{"id":2128796,"date":"2023-12-19T10:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T15:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-dubais-cop28-should-be-called-council-of-the-pointless\/"},"modified":"2023-12-19T10:43:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T15:43:52","slug":"why-dubais-cop28-should-be-called-council-of-the-pointless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-dubais-cop28-should-be-called-council-of-the-pointless\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai&#8217;s COP28: The Futility Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-dubais-cop28-should-be-called-council-of-the-pointless%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2128796&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Climate Hypocrisy at COP28: A Party for the Elite<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Unless you\u2019re a climate\u2062 warrior or an energy wonk, you probably weren\u2019t aware of last week\u2019s end of the 28th edition of\u2064 the \u201cCouncil of the \u2063Parties,\u201d better known as COP28,\u200c held this year in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Don\u2019t be surprised if you weren\u2019t one of over 84,000 delegates \u2013 more than double the previous record \u2013 who got \u2062an invite. It\u2019s \u200dprobably because \u200byou are not a raging hypocrite. COP28 attendees \u2062spent the better \u2064part of two weeks in deep discussion over the \u201cexistential threat\u201d\u200d of a so-called \u201cclimate crisis,\u201d and how the world needs to respond before it \u2062is too\u200c late \u200bto save the planet from imminent doom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When you add to the expansive delegate count the thousands more non-delegate support staff, media, climate-warrior groupies, and casual onlookers, the ultimate \u200boutcome is that\u200b <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/sites\/default\/files\/resource\/COP28.PLOP__0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">over 100,000<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  people \u2013 who all claim to\u2063 love \u200dMother\u2063 Earth more than\u2063 anything \u2013 felt the need to inundate Dubai\u200d rather than jump on Zoom \u200bsessions or conference calls to discuss how \u200cto save the planet. Remember, Zoom is good enough for \u200ckids locked out of schools, but not good enough\u2063 for climate junkets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Delegates spent two weeks\u2064 in Dubai staying in 5-star resorts, feasting on gourmet meals, drinking top-shelf alcohol, being driven\u200d around \u200din stretch limousines, \u201claboring\u201d in air-conditioned conference facilities, and\u2062 engaging in \u2063unknown debauchery when \u2062not working to rid the earth of \u2063traditional energy solutions, like \u200dcoal,\u200c oil, and natural\u200b gas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When not\u2063 engaged in extracurricular activities, COP28\u2019s delegates created \u2062a bunch of work-product to justify their junket.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First on the menu, pun intended, was an\u200c <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/11\/28\/lifestyle\/un-calling-on-americans-to-cut-down-on-meat-consumption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">effort \u200bto cancel meat<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Keep in mind, they just want to cancel your holiday meal, not\u2064 their \u2064own. Then,\u2063 the \u200cdelegations <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/event\/adaptation-fund-high-level-contributor-dialogue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pledged<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  hundreds of millions of dollars toward helping developing nations impacted by the \u201ccrisis.\u201d\u2062 Forget that\u200d these dollars\u200c will never be used to help those nations grow \u2063their GDPs nor their energy \u2062independence; instead, the World Bank\u200c will administer the money to the ruling class in those countries. What could possibly go wrong giving more money and power\u200d to the elite?   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The most celebrated output from COP28 was a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/news\/cop28-agreement-signals-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-fossil-fuel-era\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">final agreement<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">calling for the \u201cbeginning of the\u2062 end\u201d of\u200b all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-climate-agenda-wont-replace-jobs-it-seeks-to-kill-separate-ap-wapo-fact-checks-suggest\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Climate Agenda Won\u2019t Replace Jobs It Seeks To Kill, Separate AP, WaPo Fact-Checks Suggest\">fossil fuel development<\/a>. This \u201cglobal stockade\u201d \u2013 signed by delegations representing more than 200 countries is, according to the United Nations, the vehicle \u200bby which \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[p]arties take \u2064actions towards\u2026the phase-down\u200d of unabated coal power, phasing out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/g20-endorses-fossil-fuel-reduction-through-carbon-pricing\/\" title=\"G20 Endorses Fossil Fuel Reduction Through \u2018Carbon Pricing\u2019\">inefficient fossil fuel subsidies<\/a>, and other measures that drive the transition away from \u200dfossil fuels in\u2064 energy systems, in a just,\u2062 orderly and equitable manner\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let\u2019s take\u2064 this in for a minute: 84,000 \u2063delegates spent \u200ctwo weeks\u200b living in luxury, and their takeaway was that\u2064 fossil\u200c fuels \u2013 which, between coal,\u2063 natural gas, and oil \u2064power over\u200b 80% of the world today \u2013 are the enemy of the planet?