spent. The windmills in the logo at the top reminded me of this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why a COP Briefing?<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Actually, climate hysteria is like a seasonal sickness.  Each year a contagion of anxiety and fear is created by disinformation going viral in both legacy and social media in the run up to the annual autumnal COP.  Since the climatists have put themselves at the controls of the formidable US federal government, we can expect the public will be hugely hosed with alarms over the next few weeks.  Before the distress signals go full tilt, individuals need to inoculate themselves against the false claims, in order to build some herd immunity against the nonsense the media will promulgate. This post is offered as a means to that end.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Media Climate Hype is a Cover Up<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Back in 2015 in the run up to Paris COP, French mathematicians published a thorough critique of the raison d\u2019etre of the whole crusade. They said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fighting Global Warming is Absurd, Costly and Pointless.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n