COP 28 : growth vs simplification

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I attended by Internet the Asia Pacific Climate Week APCW conference that took place in Malaysia with about 3000 participants as a prelude to COP 28. In some ways discouraging:  it was an organization of bureaucrats congratulating themselves as they shifted the agenda from CO2 and temperature rise to issues of equity youth, participation, indigenous people, and general welfare issues. The problem is both agendas are legitimate within themselves but the climate agenda cannot be squared with increasing equity by spending. I hope that you are aware that increased spending on a transition to a new energy economy means increased economic activity, which means increased CO2 emissions.

We seem to be entering a  conflict between two parties: growth versus simplification*. There are major questions like who will be on which side? If we take the United States, it's unclear whether the Republican party, which we would expect to be pro-growth\, is actually pro-nostalgia. and chose simplification.

COP 28 is likely to be inconclusive or divisive with climate events increasingly happening in the background and scaring a large number of people. The way this unfolds will be epic as we all watch or participate.

*you should be following Nate Hagens blog interviews

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdc087VsWiC4Nwh42Sm5hHpu2OGgi-Ez1