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">News flash: none of the climate hypocrites, COP28 delegates, would be \u2063meeting in Dubai in the \u2062first \u2063place without fossil fuels. None of them \u2013 not \u200da single one \u2013 made it\u2063 there, stayed there, communicated to \u200ctheir home countries,\u200c families or\u200d each other while there, \u200cenjoyed their lavish lifestyle while there \u200dor made it home\u200b from there without direct or byproduct use \u2063of fossil fuels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So, the next \u2062time you hear about the good work being\u200d done at \u2063the COP events \u2013 and make no mistake, we\u2019ll see COP29, COP 39, COP49, and so\u2062 on \u2013 remember \u200cthat they are giant parties designed to bring powerful, wealthy ideologues together to \u200brage against the very products that have made their powerful, wealthy lives possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">COP should stand\u2063 for the \u201cCouncil \u200cof the Pointless.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rick\u200c Whitbeck is the Alaska State\u2064 Director \u2062for Power The Future, a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-matter-what-happens-to-bidens-disinformation-board-the-feds-are-spying-on-americans\/\" title=\"No Matter What Happens To Biden\u2019s \u2018Disinformation\u2019 Board, The Feds Are Spying On Americans\u00a0\">national nonprofit organization<\/a> that advocates \u200bfor American energy jobs. Contact him at Rick@PowerTheFuture.com and follow \u200bhim on X: @PTFAlaska.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The\u200c views expressed \u2062in this piece are \u200bthose of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire. <\/em><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> In what ways \u2062do the delegates at COP28 display hypocrisy regarding their calls to cancel meat consumption?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200bUntries \u2013 is hailed as a major step towards saving the planet. However, it \u2063seems that the delegates\u200c conveniently ignore their own participation in activities that contribute\u2063 to the\u200b very crisis they claim to\u2062 be fighting against.<\/p>\n<p>The hypocrisy of COP28 can be seen in the extravagant lifestyles\u2064 of the delegates. While they discussed the urgent\u2063 need to address the climate crisis, they enjoyed luxurious accommodations, indulged in gourmet meals, and traveled in stretch limousines. These lavish experiences are a far cry from the sacrifices they expect others to make\u2062 in order to combat climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the delegates&#8217; focus on canceling \u200cmeat consumption is particularly ironic.\u2064 While they call for others to give up their holiday \u200bmeals, they continue to enjoy their own\u200c extravagant feasts. It is clear that their concern for the environment does not extend to their own personal choices.<\/p>\n<p>Another element of hypocrisy lies\u200b in \u200cthe pledges made to help developing nations impacted by the climate crisis. While these promises may seem noble, the reality is that the allocated funds \u200bwill likely benefit the ruling class\u200b in these countries, rather than being used \u2062to genuinely support those \u200bin need. This perpetuates a cycle of power and inequality, with the elites gaining more control and \u200dinfluence while the most vulnerable \u2063continue to\u200d suffer.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the much-celebrated agreement signed at COP28,\u2064 calling for\u2064 the end of fossil fuel development,\u200d is nothing more \u200dthan a symbolic gesture. The delegates fail to acknowledge the fact that their own energy-intensive\u2063 lifestyles contribute to the demand for fossil fuels. Instead of \u200dleading \u2064by example and making significant\u2064 changes in their own\u200b lives,\u2064 they simply\u2063 rely \u200con empty words and vague commitments.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, COP28 highlights the stark contrast between the words and actions of the global elite. While \u200cthey claim to be fighting for the future of the planet, their behavior \u200dat the conference demonstrates \u200da lack of\u200b genuine\u2063 commitment to addressing\u2062 the climate crisis. It \u200dis clear\u2064 that these gatherings\u2064 have become more of a party \u200dfor the elite, rather than a\u2064 platform for meaningful change. If we are to \u2062truly make \u2062a difference, it\u200b is essential that we hold these hypocrites \u2062accountable and demand real action, \u2064not \u2063just empty promises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unless you&#8217;re a climate warrior or energy expert, you likely missed the recent conclusion of COP28 in Dubai. 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